Boxers that kept the same sparring partner for years?
Boxers that kept the same sparring partner for years?
What boxers kept the same specific sparring partners for an extended duration of time?
Re: Boxers that kept the same sparring partner for years?
Mike Tyson had Oliver McCall forever it seems.
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Enlightened-One
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Re: Boxers that kept the same sparring partner for years?
Wasn't Larry Holmes the main sparring partner for Muhammad Ali for four years.
Greg Page, Jimmy Ellis & Tim Witherspoon were also sparred Ali for years.
Greg Page, Jimmy Ellis & Tim Witherspoon were also sparred Ali for years.
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For the old timers looking in: Carmen Basilio and Leo Owens.
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Onetimeonly
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Castillo was with Chavez quite a while.
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Enlightened-One
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Tim Bradley and Terence Crawford sparred together during multiple training camps.
Eddie Chambers was part of Tyson & Highie Fury's training team for years.
I'm sure Joe Frazier used to spar Larry Holmes & Kenny Norton.
Bernard Hopkins was John David Jackson's chief sparring partner for quite some time.
Danny Jacobs and Sergiy Derevyanchenko sparred regularly.
Zab Judah and Floyd Mayweather.
Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao.
Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko.
Oliver McCall and Mike Tyson.
Mike McCallum and Tommy Hearns sparred 100 rounds against each other.
Shawn Porter and Manny Pacquiao.
Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao.
Aaron Pryor and Sugar Ray Leonard sparred in the amateurs and pro ranks.
The same applies to Kubrat Pulev and David Price.
Pernell Whitaker and Arturo Gatti.
Paul Williams and Antonio Margarito.
Alfredo Angulo and Gennady Golovkin.
Eddie Chambers was part of Tyson & Highie Fury's training team for years.
I'm sure Joe Frazier used to spar Larry Holmes & Kenny Norton.
Bernard Hopkins was John David Jackson's chief sparring partner for quite some time.
Danny Jacobs and Sergiy Derevyanchenko sparred regularly.
Zab Judah and Floyd Mayweather.
Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao.
Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko.
Oliver McCall and Mike Tyson.
Mike McCallum and Tommy Hearns sparred 100 rounds against each other.
Shawn Porter and Manny Pacquiao.
Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao.
Aaron Pryor and Sugar Ray Leonard sparred in the amateurs and pro ranks.
The same applies to Kubrat Pulev and David Price.
Pernell Whitaker and Arturo Gatti.
Paul Williams and Antonio Margarito.
Alfredo Angulo and Gennady Golovkin.
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dagilechia
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Re: Boxers that kept the same sparring partner for years?
Włodarczyk and Głowacki spar regularly, it's 10 years or so now.
Re: Boxers that kept the same sparring partner for years?
Ironically Jackson taught Hopkins how to effectively deal with Southpaws, which would later come back to bite him on the ass when he fought Hopkins in one of Hops title defenses.Enlightened-One wrote: ↑23 Sep 2019, 19:01
Bernard Hopkins was John David Jackson's chief sparring partner for quite some time.
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Boxing Prospect
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Re: Boxers that kept the same sparring partner for years?
Ryota Murata and Adrian Luna Flores, pretty much sparred for every Murata bout since they fought
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Miller and Kownacki have done a lot of rounds together.
Shame really, I would love them to fight each other if they hadn't.
Shame really, I would love them to fight each other if they hadn't.
Re: Boxers that kept the same sparring partner for years?
I think Greg only sparred Ali a couple of times. Michael Dokes and Tony Gibbs probably a better fit.Enlightened-One wrote: ↑23 Sep 2019, 18:41 Wasn't Larry Holmes the main sparring partner for Muhammad Ali for four years.
Greg Page, Jimmy Ellis & Tim Witherspoon were also sparred Ali for years.
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Nile4000 wrote: ↑11 Apr 2020, 09:49I think Greg only sparred Ali a couple of times. Michael Dokes and Tony Tubbs probably a better fit.Enlightened-One wrote: ↑23 Sep 2019, 18:41 Wasn't Larry Holmes the main sparring partner for Muhammad Ali for four years.
Greg Page, Jimmy Ellis & Tim Witherspoon were also sparred Ali for years.
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Didn't Ali have a guy named Shotgun Sheldon?
Cooney sparred with a Walter Santimore.
Cooney sparred with a Walter Santimore.
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Wladimir and Ross Purrity, after their fight, if I remember correctly