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Ray Boom Boom Mancini gives McGuigan fighters buzz in gym visit ... (Irish Mirror)

Ray Boom Boom Mancini and Barry McGuigan's boxing career's came parallel to one another in the 1980s, and the pair reunited at the McGuigan gym this week to ...

He was ahead after ten rounds then got tired and lost in the 14 th . The way he tells it he was lining up a right hand and thought he had him. That’s why he is in the hall of fame and can still draw a crowd wherever he appears. Thank you for subscribing!We have more newslettersShow me It was a pleasure to have the great Ray Boom Boom Mancini in the gym this week. But instead of Arguello, it was Mancini on the floor, which was the genius of the ‘Thin Man’. Seven months and three fights later he knocked out Arturo Frias for the WBA version of the title. He was on his way to do a personal appearance with Joe Calzaghe in Cannock. Mancini was one the most popular Italian American fighters of my generation. Ray Snr was a fighter before the war but was injured in battle and never fought again.

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Ray Boom Boom Mancini gives McGuigan fighters buzz in gym visit ... (Global Circulate)

Ray Boom Boom Mancini and Barry McGuigan's boxing career's came parallel to one another in the 1980s, and the pair reunited at the McGuigan gym this week to ...

But instead of Arguello, it was Mancini on the floor, which was the genius of the ‘Thin Man’. He was ahead after ten rounds then got tired and lost in the 14 th . The way he tells it he was lining up a right hand and thought he had him. He was on his way to do a personal appearance with Joe Calzaghe in Cannock. It was arguably the greatest era in the history of boxing with the likes of Ray Leonard, Duran, Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Alexis Arguello all active. He was on his way to do a personal appearance with Joe Calzaghe in Cannock. The kids in the gym sparred better just because he was there.

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