Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Ambling Alp II
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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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He was not slow or clumsy at all. That is ridiculous. He moved very well.
Caractacus
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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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Ambling Alp II wrote:He was not slow or clumsy at all. That is ridiculous. He moved very well.
Well,thats what Kalen had said about him earlier in this thread.
PredatorHayds
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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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Caractacus wrote:
Ambling Alp II wrote:He was not slow or clumsy at all. That is ridiculous. He moved very well.
Well,thats what Kalen had said about him earlier in this thread.
The same bloke who says Valero is better than Armstrong.
Also the Vitali cut against Lennox was caused by a illegal thumb apparently
Caractacus
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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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Well,as the European Heavyweight Champion,he was deemed good enough to have been entered into the eight man WBA elimation tournament
back in 1967.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk9c0dolW6A
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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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Man,Oscar "Ringo"Bonavena really commited to his punches.
(but then no boxer really looked good against Ringo)
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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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Here is Karl Mildenberger in his "comeback" in 1978 at age (almost) 41 years old (with some snow on the roof but still little fire in his furnace ,against Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bru6BvbvmSU
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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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I would be curious to know since he fought out of Germany,if any of the people in Mildenberger's camp
had any connection to Max Schmeling before him or the Klitschko brothers after him?
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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

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An interview with Karl Mildenberger (2010)

https://www.boxing247.com/weblog/archives/127188
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