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October 12, 2019
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Witherspoon Trainer: I like impossible situations
By Przemek Garczarczyk
“I remember when I was training Evander Holyfield before the Mike Tyson fight. Everyone was laughing, giving us no chance. We all know what happened…and we worked hard to make it happen again when Chazz will face Usyk…” says trainer Tommy Brooks, who will be in Chazz Witherspoon’s corner for the “impossible task.”
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Witherspoon in his prime had promising skills, intelligence in/out of the ring, and was viewed by many as a potential great. Witherspoon fought in an era of boxing where many heavyweight prospects had decent skills to derail anyone in their path. I recall the bizarre bout Witherspoon was disqualified in a 2008 match against Arreola. Witherspoon is past his prime now, but who knows, he may get lucky and land himself in the top 10 in this unpredictable era of recycled and new prospect of fighters.
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38, that is old for boxing. I never really watched Chazz fights. I just watched the 3rd rounds of Chazz vs Arreola, and vs Mitchell. vs Arreola, he got floored a 2nd time right at the bell, or a second after the bell, he got up, his corner was on the apron, and I guess they stopped it because they were up on the side of the ring, which sometimes is not a big deal and sometimes a ref will stop it. Anyway, he probably wasn’t going to turn the Arreola fight around if they let in continue. In the Mitchell fight, the ref made the right call and tried to give him a standing 8 count, but knew he was in bad shape, so stopped it. Witherspoon tries to recover, tries to hang in there, but he probably doesn’t get back into a fight once he gets hurt badly. I don’t really buy into Usyk making it as a heavyweight. He probably should try to drop to 185 and see if the Canelo vs Kovalev winner wants to fight him at that weight.
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Seth Mitchell had a legit KO against Witherspoon. Wow! I certainly hope they did a head CT Scan of Witherspoon after that fight to rule out any head injuries after Mitchell’s right cross and hooks cracked him and sent him into space. Mitchell had legit power, but a weak chin that sent his boxing career into a stagnant state of health. Jonathon Banks and Chris Arreola will always be on the mind of Seth Mitchell as he tasted defeats to these pugilists.
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If he “loves impossible situations” he should have a perma-stiffy for tonight!
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The difference between the Holyfield camp and the Witherspoon “camp” is that they actually knew who they were training for and how to train. This guy is coming in on 4 days notice and you’re going to tell me you trained for Usyk?! ha! Usyk is going to school Witherspoon.
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When was it that no one gave Holy a chance vs Tyson?
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Know one gave holyfield a chance,they thought he was finished after riddick bowe stopped him.and the lose to more.
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There is some question with steroids being used in Holyfield’s preparation again Tyson, so not a good comparison. Also, Chazz has never been close to Holyfield in talent in any way. You can’t get piss out of a tree, no matter how hard you try. Witherspoon should’ve have long retired. He’s nothing.
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There is some question with steroids being used in Holyfield’s preparation against Tyson, so not a good comparison. Also, Chazz has never been close to Holyfield in talent in any way. You can’t get piss out of a tree, no matter how hard you try. Witherspoon should have long retired. He’s nothing. (typos corrected)
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Witherspoon in his prime had promising skills, intelligence in/out of the ring, and was viewed by many as a potential great. Witherspoon fought in an era of boxing where many heavyweight prospects had decent skills to derail anyone in their path. I recall the bizarre bout Witherspoon was disqualified in a 2008 match against Arreola. Witherspoon is past his prime now, but who knows, he may get lucky and land himself in the top 10 in this unpredictable era of recycled and new prospect of fighters.
38, that is old for boxing. I never really watched Chazz fights. I just watched the 3rd rounds of Chazz vs Arreola, and vs Mitchell. vs Arreola, he got floored a 2nd time right at the bell, or a second after the bell, he got up, his corner was on the apron, and I guess they stopped it because they were up on the side of the ring, which sometimes is not a big deal and sometimes a ref will stop it. Anyway, he probably wasn’t going to turn the Arreola fight around if they let in continue. In the Mitchell fight, the ref made the right call and tried to give him a standing 8 count, but knew he was in bad shape, so stopped it. Witherspoon tries to recover, tries to hang in there, but he probably doesn’t get back into a fight once he gets hurt badly. I don’t really buy into Usyk making it as a heavyweight. He probably should try to drop to 185 and see if the Canelo vs Kovalev winner wants to fight him at that weight.
Seth Mitchell had a legit KO against Witherspoon. Wow! I certainly hope they did a head CT Scan of Witherspoon after that fight to rule out any head injuries after Mitchell’s right cross and hooks cracked him and sent him into space. Mitchell had legit power, but a weak chin that sent his boxing career into a stagnant state of health. Jonathon Banks and Chris Arreola will always be on the mind of Seth Mitchell as he tasted defeats to these pugilists.
If he “loves impossible situations” he should have a perma-stiffy for tonight!
The difference between the Holyfield camp and the Witherspoon “camp” is that they actually knew who they were training for and how to train. This guy is coming in on 4 days notice and you’re going to tell me you trained for Usyk?! ha! Usyk is going to school Witherspoon.
When was it that no one gave Holy a chance vs Tyson?
Know one gave holyfield a chance,they thought he was finished after riddick bowe stopped him.and the lose to more.
There is some question with steroids being used in Holyfield’s preparation again Tyson, so not a good comparison. Also, Chazz has never been close to Holyfield in talent in any way. You can’t get piss out of a tree, no matter how hard you try. Witherspoon should’ve have long retired. He’s nothing.
There is some question with steroids being used in Holyfield’s preparation against Tyson, so not a good comparison. Also, Chazz has never been close to Holyfield in talent in any way. You can’t get piss out of a tree, no matter how hard you try. Witherspoon should have long retired. He’s nothing. (typos corrected)