He was selector for the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch and is an Olympic Solidarity Fund coach. I'm ready to perform with him. It's not good enough to tell a boy how to do it, you've got to show him. Dick was 72 years old when he last got in the ring and sparred. You've got to know when a fella's going to punch.
Defence is the most important part.
If you've got good defence you're not going to get hurt. You don't want to find out how hard the other guy can hit you. Dick says the lack of good defence has stopped the rise of many good punchers, with David Tua a prime example. He's too easy to hit. He doesn't know how to get out of the way.