Boxing and billiards

Roy Steffensen

Roy Steffensen

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In Philippines Manny Pacquiao is not only one of their most famous sportsheroes in boxing, but he also knows how to play pool.

I have personally witnessed him playing seven sets, race to 21, for minimum $ 10 000 per set!!!! And he could hit those balls well!

Anyway, tonight I was out having a beer in Stavanger, and I happen to run into Norway's most famous boxer, Ole Klemetsen. After a while we got to play eachother, and he told me he has a pooltable at home, and he could do some real nice shots on the table. I could tell that he knew how to win against average people, that's for sure!

So, why do pro boxers also like pool? Can anyone explain me that? Now I know that 2 out of 2 boxers that I have seen also knows how to play pool. Why?
 
Roy Steffensen said:
So, why do pro boxers also like pool? Can anyone explain me that? Now I know that 2 out of 2 boxers that I have seen also knows how to play pool. Why?
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In Puerto Rico it comes handy if you play pool and know how to fight. I guess it goes hand on hand. :wink:
 
Danny Diliberto was also a boxer and a good one but could not stay in the ring as he broke his hand that is what he really wnted to do.
 
manny the pool pro

maldito said:
Danny Diliberto was also a boxer and a good one but could not stay in the ring as he broke his hand that is what he really wnted to do.
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um talk to max eberle on myspace. he knows manny really well. Max stayed over in the phillipines with manny as well. Ok peace
 
Boxing and Billiards

Having done both I can say they have something in common. They are both a one against one sport. One is fought in a square arena the other rectangular. There is both offense and defense. And there can only be one winner.
 
joeyincali

Sadly, Efren does not make nearly as much as Pac.
But, Efren said, he doesn't use his face to make a living.:thumbup:
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Roy Steffensen said:
In Philippines Manny Pacquiao is not only one of their most famous sportsheroes in boxing, but he also knows how to play pool.

I have personally witnessed him playing seven sets, race to 21, for minimum $ 10 000 per set!!!! And he could hit those balls well!

Anyway, tonight I was out having a beer in Stavanger, and I happen to run into Norway's most famous boxer, Ole Klemetsen. After a while we got to play eachother, and he told me he has a pooltable at home, and he could do some real nice shots on the table. I could tell that he knew how to win against average people, that's for sure!

So, why do pro boxers also like pool? Can anyone explain me that? Now I know that 2 out of 2 boxers that I have seen also knows how to play pool. Why?
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I can't answer that, but I love Stavanger. It seems like there was a good Mexican restaurant there. I shared some shrimps and a beer with a strange girl by the water. Life was grand. But cold :)

~rc
 
Cant answer that, but I have wanted to ask you is Squash still a big game over there ? When I used to play Racquetball some old timers kept trying to get me to join the squash team. I played it a few times, if I had found it befor i got so heavy into the other I would have played, but it has almost no following in the states. One of the best games there is if you ask me...
 
I use to box and play pool. My ring name was "Canvasback". I think it's because most boxers grow up in poor areas with high unemployment. On the way up the ranks of boxing there is a lot of down time in between training sessions. They get good at pool to make a few bucks to survive. Hand to eye coordination is a must in both sports. I knew many pro boxers from the NY area that were better than average in pool. Floyd Patterson was one of them. I was at his house in Lakeview, Long Island many times playing pool with him. Great guy I might add. My Dad was a pretty good pro boxer in the late 1920's and early 1930's, and he was a road player fot about five years before he met my Mom. Johnnyt
 
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Roy Steffensen said:
In Philippines Manny Pacquiao is not only one of their most famous sportsheroes in boxing, but he also knows how to play pool.

I have personally witnessed him playing seven sets, race to 21, for minimum $ 10 000 per set!!!! And he could hit those balls well!

Anyway, tonight I was out having a beer in Stavanger, and I happen to run into Norway's most famous boxer, Ole Klemetsen. After a while we got to play eachother, and he told me he has a pooltable at home, and he could do some real nice shots on the table. I could tell that he knew how to win against average people, that's for sure!

So, why do pro boxers also like pool? Can anyone explain me that? Now I know that 2 out of 2 boxers that I have seen also knows how to play pool. Why?
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I think you're reading into this too much.

You might as well ask why do doctors like pool? Why do teachers like pool? Why do dentists like pool? Why does some chap workin at micky ds like pool?

There's no correlation to boxers and pool. Pool is a likable game in general. Why be surprised if boxers or baseball players or some other type of profession has some interest in pool?

For Paqiao's case. He lives in the Philippines where just about everyone naturally knows how to play.

Your boy Stavanger has a pool table at home. Maybe one day after winning a fight he came home with one big fat pay check and decided a new pool table in the basement would be a neat piece of furniture to have. Then from then on he just started playing. Who knows?
 
I'll put my boy Anderson Silva in a cage fight and pool set if the pool is played immediately after the fight.

... I don't even know if Anderson plays pool, but I think he can win the set by default if the other guy can't get up.
 
I've also done both, Boxing was a hell of a release, anger, energy, establish dominance, also most don't know there is great thinking in boxing, stratigy, give and take, not just a bust'um up sport as some think. Pool (can be if you don't take it too seriously) a great release, and fun, relaxing, boxers can't drink alcohol before or during training or a fight, and you can't clown around or you may get hurt, pool you can have a drink, have a laugh, fool around alittle.

Remember, some people do only play pool for fun, and they love it like children.

P.s. I miss boxing so much, I started working out again and am thinking of having 1 more match, we'll see, it's been along time since I stepped into a ring.
 
i don't know

teedotaj said:
I think you're reading into this too much.

You might as well ask why do doctors like pool? Why do teachers like pool? Why do dentists like pool? Why does some chap workin at micky ds like pool?

There's no correlation to boxers and pool. Pool is a likable game in general. Why be surprised if boxers or baseball players or some other type of profession has some interest in pool?

For Paqiao's case. He lives in the Philippines where just about everyone naturally knows how to play.

Your boy Stavanger has a pool table at home. Maybe one day after winning a fight he came home with one big fat pay check and decided a new pool table in the basement would be a neat piece of furniture to have. Then from then on he just started playing. Who knows?
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i think there is something about certain personalities that are drawn to things naturally.
i'm an ex fighter.when i was fighting and in the scene, alot of us were drawn to similar things,pool,and guitar playing were things i seen alot of fighters drawn to.i happen to be an ex guitarist as well.
 
havoc said:
i think there is something about certain personalities that are drawn to things naturally.
i'm an ex fighter.when i was fighting and in the scene, alot of us were drawn to similar things,pool,and guitar playing were things i seen alot of fighters drawn to.i happen to be an ex guitarist as well.
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The boxer I played against is now making a living as a singer/guitarman ;)
 
maldito said:
Danny Diliberto was also a boxer and a good one but could not stay in the ring as he broke his hand that is what he really wnted to do.
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Definitely helped Danny get out of a jam from time to time...;)
 
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