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wanna no all your claim to fames ...either shoke hands or quick chat ...or even what i did , they walked past and you relised to late (duke mckenzie)
alan/ ross minter - down to earth , says it straight ....supports his son!
chris eubank - because i lived in the same town and he always was shopping with his wife and kids ... not recently though.
signings- frank bruno , earnie shavers ,nigel benn.
Wade "Rock" Lewis
Was KO'd by Audley Harrison in 2, Dominic Guinn in 1, ect., ect.
Nice guy, down to earth, all that.
Micky Ward, Peter Manfredo, Vinny Paz, Arturo Gatti, Kevin McBride... Hmmm, alot of others.
I met Manny Pacquiao at Calasiao, Pangasinan Cockpit Arena in the Philippines. He had over 50 entries (fighting roosters). It was 3 days and 3 nights event. National Derby what they called.
I didn't even know he was gonna be there. We just shoke hands and that's pretty much about it.
HMMMM cool i thought that from all your pics. i meeting ward gatti soon at a dinner evening thing at gatwick in london .Quote:
Originally Posted by PRIDE OF BOSTON
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thats cool , cause by the looks of it your name and sig ... he must be one of your fave ...must of been fate bumping in to him lol.
So far it's Ricky Hatton but I'm meeting Evander Holyfield tomorrow and they dont come much bigger than that !
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Nice... Yet, I seem to find them when not expecting it. I mean, I do see/meet many at fights but I seem to see them about town all the time. I have good eyes;)
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lucky where do you live in u.s
All i 2bump into is Eubank ...and when ever i see him he looks nutt's in his jocky outfit walking along a beach in brighton (freezing cold ) ! or driving his massive truck through a one way system ( in the middle of the bussiness town in england oxford street london) whata joker lol
I said 'hello' to sugar ray after the Contender... spoke to Jesse Brinkly a bit too. Anthony Small was at the after party but I didn't really speak to him that much, he'd been sparring a lad I know from Hylton Castle ABC and he was talking to him.
Met Glenn Mcory a few times, he got put in hospital after visiting a pub near me - he tried to break up a fight between a load of charvas and ended up getting smacked in the back with a road sign... :s He used to come into the Cinema a bit when I worked there and he's phoned me up on one occasion trying to make me fight one of his lads when I had a near broken wrist! :P Was also at the Contender V.I.P. party.
I'm guessing he was pissed during at least 50% of these occasions... he likes to put it away... good bloke though, my brother saw him out on the town - said some incomprehensible stuff to him and gave him a bear hug! :P
Met Henry Cooper at a book signing, I wasn't actually boxing at the time but was telling him that I was also an identical twin - I have to admit I didn't start boxing because Our 'Enry told me too... :-/
Met Micheal Jennings at a boxing show almost 2 years ago as well... again spot on kid.
Oh and I saw - I think it was Paul Smith getting KNOCKED back from the V.I.P. party too - because he had his team UK tracksuit on... madness! :P
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Boston Massachusetts, USA... I live near alot of decent fight venues... Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, TD Banknorth Garden... Twin Rivers is decent I guess... For local guys anyway.
Paul Smith Jr
My Dad has met the Big Show from WWE
Yeah, I also have pics with Paul Smith, Sergio Mora, Steve Forbes, Sam Soliman, Pepe Carrara(how ever you spell it) David Banks, Brian Vera... hmmm... Oh, Alfonso Gomez... Got Lou DiBella's signature... Also got Buddy Mcgirt's sig...
you should've cheap shotted Mora in between the legs.. that's what i'd do if i met him :)Quote:
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that's pretty sweet.. i haven't watched wrestling in at least 10 years, but i DO remember going to some wrestling event and remember that super hot chick "Sunny".. she was the manager for the Smokin' Guns.. I met them and touched the tag team belts, and had half of a mind to try to touch Sunny but my mom was there so i didn't..Quote:
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As far as boxers i've just met the local guys really.. Manfredo/Balletto/Pazienza/Angel Comacho (not famous yet really)
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cool , ive always wanted to tour america hopefully i will in the coming years ...only to tour the boxing gyms like gleasons,kronk gym,5th street gym ,frazier's , salvador sanchez gym etc ...thats what i'd do if id live there.
I met Wayne Llwellyn and Pat Barrett in the ringside seats when Naseem Hamed fought Daniel Alicea at the Newcastle Arena.
I also met Naz (I WAS a big fan) he had been showing his belt at a Newcastle football match. I saw him outside and held my hand out to shake as he walked up to me. I saif 'Naz I am a huge fan you're doing Britain proud' he looked me up and down and walked on without a word or a hand dkahe. I was gutted.
