Eating bugs does not help slipping punches

i always love when leading up to a fight some fighters or their trainers will talk about the off the wall, new age, bizzarre training techinques in preperation for a fight..

one example is Jon brown vs Shane Mosely

i remember his trainer saying... that he dropped off Jon brown on an island for a couple weeks.. and Jon had to live off of bugs and ate what he could kill.. how he was so SOO tough..

well, sure enough he got totally dominated by Shane..

i always thought that was funny..
or like Larry and Jim talking about Bryant brannon being shot and how tough he was before he fought Roy then Roy dominates him.

it's funny when someone relates things like eating bugs or being shot to possible or probable sucess in a boxing ring. i just think sometimes it is a riduculous assumption

any more examples?

 

Interesting thread. I can't think of any, but eating Bugs wouldn't seem like a conveniant way of helping him maintain a healthy, balanced diet, .

 

danny williams' regular diet of Mr Kipling's cakes

 

:l3:

 

Didn't Jirov's trainer row him to the middle of lakes and just throw him overboard ::

 

not related to toughness specifically, more just ridiculous beliefs about what might help in a boxing ring

- Marquez drinking urine for the Mayweather Jr fight comes to mind

- Yori Boy Campas and his 'magic potion'

 

Why don't title the thread: the lengths to which hbo will go to hype even the most hopeless opponents?

 

I remember the fight because Brown was a tough guy, but Mosley started going to his body. Brown used to keep his head down and fighters would hurt their fist, hitting his forehead. Mosley adjusted, got to the body, and then just started lighting him up.

 

Good one. Between that and the knucklehead who was wearing a ribbon or something covering his eyes while cocking his head like a chicken or rooster, I thought I was gonna piss my pants laughing.

 

Campas' magic potion before DLH bout was the first I could think of. Unfortunately the potion didn't double his speed and renew his defensive technique

 

De la Hoya once considered ballet classes to help with his footwork.

Not really surprising.

 

You just know he was eying the tights and tutus.

 

:: at this thread.

Remember Vitali and his urine soaked baby-nappies to make his hards-hand???

 

Ricardo Mayorga apparently thought it made him a better fighter to smoke a lot and act like a complete asshole.

 

Brown was like 5'1" and just wasn't very good. He could have eaten Mothra, and it wouldn't have helped him against Mosley.

 

John was the Eastern Beast :nono:

Not to be confused with Valuev, who was merely the Beast from the East.

 

John Brown was a friggin midget.

 

Magic Potion???::

 

Didn't Oscar claim to feast on ostrich meat in order to make 147 for the pacquiao fight?

 

If ostrich meat is code for cocaine, you're probably right.

 

Weird how John Brown went the distance with Corrales, and then Mosley rattled him continuously. Back then, Diego's left hook was crushing people left and right.

 

I, for one, liked the catching tennis balls concept, which Cotto's Cuban trainer used for the Margarito fight, working cardio and agility.

 

How was Chico supposed to land clean on a guy who comes up to his ankles? ::

Mosley would have beat Chico at 135, badly.

 

Magic Potion was the best. I wish they had 24/7 back then would love to see the magic potion getting process and shit. It'd be hillarious . Probably with oracles and all that crap haha

 

One point off Mr Coralles for hitting with the back of the glove.....