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Re: ANYONE EVER SPARRED WITH A VERY FAMOUS PRO?
Posted: 05 Mar 2009, 17:59
by Scrap
I always remember Big John Klemenson and Denis Hobson Snr Busking on the Moor in Sheffield, earned a few qiud too
DD
Re: ANYONE EVER SPARRED WITH A VERY FAMOUS PRO?
Posted: 05 Mar 2009, 18:55
by MPG
Colin Dunne
Pj Gallagher
Spencer Oliver
Vince Feeny
Mickey Cantwell
Martin Power
Nicky Cook
They all took it easy on me
Re: ANYONE EVER SPARRED WITH A VERY FAMOUS PRO?
Posted: 05 Mar 2009, 22:15
by 1southpaw
overhand_right wrote:1southpaw wrote:in my time ive had a move around with julius francis / john mc dermott/ garry delaney/ eric teymor/bruce scott/elvis machelinko/and dwain lewis
all very good opperators on the british scean
THE LEGENDARY JULIUS FRANCIS!!!
You must be a big bloke. How did you find Jules? I frickin used to love that guy when i was growing up.
A GENT
he was fighting for the european title and was sparring a spanish heavyweight i was getting ready for my own fight and my sparring let me down and mark row heard me talking to my trainer and offered to help me i dont about 6 rounds that day and over the next week i learned a hell of a lot of that man witch im greatfull for
Re: ANYONE EVER SPARRED WITH A VERY FAMOUS PRO?
Posted: 06 Mar 2009, 05:15
by Dirk Kelly
1southpaw wrote:overhand_right wrote:1southpaw wrote:in my time ive had a move around with julius francis / john mc dermott/ garry delaney/ eric teymor/bruce scott/elvis machelinko/and dwain lewis
all very good opperators on the british scean
THE LEGENDARY JULIUS FRANCIS!!!
You must be a big bloke. How did you find Jules? I frickin used to love that guy when i was growing up.
A GENT
he was fighting for the european title and was sparring a spanish heavyweight i was getting ready for my own fight and my sparring let me down and mark row heard me talking to my trainer and offered to help me i dont about 6 rounds that day and over the next week i learned a hell of a lot of that man witch im greatfull for
Thought what went on in sparring stayed in sparring Mickey??
Re: ANYONE EVER SPARRED WITH A VERY FAMOUS PRO?
Posted: 06 Mar 2009, 05:31
by forcefraser
ERIC GUY wrote:forcefraser wrote:Maybe not very famous in the UK, but I sparred with Ole Klementsen (Norwegian) about 10 years ago. He beat seven shades of shit out of me. Nice guy though. I used to play Rugby with his brother.
Ole, now thats a name from the past, really nice guy, his brother Little John, fun times...........
Little John was a real character. Two sandwhiches short of a picknick though. Ole could bang a bit, but his defense was not the best.