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Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 07 Jun 2016, 10:58
by Ambling Alp II
He was not slow or clumsy at all. That is ridiculous. He moved very well.

Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 07 Jun 2016, 13:34
by Caractacus
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.

Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 08 Jun 2016, 12:40
by PredatorHayds
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

Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 08 Jun 2016, 13:26
by Caractacus
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

Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 09 Jun 2016, 12:55
by Caractacus
Man,Oscar "Ringo"Bonavena really commited to his punches.
(but then no boxer really looked good against Ringo)

Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 09 Jun 2016, 19:12
by Caractacus
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

Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 09 Jun 2016, 19:14
by Cutman Scabbers
Mildewburger

Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 09 Jun 2016, 19:19
by Caractacus
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?

Re: Karl Mildenberger-How good was he ?

Posted: 11 Jun 2016, 14:18
by Caractacus
An interview with Karl Mildenberger (2010)

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