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"Big George" Stops Big Cuts
by David Pambianchi
March 22, 2007 |
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Oblivious to what goes on in the corner,
many spectators analyze, perhaps simply gossip about what just happened
in the ring, thinking only that the fighter receives some
up-to-the-minute advice from trainers, a quick rest, sponge bath and a
chance to spit. But as a boxer, if the panic call goes out for the
Cut-Man, then you feel a lot better as "Big George Mitchell" jumps
through the ropes or towers over your corner. Six foot seven, 275 lbs.,
master bleed stopper and fight saver, Big George rules the ringside for
over ten years.
With good instructors and experience comes all the quick-fix tricks out
there, Enswell cold stainless steal, frozen ice cream scoopers flat and
cupped for the eye socket, 3 different Vaseline’s on the arm, cue tips
with adrenaline, makeshift patches of hair, whatever it takes to stop
the red-flow and keep swelling down, especially if an eye starts to
shut. Amid the shouting fans, knocks and bells, corner commotion, and
preparing the fighter to return to battle, getting blood to stop seeping
from a boxer's face requires skill and speed. One trainer jests, "I wish
you could teach me to use that to stop the leak on my kitchen sink."
"All the king's horses and all the king's men," Humpty Dumpty would have
done better when he fell off the wall with "Big George" in his corner,
particularly the first 30 seconds. Not much time, as when between rounds
of the Duddy vs. Campas title bout, he kept what became 22 stitches
worth of gashes from pouring crimson. Tommy Gallagher notes, "When he
saved the Duddy fight, that was one of the best jobs in the business,"
adding, "Except of course, for when I worked the five cuts on..."
"One tough customer," but ladies attest, "He's just a Big Teddy Bear,"
George's personable character makes him an excellent instructor,
knowledgeable in all aspects of the sport. He teaches only sincere
individuals first hand experience, up close and personal dramatizations
of the craft, corner training, some boxing and advice, and all the
techniques required to work the ring right down to wrapping hands.
If you want to get into the game as a cut-man, your chance has come.
Big George Mitchell worked over a thousand corners. Again, Limited to
only the serious individual: Contact:
biggeorge67@optonline.net
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