Boxer's you've met......and disliked.

Kostya Tszyu - very nice bloke.

Danny Green - also, very good guy. Interviewed him for Saddos over the phone but them bumped into him in a tattoo shop where my girlfriend was getting some work done. Couldn't have been nicer, very passionate and knowledgable about the sport. We chatted away about Chris John and his sparring with James Toney, we spoke for about 10 minutes.

Anthony Mundine - covered a weigh in of his for the site also and, while the cameras were on he was a total dickhead - doing the whole 'I'm the greatest' routine and dissing everyone. Then, when all the media were gone and it was only sad case boxing tragics (like me:D) around, he just became a regular , nice guy. Talking to kids, giving autographs and we spoke about boxing a bit - seemed like a decent fella who acts up for publicity. Must work too, given the money he can pull in for fighting taxi drivers on a wednesday night in Sydney...

Gairy St Clair - Another nice guy, we watched the Judah/Mayweather fight together and I was surprised by how well Judah started. Gairy just told me 'wait, he'll fold, he'll fold'. Sure enough, a few rounds later Mayweahter was in complete control and Gairy just tapped the side of his head and said something like 'you see? he's scared to win'. Apparently they used to spar together when Gairy was in Brooklyn and Judah had psychological problems back then too.

Haven't met any boxers I haven't like really.

I live in the same city as Jermain Taylor (Little Rock, AR), and although i've never met him, he seems to be a very stand up guy- everybody here loves him. He does a lot for the community and has been known to sign autographs for hours at a time. I know this is the "disliked" board, but this guy is so much the opposite of being disliked, I thought it was worth mentioning.

Jermaine comes acrossed as personable on camera too. One fighter i always admired on camera is floyd patterson. He seemed like such a gentleman. It's hard not to like a guy like that.

Librado Andrade is a very nice guy.

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Pepe Correa: Great Guy!

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I second that. He was at our gym training for a while leading up to and after The Contender. Really, really nice guy.

Sakio Bika: After the end of The Contender, he came and trained with Pepe. Really cool, down to earth.

Paul Williams: Super cool. Used to come watch our JOs spar and hung out a few times at our gym.

Williams Joppy: Met him at our gym training for last fight. Cool guy, pretty quiet and just came to work.

Shamba Mitchell: Met him a few times at local club shows. Approachable and very easy to talk to.

Andrew Council & Darryl Tyson: I put these two together because they are now coaches at two different DC gyms. Both cool guys. They do great work with our young boxers.

Anthony & Lamont Peterson: staples at local DC shows when in town. You wouldn't even know they have been on TV because they are both good guys.

Sugar Ray Seales: Met him at the Ringside Tournament this year. He had his '76 Gold Medal with him! Really nice guy.

Rayonta Whitfield: Met him down at his gym in Augusta. Nice guy. They (Augusta Boxing Club) opened their gym up for free workouts for the entire Silver Gloves Regionals for all visiting boxers. A lot of other gyms would never do that. Great club, great people down there.

Buster Douglas: Met him at the first annual Arnold Festival Boxing Tournament. Great guy. Talked it up with anyone and everyone. Signed everything.

Joe Frazier: Met him also at the same even as Douglas. Took photos with everyone and did as much meet and great as he was able to. Good guy.

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I'd like to use this thread to state the opposite. I met Floyd Mayweather last year. He actually is a VERY nice guy. And just because it was a media thing. It was at the Detroit leg of the "The World Awaits" promo and he stayed after it was over just talking to fans and putting his hands on people. There was a Mexican kid who walked up with a glove Oscar had already signed and asked him to sign it. At first he said he couldn't because Oscar's signature was on it and when the kid said he didn't have another one he signed it for him. He's got great caps too.

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Mayweather's a genius when creating the bad guy persona.

Good idea for a thread by the way.

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Jeff Harding is probably the most famous. Years ago not long after his success he used to drink a lot and I would often see him in the same pubs me and a mate would go to. You could tell people were taking advantage of him and it was quite sad as he obviously had a problem. He was in the kind of state most of the time where it was best just to avoid eye contact. More recently though he's been in this part of the world after getting his act together and stopping the drinking etc and had a chance to spend some time with him. He's a nice guy and we mainly spoke about our kids and that kind of thing but he was happy to talk about some of the old fight stories as well. Met big Bob Mirovic briefly and he was happy to say g'day and have his photo taken, unfortunately my mate who took kthe pic with my phone messed it up and it's so fuzzy no one believes it's him anyway, or even me for that matter. A local pro fighter Chad "Hollywood" Bennett is often in our building and at events. He's nice enough to chat to in the lift etc but is a dick when on the piss, but i think he knows that and even his friends (apparently) tell him that. Well thats it from me........

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Over the years I have met many many fighters most were nice guys. The only guy I didnt like was Riddick Bowe. Several of us were collecting autographs and pics of fighters for a young guy in a hospice inFla. I asked Bowe to sign the fight cardfor him, Bowe was a guest of honor at the black tie fights in Dallas. He just dropped the pen I handed him and held his hand out.
"I dont sign for less than $10 for nobody " he said. That p'd me off right there I told him in no uncertain terms what he could do with his $ 10 autograph he just walked away

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Wow. What a Jerk.

Never met any boxers. Met some MMA fighters. Heath Herring and Anderson Silva were the nicest by far. Jorge Rivera as well. Tim Sylvia was a fvckin prick though.

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Never met any boxers. Met some MMA fighters. Heath Herring and Anderson Silva were the nicest by far. Jorge Rivera as well. Tim Sylvia was a fvckin prick though.

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I went to UFC Event in Vegas and sat right next to Tito Ortiz and Bill Goldberg all night. (This was when UFC wasn't as big and I got one ticket, so I got great seats) Both of these guys talked to EVERYONE and signed everything that fans put in front of them. I couldn't believe it. They were cool. Took pictures with everyone. I'm just not the type to talk it up at a place like that, but they were cool. I realized then what a pain in the ass being famous would be. You have to be "on" 24/7 and if they got pissed, people would call them jerks. It takes a special type to be nice to everyone and understand it from the fan's point of view. Also, just a note - that Ortiz is one big sunnuvabitch!! I didn't realize he was that big. His neck and head are ginormous (yes that's a word now - ask Merriam-Webster)

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Originally Posted by Killface

I'd like to use this thread to state the opposite. I met Floyd Mayweather last year. He actually is a VERY nice guy. And just because it was a media thing. It was at the Detroit leg of the "The World Awaits" promo and he stayed after it was over just talking to fans and putting his hands on people. There was a Mexican kid who walked up with a glove Oscar had already signed and asked him to sign it. At first he said he couldn't because Oscar's signature was on it and when the kid said he didn't have another one he signed it for him. He's got great caps too.

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I was at the DC stop on the tour. Oscar left the second the press conference ended. Floyd stayed for a long time afterwards and signed a ton of autographs and talked to fans.

(I'm not criticizing Oscar, just pointing out that Floyd went out of his way to accomodate fans)

After training at camp with Bruno, George was getting the Kids out the door they had Autograph books at the ready. Frank shouted over to George asking Him what He was Doing. Then shouted the Kids over about 20 of them, and spent the next 30 mins talking to them and having a laugth with them and signed there Books. Ive never seen Frank refuse anybody He is a Gem. Of the top of my Head, Mike McCullam, John Conteh, John Stracy, Colin McMillan, Roberto Duran, All top Draw. ;D