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::**.. Who do you expect to care about this? Sure, Floyd is a little brat, noone likes him outside of a boxing ring, why bring this up. De la Hoya is really no better though, he's as phony as a three dollar bill and doesn't have a shred of charisma in him. The guy has 0 personality. Neither of these guys possess anything to like about them outside the ring as people, imo.
de la hoya is a class act. he's a great ambasador for the sport and sets a good example.
In that he never has anything to say... Im not denying the guy fights the best, and he does nothing to take away from the sport... But he certainly doesn't have any character or personality to speak of, at least not that is real and candid. Most athletes should be seen and not heard, that was all I was saying.. And it is especially true with these two stiffs.
Oscar may be should talk less or maybe practice his lines beforehand, I agree with you there pretty much, but you can't say he isnt good for the sport. His Golden Boy promotions is doing a lot of good things for boxing as far as giving boxers pensions and retirement plans and working towards having a singularly crowned champion in each division. He does a little bit more than just do nothing to take away from the sport. As for Floyd Mayweather, I met him once in Las Vegas at Crazy Horse. I was pretty loaded as I'd been out all night partying and stumbled up to him
like hey what's up man, I just wanted to say hi cuz i heard you were here and I am a big boxing fan... He was totally a nice guy, really cool. he didnt have an entourage or anything, it was just him. Well him and about every dancer in the club. He was like pull up a seat and hang out for awhile. I was even like,
hey I dont want to bother you or nothin...but he actually insisted I sit down and hang with him a bit and chat. I ended up talking to him about boxing, Delahoya and the Las Vegas night life for over two hours. Mind you, this happened back in 2004. Mayweather was talking to me about how he wanted to get the fight with him then really badly because he wanted to beat him so much. I'm not sure if it is the fact that his dad was involved in training Oscar or what it was but it seems like even back then, Floyd had this drive to prove he was better than Oscar Delahoya. So I don't know. I've always thought the best way to get an idea of someone's character is to talk to them one on one. Based on what I experienced, Floyd Mayweather Jr, is a friendly and really cool guy. He didn't say or do anything to make me think otherwise.
The only problem is that...well, did you REALLY hang out with Floyd??? ::** I mean if I had a chance like that, I'd get his autograph and take a few pictures with him. Any pictures ?
No pictures. It was at Crazy Horse Saloon which is a strip club. They dont take real kindly to strangers taking pictures in there. I actually tried with my camera on my cell phone once or twice but it was too dimly lit to tell that it was actually with Floyd Mayweather that I was with. It's all good if you dont believe me; I mean for all you know I am some six year old kid who is making up stories, but it did happen. Maybe I should have asked for an autograph from him but I figured the dude probably gets harassed about that stuff all the time and I didnt want to be a bother to him. I was just thrilled he actually gave up some of his time to talk and hang out with me. I've never been one to make up stories. If I was, I'm sure I could have come up with something a little more exciting (like maybe a bar fight breaking out and running up and breaking a chair over some guy's head who happened to be trying to choke out Floyd Mayweather then we smoked a blunt with Tupac right before he got shot and went back to Mayweather's crib for an after party with six strippers and threw darts at a poster of Oscar Delahoya). I mean come on, THAT'S a story. But me running into him was a totally random thing. I was out partying in Vegas with my sis and brother in law, ended up meeting a group of people about our age who wanted to head to the strip clubs after the club let out. My sis and her husband left to call it a night, I went to Crazy Horse with these guys. At about 8 am they were out and I was gonna have one drink before I got a cab back to my hotel at the Flamingo Hilton, as I was getting it, one of the strippers asked about the gold boxing glove i had hanging on my chain. I told her it had been a gift from a friend because I did a little amateur boxing and really loved the sport. She was like, well you know who Floyd Mayweather is? He comes in a lot, he's right over there on the other side of the room. So I went over an introduced myself and we sat down and kicked it with the girls for a couple hours like two regular people. I think he probably respected that. But hey, I can only recount what happened. I can't expect everyone to believe it even though it's the truth.
Another true story that is even less exciting...
Once in Pacific Beach in San Diego where I live, I ran into Pernell Whitaker (briefly) at a bar/nightclub called Typhoon Saloon. I shook his hand, too and told him, "You were one of the greats, you beat Julio Cesar Chavez AND Oscar Delahoya even though you got screwed over by the decision in both fights." He was like, "Thanks man. Most people don't realize that." It was only for a moment that I got to talk to him, but like the Mayweather encounter, it was a thrill. Especially because Pernell I grew up watching and consider him a great fighter of more or less, legendary status.
I've also met Terry Norris more than a few times. He trained fighters at a gym I used to belong to years back and gave me some coaching in the basics like keeping your elbows down and in to guard your ribs. He is an unbelievably cool guy. I still run into him now and again because he still lives in San Diego, or at least has a house here that he stays in for at part of the year.
But some people probably just think i am making that up too. Fighters; even great and legendary ones are real people even though sometimes it is hard to picture since we hold them up to such a high standard and put them on a pedestal sometimes. They go out and socialize in public places just like most of us do. And in places like Vegas, San Diego and Los Angeles, you really never know who you could run into, celebrity-wise.
