Pacquiao and Linares wage gym war at Wild Card

By Doug Fischer

When Michael Moorer returned to the Wild Card Boxing Club to serve as Freddie Roach’s chief assistant trainer two months ago, the retired former heavyweight champ knew he was home.

Moorer, one of the dozen or so world titleholders spawned from the Kronk Gym, says the atmosphere at the Wild Card is very similar to the famous but now-defunct Detroit gym.

There are many similarities but the main ingredient that links to the two gyms, according to Moorer, is the constant hard sparring between world-class fighters and young boxers who want to become world class.

“The wars,” is how Moorer put it. “You have wars in here. Your manhood is tested in the ring. That’s what makes you a fighter. read more