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What can you guys tell me about Donnie long ?

I have seen his fight against tyson, but sadly none
of his other pro or amateur fights.

Have any of you guys seen his other bouts ? Or
met him, trained with or fought him ?


Thanks

Kym

For those interested by the way here is a lil article on the man.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing ... id=2080940

He was regarded as a bit of a prospect at one time but then ended up as cannon fodder. He used to call himself 'The Master of Disaster'. I remember he came over here and was almost decapitated by gary Mason in the first round.

He also had a great afro.

Yeah his afro looked pretty cool.

:)

ah yes the master of disaster

apparently he did start out quite well

he made the veteran John 'dino' dennis's face very red.... Dennis was soon after blasted out by a comebacking Bugner.

Long like so many of tysons early opps was beaten before the first punch was thrown.

Well he was 15-3 before he met Tyson, after that everything went down hill. Became 16-10 (Correct me if i am wrong).

i guess he never recovered after Tyson.

He was crap.

bennie wrote:He was crap.

bennie's putting it nicely

Long was a decent skilled prospect at one point with an awe inspiring afro.

He put together about 10 or 12 wins before being matched with James 'Broad-Axe' Broad, who was then a sh#t hot prospect and a very good boxer-puncher before he sadly became obsessed with the contents of the fridge and alcohol-drenched nights on the Vegas strip.

He lost to Broad via an MD which shows some quality despite others harsh words, and then he lost another 10 rd points nod to ex-champ John Tate.

Hence why he was viewed as Mike Tysons first test, and his first solid opponent- and why it was an eye brow raising result when Iron Mike banged him out of there in about 60 seconds.

After that loss he was reduced to cannon fodder for up and comers, although he gave Renaldo Snipes a good scrap.

He definitely was not 'crap' as Bennie says, who i assume has never been in a ring and hit in the face.

Thanks guys.

Thanks OH right

overhand_right wrote:Long was a decent skilled prospect at one point with an awe inspiring afro.

He put together about 10 or 12 wins before being matched with James 'Broad-Axe' Broad, who was then a sh#t hot prospect and a very good boxer-puncher before he sadly became obsessed with the contents of the fridge and alcohol-drenched nights on the Vegas strip.

He lost to Broad via an MD which shows some quality despite others harsh words, and then he lost another 10 rd points nod to ex-champ John Tate.

Hence why he was viewed as Mike Tysons first test, and his first solid opponent- and why it was an eye brow raising result when Iron Mike banged him out of there in about 60 seconds.

After that loss he was reduced to cannon fodder for up and comers, although he gave Renaldo Snipes a good scrap.

He definitely was not 'crap' as Bennie says, who i assume has never been in a ring and hit in the face.

I agree. Long was not 'crap' and was expected to give Tyson a few rounds of work at least.

Fekkin brilliant afro too.

When he fought Renaldo Snipes, he didn't show much for about the first 8 rds, then had Snipes in serious trouble at the end. After the fight when he was interviewed, he was asked why he took so long to get going, and he answered "Hey I'm a fatman"

Seamus wrote:When he fought Renaldo Snipes, he didn't show much for about the first 8 rds, then had Snipes in serious trouble at the end. After the fight when he was interviewed, he was asked why he took so long to get going, and he answered "Hey I'm a fatman"

Thats amaaazing!!!

Collins2000 wrote:

overhand_right wrote:Long was a decent skilled prospect at one point with an awe inspiring afro.

He put together about 10 or 12 wins before being matched with James 'Broad-Axe' Broad, who was then a sh#t hot prospect and a very good boxer-puncher before he sadly became obsessed with the contents of the fridge and alcohol-drenched nights on the Vegas strip.

He lost to Broad via an MD which shows some quality despite others harsh words, and then he lost another 10 rd points nod to ex-champ John Tate.

Hence why he was viewed as Mike Tysons first test, and his first solid opponent- and why it was an eye brow raising result when Iron Mike banged him out of there in about 60 seconds.

After that loss he was reduced to cannon fodder for up and comers, although he gave Renaldo Snipes a good scrap.

He definitely was not 'crap' as Bennie says, who i assume has never been in a ring and hit in the face.

I agree. Long was not 'crap' and was expected to give Tyson a few rounds of work at least.

Fekkin brilliant afro too.

Well "crap" is relative I suppose. Depends on what your using as a benchmark.

BoxBuzz wrote:

Collins2000 wrote:

overhand_right wrote:Long was a decent skilled prospect at one point with an awe inspiring afro.

He put together about 10 or 12 wins before being matched with James 'Broad-Axe' Broad, who was then a sh#t hot prospect and a very good boxer-puncher before he sadly became obsessed with the contents of the fridge and alcohol-drenched nights on the Vegas strip.

He lost to Broad via an MD which shows some quality despite others harsh words, and then he lost another 10 rd points nod to ex-champ John Tate.

Hence why he was viewed as Mike Tysons first test, and his first solid opponent- and why it was an eye brow raising result when Iron Mike banged him out of there in about 60 seconds.

After that loss he was reduced to cannon fodder for up and comers, although he gave Renaldo Snipes a good scrap.

He definitely was not 'crap' as Bennie says, who i assume has never been in a ring and hit in the face.

I agree. Long was not 'crap' and was expected to give Tyson a few rounds of work at least.

Fekkin brilliant afro too.

Well "crap" is relative I suppose. Depends on what your using as a benchmark.

Well, I'd say you're mark is PRETTY damned high if you're going to dismiss Long as "crap".

I mean, c'mon now my friend. Other than the Tyson blow out loss he gave some good accounts of himself against a decent level of opposition back in the day. So ...

Being a former fighter myself, I think "crap" really ought to be reserved for those opponents who are literally brought in off a barstool or out of a soup kitchen line by some unscrupulous ( & CHEAP ) promoters. "Fighters" who'd be hard pressed to spell j-a-b much less know how to throw one. You know? Now they're "crap".

But, an honest pro like Long, with actual victories to his credit over live bodies like "Dino" Dennis ( though he was long in the tooth by the time they met ) shouldn't be disparaged so cavalierly in my opinion.

joe kurtz wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:
Well "crap" is relative I suppose. Depends on what your using as a benchmark.

Well, I'd say you're mark is PRETTY damned high if you're going to dismiss Long as "crap".

I mean, c'mon now my friend. Other than the Tyson blow out loss he gave some good accounts of himself against a decent level of opposition back in the day. So ...

Being a former fighter myself, I think "crap" really ought to be reserved for those opponents who are literally brought in off a barstool or out of a soup kitchen line by some unscrupulous ( & CHEAP ) promoters. "Fighters" who'd be hard pressed to spell j-a-b much less know how to throw one. You know? Now they're "crap".

But, an honest pro like Long, with actual victories to his credit over live bodies like "Dino" Dennis ( though he was long in the tooth by the time they met ) shouldn't be disparaged so cavalierly in my opinion.

You're wasting your time on Boxbuzz, mate.

Last week he was claiming Everett Martin was just a punchbag.

He's not a boxing fan. He's more a fan of certain boxing fans if you get my drift.

Ouch Collins that hurts. Ok some of us get pretty disrespectful with language when it comes to some hard working fighters. I take it back.

Heres an amazing story on Donnie Long, hope you all enjoy.

These Tyson opponents are every bit as fascinating as Tyson himself.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing ... id=2080940

I remember seeing his fight with James Broad.Pretty good fight.

Yeah he even got a interview on espn, (saying what he was gonna do etc)