- - Eddie Futch's Best Champions:
The March 4, 1991 issue of contained Futch's list of the 10 best champions he has handled, along with his comments:
The March 4, 1991 issue of contained Futch's list of the 10 best champions he has handled, along with his comments:
- 1. "The greatest heart of all, he fought from bell to bell. Every trainer should have one Joe Frazier in his life."
- 2. "Unorthodox, but he could adapt perfectly to any opponent."
- 3. "A thinking fighter who tears you up downstairs, then pulls your teeth."
- 4. "He learned from his mistakes, and he was always in great condition."
- 5. "All the tools in the world. You could put him on course, and he stayed on it."
- 6. "My first champ, in 1958, he was an excellent boxer who never reached his potential."
- 7. "A boxing master. When he sparred, other fighters would come to watch."
- 8. "Tall and skinny, he doesn't look the part, but he finds a way."
- 9. "He moves so well, and when he's on, he controls everything in the ring."
- 10. "Such range and strength. He could move and box, but, my, what a punch."
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