Has anyone ever done the Ivan Drago method?

[Cannibal]

Arturo Gatti was the real Rocky. A limited slugger who got involved in wars and then switched styles late in his career to improve himself.

[BigGar]

Another thing that made Rocky the fighter he became was the exceptional cornerwork he received. Mickey, of course, was a one off and up there with Eddie Futch in terms of advice and dissecting an opponent. Tony (Apollo's old trainer) was obviously very experienced and Paulie was was extremely underrated in my opinion.

[oliverfennell]

Anyone got Rocky Balboa's record? I've been looking for it on boxrec for ages but can't find him. Were any of the hand picked fighters by mickey any good?

I never knew Rocky was only his alias, and it seems the films didn't QUITE match his real fights, but here you go:

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hu ... &cat=boxer

[Tantum]

Does Wladamir Klitschko put anyone else in mind of Ivan Drago?

Not since 2002, no.

[Captain Hook]

I feel like a new man.....

Didn't know you were that sort Captain

:) cheeky...

[Captain Hook]

So what went on when he was fighting Ben Tackie, Dennis Pederson and Michael Stewart surely he should have been fighting the likes of Cotto and Mayweather?

Warren knew he was onto a good thing with that WBU belt making a fortune feeding Hatton mediocre fighters.

He fought Stewart to get to Tszyu, who was p4p top 3 at the time....

[funso banjo baby]

this thread is balls

[bennie]

Blubbery Los Angeles hope Chris Arreola is being lined up for a shot at Ukrainian giant and IBF & WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in the first half of this year. Arreola, real name Cristobal Arreola, seeks to become the first fighter of Mexican origin to win the 'world' heavyweight title.
His shot comes as a surprise because, while unbeaten Arreola brings strength, toughness, aggression and a solid dig at 26-0 (23), he lacks boxing ability and top-flight experience. Indeed, he is just a baby by heavyweight standards at 27 (complete with baby fat), a work in progress. He has never travelled further than eight rounds. It seems a strange decision to throw him in with "Wlad" at this stage.
Klitschko, 32, brings a daunting physique, a daunting 52-3 (46) record and the daunting mantle of the world's No. 1 heavyweight, a mantle which he shares with his elder brother Vitali, who wears the WBC belt. The Klitschkos hold a virtual monoply on the world heavyweight title scene and have done since Lennox Lewis struggled home against Vitali in June 2003 and never fought again. Arreola hardly looks like their Heir Apparent. Indeed, Klitschko, who has been down a few times, opts for the low-level Californian (probably no better than Belfast thumper Martin Rogan) rather than Britain's muscled and heavy handed David Haye, a former undisputed world cruiserweight champion who moved up to heavyweight last year with a five-knockdown, five-round mauling of division gatekeeper Monte Barrett in London. Once-beaten Haye takes on the stronger-chinned Vitali, 36-2 (35), instead in London in the summer.
The Klitschkos are horribly robotic in the mould of Ivan Drago from an old Rocky movie but take some beating because they whip themselves into great shape per fight, courtesy of the best trainers. This is their secret. They work hard and long before the fight and hard and long during it, if necessary. Their great fitness, their great natural size and strength, separate them from a humdrum list of also-rans unwilling to match them for sacrifice, although Haye might disprove such a thing.
LA biker Eddie "The Animal" Lopez proved tough and willing in the 1980s as a fringe heavyweight contender, while Mexico's Manuel Ramos actually wobbled Joe Frazier with a right hand in the opening round of their world heavyweight title encounter in Madison Square Garden in 1968, before he was brutally despatched in the second. This is as close as Mexico has got to the world heavyweight title. Believe me, Arreola is not going to change the course of Mexican boxing history.

[DavidPayne]

...I never knew there was so much much splash back at a urinal until I once, and I mean once, wore open toed shoes to work.

The heels were a killer too.