Lou Duva
Lou Duva
Louis "Lou" Duvais a boxing trainer and manager who has handled some of the most famous boxers in the world, including nineteen world champions. The Duva family have promoted boxing events in over twenty countries on six continents. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame, National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, and the Meadowlands Sports Hall of Fame...
fights hit looks three walk
We would walk away from big, big fights and we would say, 'It looks like you got hit twice,' ... He would say, 'Nah, three times.'
dogged gamble johnson money risked took
We took a gamble on Johnson and he dogged it, ... We risked a lot of money to do it, and he didn't come through.
order want fighter
I'm always going back to one thing - my family... It's my family, my religion, my fighters. Put them in any order you want.
bottom hard
It's hard to start from the bottom.
fighting yelling umpires
I love what I'm doing. It's my life. When it's time to go, I'll probably be fighting to get out of the casket. I'll be yelling at the priest instead of a referee.
time guy get-up
He's a guy who gets up at 6 a.m. regardless of what time it is -
sports two knows
You can sum up this sport in two words: You never know.
great honored
Corpus Christi has had so many great fighters, but they have never really been honored accordingly.
feeling
It was not an act. It was the feeling he had for the town.
funny gets guy morning regardless six time
He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.
ball guarantee guy johnson kirk punching step
If he wins, it's a whole new ball game. It's a step up and if we can get in that position, I guarantee we'll be right back in the fold. I thought Kirk Johnson was going to come through for us. He didn't. And if a guy like Peter, with his punching power, can't come through, then we're in trouble. Where would we go? What would we do?
guarantee guy punching step
If he wins, it's a whole new ballgame, ... It's a step up, and if we can get in that position, I guarantee we'll be right back in the fold. And if a guy like Peter, with his punching power, can't come through, then we're in trouble. Where would we go? What would we do?