Tim Witherspoon is a great laugh and a nice person ,met him a few times a few weeks back.
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Tim Witherspoon is a great laugh and a nice person ,met him a few times a few weeks back.
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exactly : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_BobickYea i know Duane he beat Larry Holmes in 1976 Olympic trials didn't he ??
Duane is the guy form a family full of boxers (4 boxers brothers I think) he was so hyped because of his white pedigree at that time (70's) that he was saw as the Threat for Ali....until he was knocked out by Ken Norton in one round :-)
this guy (duane) could punch, for sure, but only against static opponent and glass jaw average guy....http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=15810
anyway, I have more pitty for him than anything else, but when I met him he went too far in way of cursing people...(but he was drunk).
I heard also some identical stories about Tommy Morrison, but don't know if it's true....
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my grandpa met and knows alot
gene fullmer 06 national golden gloves
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Originally Posted by headson
WOW!!!!
Hidden Content IN CASE THEY ALL FORGOT WHAT REAL HEAVYWEIGHT POWER WAS!!!
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i only ever met kostya tszyu, i was only 15 and towered over the guy, hes really short maybe 5'7...
but really nice down to earth fella, shook his hand got photo and autoghraph.....i was rapped......and also a few aussie boxers that know one would have heard of except mundine
"To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragety" -Cus D'amato-<br /><br />"I pitty the fool"-clubber lang-<br /><br />"My power is discombobulatingly devastating I could feel is muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm"
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Ummmm, the guys that I have met face to face are Scott Gammer, Enzo Maccarinelli and Clinton Woods, they are all guys that are good hard-working fighters who have a great interest in boxing rather than being wholly interested in the result of the tie. I enjoyd talking with Woods and Mark Hobson, as well as Mark Krence, but come fight time I respect them all for stepping in between the ropes.
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Umm, it's not as though I was guessing, but I was fully expecinting Daxx's list to be a who;s who of boxing.
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Umm, it's not as though I was guessing, but I was fully expecinting Daxx's list to be a who;s who of boxing.
If you ever get the chance to go to the Hall of Fame weekend in Canastota.....You would never forget it....It's a blast everyone who is any one shows from every generation....Great Autographs....Fairly Priced Admission
Hidden Content IN CASE THEY ALL FORGOT WHAT REAL HEAVYWEIGHT POWER WAS!!!
Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Not met to many, Toney probably sticks out more then anyone but by far the most enjoyable person I have ever met was Johnny Gonsalves. Gonsalves is a San Francisco LEGEND, and I talked to him for a good 5 minutes about the nights fights and he initiated the talk as I didn't even want to make any eye contact with him if I didn't have to. But very wise, very funny probably the most OLD SCHOOL guy I ever met. Had me in stitches, a fighter retired on his stool and Johnny said he would rubbed him down with sandpaper and forced him to go back outAnd he wasn't kidding. He died earlier this year and the Chronicle published a VERY nice full page tribute to him. Was very cool.
And James Toney is probably one of the funniest people I have met in my life period. I couldn't keep a straight face with him.
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Eubank !
Met him on the Seafront in Brighton after iwas nearly run over by his kids on Scooters !! What aGent.
Met everybody inBritain they always hang around the York Hall i'd say Junior Witter was the biggest Tosser of them all David Haye the biggest poser but nice bloke!!
Nigel Benn was really chatty he surprised the heck out of me i told him i read his book and we talked at great length he is so honest and humble
Carl Froch was a giggle he oozes self belief he was in the Dundee Arms !
Joe Calzaghe was a gentleman really approachable but he seemed more intrested in my girlfriend , i took a photo of him with her at his insistance .
People say Boxers are always bigger when you meet them in person but i'd say i'm always struck at how small they are !
Ian Bothman once invited me for a beer with him , not a boxer but what a sportsman .
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Met loads but can't be f*cked typing all the names out.
I will say that 99% of the fighters i have met are really nice individuals though.
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In that case....can you be f**ked to type the names of the 1% who weren't nice individuals?
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Audley Harrison before the first Williams fight was rude,arrogant and surrounded by gorillas in tracksuits with bad attitudes.
He wouldn't talk to ANY press at all and kept his ipod headphones on and just held his arm out and shook his head when anyone of us approached him,then his gorillas started pushing people away while he stood there grinning like a wanker,danny Williams was even standing there in disbelief and shaking his head at Audleys foolish act,Williams was posing for pics etc,cuddling kids the lot and is one of the nicest fighters i have ever met.
Top fella
Kick his ass Sea Bass!
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I think I met Panchito Bojado......he was a car hope at an upscale hotel.........
"If there's a better chin in the world than Pryor's, it has to be on Mount Rushmore." -Pat Putnam.
Bam Bam... BamBamBam!!!
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This is how I felt when I went to the DC press conference for Mayweather-DLH and saw Floyd in person. He was the smallest guy on the stage. BHop was there and he was about 3 times the size of Floyd.
Sharmba Mitchell was in the crowd and he was small too, one of the smallest people in the whole crowd. I can only imagine how small the minimumweight fighters must be... guys like El Finito or Michael Carbajal.
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