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    Fighters who didnt belive in doing lots of sparring

    Can you name me some
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    Nigel Benn in his early stage of his career had a minimal sparring regime. He was very public about it , he felt not being ****** up in gym wars helped confidence and kept him fresh. That all changed after his first loss to Michael Watson, then he learned his lesson and realised to learn the skills and craft of boxing you have to spar.

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      #3
      Joe calzaghe wasnt big on sparring

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        #4
        Carlos Monzon

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          #5
          Originally posted by John Hue View Post
          Nigel Benn in his early stage of his career had a minimal sparring regime. He was very public about it , he felt not being ****** up in gym wars helped confidence and kept him fresh. That all changed after his first loss to Michael Watson, then he learned his lesson and realised to learn the skills and craft of boxing you have to spar.

          yeah he was being trained by lynch at the time and that was his rule

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            #6
            ray robison only spar a week or 2 before a fight jsut to get his timing down. but since he fought often i dont think he needed to spar much.

            this day and age where top ranked fighters take months off before fights have to spar alot.

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              #7
              Harry Greb fought so often that he didn't need to spar.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Scott9945 View Post
                Harry Greb fought so often that he didn't need to spar.
                Some of the only footage we have of Greb is of him playfully sparring with Jack O'Brien, then of course there's the stories of him sparring Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson. Must have been plenty of others as well.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NChristo View Post
                  Some of the only footage we have of Greb is of him playfully sparring with Jack O'Brien, then of course there's the stories of him sparring Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson. Must have been plenty of others as well.
                  I know he supposedly use to get the better of Dempsey, I didnt know about Johnson, what are the stories of those 2?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by rubensonnny View Post
                    I know he supposedly use to get the better of Dempsey, I didnt know about Johnson, what are the stories of those 2?
                    Trying to find where I read about him sparring Johnson now, I definitely know that Johnson said Greb was the fastest boxer he'd ever seen.

                    There's rumours that Greb got the better of Dempsey in 2 sparring sessions and beat him up which is why Dempsey's management kept him away from Greb.

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