Robinson Never Got Started
That was the warning from his trainer George Gainsford last night, "Robinson never got a chance to get started, once he hit that boy with his left the fight was over."
The champion scored the first knockdown just over a minute of the action gone with the referee picking up a count of seven, the knockout blow came at 2:54 and Balbi never looked like beating the count.
"Hopefully De La Hoya will give him some rounds," Gainford continued, "If he don't then Robinson might struggle for competition."
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"I occasionally agreed to carry an opponent, almost always in what is known as a tune-up fight. I never considered it morally wrong as long as I was winning the fight. I was never a killer, like some fighters. I never enjoyed knocking out a guy who I knew had no chance to beat me." Sugar Ray Robinson
Last edited by bob_bask; 11-19-2015 at 06:57 AM.
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