Highlight for me though was speaking to Lloyd Honetghan on the phone. I was on a Union course and was talking to the organiser in the bar on the evening. Talk got around to boxing and I mnetioned that I trained and that my British one of my favourite British fighters was LLoyd. This guy said 'Oh he's a mate of mine hang on' He got his mobile out rang a number and said 'Hey Lloyd it's ****** got a fan wants to speak to you'. I was literally almost speechless and what with being a bit full of guinness babbled on like a fool. Priceless talking to him though.
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if were talking other pro's smaller ... i talk to paul smith jr ... matt marsh ..wayne mccullough, and wayne has some cool pics of him and loads of boxers ... look at my sig errol christie, audley harrison and some other ones on face book ...they love chatting to fans !!!
You lucky twat ;D If I met Ricky Hatton I wouldn't know where to fuckin start.Quote:
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I really really really hope Ricky has a few more fights in the states so I have a better chance to meet him. :)
Such a groupie lol!Quote:
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Watch out for Zab Judah when you go to Gleason's, I've heard he's a player
But be gentle with him, his jaw is so fragile if he buried his head in your chest you may accidently kill him.
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cool where you going to meet him ...your see the imfamous ear ... !!
Unzipping his belt perhaps? :splurt:Quote:
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That is on my wishlist, to meet the Hitman and explain Danny_G's vids to him ;DQuote:
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You would have had a good chance to meet him when he fought Collazo in the Banknorth Garden wouldn't you ??
Fuck you Dildo Baggins, BTW I got a call from my groupies, they're on there way to Torquay to petrol bomb your house and pot your windows at 11PM. Watch out fucker!!Quote:
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At that point in time... well... I had some trouble with the authorities;D Couldn't make it;)
Haha I can't wait to till Frank "WBO" Warren puts a show on in the new Liverpool Arena with Derry Matthews and Khan etc later this year.Quote:
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Might bum in to Tam as no doubt he would go down.
Would like to meet Khan as well...
You won't get to tour the original Kronk- it's closed down.Quote:
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I've met Tommy Hearns and his son Ronald. I kinda met Floyd Mayweather Jr at the Detroit leg of his press conference with Oscar de La Hoya, May Jo Sanders (incredibly quiet, but it was just before her last fight), Emmanuel Stewart and a local junior welterweight whose name is escaping me just now.
A lad I spar with has met him, got a signed pad in our gym... he was in this club called Tup Tup... which is a pretty good club if you can ignore how far it's managed to get stuck up it's own arse... ;)Quote:
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Roy jones, felix trinidad, and chad dawson, here in sac during his fight here last year. I've just recently seen manny pac in Frisco and i saw floyd mayweather at a club in miami awhile back.
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oh but what about manny staward (merlin)...why did it close down and when ??
I have the best.....Oliver McCall, he worked out at the gym I go to...I was worried the trainers were going to try to make me spar with him (I being one of the few heavyweights at the gym). He was a really down to Earth guy, nice guy.
I met Marvin Hagler in Italy , he was a top guy.
I met Terry Norris in an In-N-Out (burger chain fast food). I saw him making line and I just thought he looked alike. I got closer and saw a tattoo on his neck with two boxing gloves and when we made eye contact I just stretched my hand for a handshake and told him "Mr. Norris, nice to meet you" and he got a big smile. We started talking about this and that. He told me he was getting into producing music (rap, hip hop, etc.). Then the topic changed to boxing and we were laughing about his fight against Santana and how he took a dive twice. Then he took his order and left. Wish I had my camera with me.
My parents met Mike Tyson in Atlanta airport. He was just laying down using his jacket as a pillow. When he woke up my parents approached him and told him that I was a big fan of his fights and asked for an autograph. My parents were surpirsed to see that he was not THAT TALL.
Depends on what you mean by "famous".
In Oz, I have met Sam Soliman (watched a few fights with him), Lovemore N'Dou, Paul Briggs, Bob Miravick, Kostya Tsyu and most of the national fighters at one point or another, to name a few.
From the states, (in passing) Muhammad Ali, and a few of the rest that have appeared in Oz in the last ten years.
back in 1963 I met & shook hands with Casius clay as he was then on his first vist to London to fight Henry Cooper Imet him in The TA centre in White City. I have also met Terry Downes who's club I used to drink in a real gent. I met & had photo taken with PBF in the late 90s in Vegas after one of his early defences & would'nt you know it none of them remember me
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...So you got that close to Sergio Mora and you let him live????
I used to think you were cool....I stress the word USED