Alan Minter sacked a young Herol Graham as sparring partner-apparently he couldn't touch him
Richie Woodhall never ever won a national title in the amateurs ( Neville Brown beat him well ), yet got olympic bronze and commonwealth gold
Fidel Castro Smith ( Brendan Ingle made him change his name to 'Slugger O'Toole' ) beat Nigel Benn in the Southern Area novice kickboxing final of 86 when he was living in London, that guy is also the cousininlaw of Herol Graham
Nigel broke Robero Durans ribs at the 5th Street Gym in Feb 88 and when Benn was in line to fight Duran for the WBC in late 89/early 90 Duran gave up the belt instead
EUBANK got to the semifinals of the Golden Gloves at MSG in 85, only losing a close dec
Eubank turned down a fight against Merqui Sosa at MSG in 92 becos Sosa had given him a tough time in sparring some 5 yrs earlier
Roy Jones got a supposed gift dec against Antonio Tarver in the 82 Sunshine State Games ( ! )
Gerald McClennan beat RJ in the semifinals of the Golden Gloves of 88