If you could train any 5 fighters from years past who

[BoppaZoo]

would they be.

Know they can be your favorite 5 old timers or whatever.

But think about your picks and weights but i want everyone to vote on also what they think is the best 5 named by another poster.

And you can pick 2 fighters in the same weight division.
My 5 in my stable to train would be these 5.

1. George Foreman Heavy

2. Marvin Hagler Middle

3. Kostya Tszyu Jr Welter

4. Nigel Benn Super Middle

5. Kid Chocolate Super Feather/Feather

[Ischbaad]

I wouldn't train anybody because I'd suck.

[Bill1234]

I wouldn't train anybody because I'd suck.

:lol:

[ricardinho]

Assuming I was a world class trainer... I don't like heavyweights

Marco Antonio Barrera Feather weight

Juan Manuel Marquez Super Feather

Oscar De La Hoya (as a young Welterweight)

Sugar Shane Mosley Lightweight

Saul Canelo Alvarez--at Welterweight

[fists of fury]

Believe it or not...someone like Vinny Pazienza. Someone who knew what he had to do and didn't give me a hard time about it. A gutsy tryer, basically.

Jeff Fenech, because he knew the value of being in excellent condition.

Evander, for the same reasons as Fenech.

Rocky Marciano must have been a pleasure to train.

A young Thomas Hearns or someone like that, because of his freakish dimensions and potential.

The last type of fighter I'd want to train is someone who started to believe all the hype about himself, or someone with an attitude problem to begin with. A crazy guy like Tyson must have been a nightmare to train, at least later in his career.

[Rourke]

Tyson, Tyson, Tyson

[Mr Butt]

tyson
kid berg
chavez
laing
hagler

[rm36]

would they be.

Know they can be your favorite 5 old timers or whatever.

But think about your picks and weights but i want everyone to vote on also what they think is the best 5 named by another poster.

And you can pick 2 fighters in the same weight division.
My 5 in my stable to train would be these 5.

1. George Foreman Heavy

2. Marvin Hagler Middle

3. Kostya Tszyu Jr Welter

4. Nigel Benn Super Middle

5. Kid Chocolate Super Feather/Feather

The hell am I gonna teach Marvin Hagler that he doesn't already know. :lol::patsch

[Holmes' Jab]

Sonny Liston

Sugar Ray Leonard

Pernell Whitaker

Barney Ross

Sam Langford

[teeto]

Sonny Liston

Sugar Ray Leonard

Pernell Whitaker

Barney Ross

Sam Langford
You'd be the finest trainer ever! What a career.

[EireFightFan]

I'd go for 5 Heavyweight could-have-beens, because that's were the money is:

Ibeabuchi
Biggs
Bowe
Douglas
Golota

[fists of fury]

I'd go for 5 Heavyweight could-have-beens, because that's were the money is:

Ibeabuchi
Biggs
Bowe
Douglas
Golota

:lol:

Why? I can't think of 5 fighters I'd like to train less. Biggs is fine, but the others were all a trainer's nightmare.

[EireFightFan]

:lol:

Why? I can't think of 5 fighters I'd like to train less. Biggs is fine, but the others were all a trainer's nightmare.

Aye but sure what's the point of training the likes of Whitaker, Leonard et al. All you'd be doing is holding the spit bucket. :zzz

[Bill1234]

I'd go for 5 Heavyweight could-have-beens, because that's were the money is:

Ibeabuchi
Biggs
Bowe
Douglas
Golota

The main reason they were could've beens was because they didn't want to train properly, or because they were nuts. They were very hard to keep in the gym and to train.

[teeto]

:lol:

Why? I can't think of 5 fighters I'd like to train less. Biggs is fine, but the others were all a trainer's nightmare.
EireFightFan is after the cash.

[EireFightFan]

EireFightFan is after the cash.

Teeto you're spot on, when I saw this thread I was thinking of dollar signs and the trainers slice of the winnings, not aesthetic appreciation.
Also who could have done a lot better with different trainers/mentors.

If those lummoxes had got their head together, pulled the finger out and knuckled down to training their careers would have vastly different.

[fists of fury]

Aye but sure what's the point of training the likes of Whitaker, Leonard et al. All you'd be doing is holding the spit bucket. :zzz

That's my point. :smoke

Just joking...but you'd have your hands full with that lot.

[EireFightFan]

That's my point. :smoke

Just joking...but you'd have your hands full with that lot.

You're right, I'd have bitten off more than I could chew just attempting to get Douglas to put the fork down, (can't resist a good pun).

Christ, just thinking about it now. Can you imagine having all 5 in the same stable? Ibeabuchi would have some company in the slammer.

[BoppaZoo]

Bowe and Golota at the gym training imagine that.

Imagine sparring sessions.