Did you guys meet any boxers? Were they nice/ assholes? What did you talk about? What impression did they give you?
Former SMW belt holder Eric Lucas maybe 8 years ago and not at a fight or any event. A lot of people gathered around him to talk and he was very nice to everyone. Great guy. Lucas is the main reason why Montreal fell in love with boxing again in the last decade and he was my favorite boxer for many years.
I met Kermit Cintron 1 week to the date after his loss to Williams. He was really humble and hurt by the decision- he signed stuff i had and posed for pics for me and the crew of 15ish i was running with. Really open about what he was going to do with his career and how he felt about the decision. 'this is boxing, unfortunately these things happen- whether the judging was a little off, i should have impressed more... i feel like i could have. ya know? Martinez is a wayyy better fighter...I'll be back though, two three years, i'll work my way back to the top'
Andre ward and both dirrell brothers....seen hearns but couldn't get to talk to him....ward and the dirrells are real cool...Andre ward is very professional and down to earth guy, he was taller then I expected too, he gave a real weak handshake too, but Im sure he's gentle to all fans....lol
Met Andy Lee and Emmanuel Steward. 2 down to earth blokes. Steward was going for a hotdog after Andys fight and we asked him for a photo he said no problem . Andy was cool aswel.
I've heard that James Toney in person is NOTHING like he is in front of a camera. My buddy told me that he is cool as ever. I talked to Anthony Hanshaw before he fought Roy Jones Jr. He's just a regular guy. I stood right next to Roger Mayweather, but I didn't say anything to him. He's a lot shorter than I thought he would be. And I actually talked to Jack Mosley before De La Hoya v. Mayweather and he was telling us how he thought that De La Hoya would beat Mayweather. Now a boxer that I WANT to meet? Cecilia Brækhus Good Lord... why does this woman want to get punched in the face for a living?
Living here in vegas i had some great opportunities. 1st is ZAB JUDAH--i went a open gym that he had for the public and got a chance to meet him, he was extremely cool w/ everyone. I made a video for him of his open workout and he hit me back up to thank me about it and gave me a open invite to all his camps to take some video which i have posted on youtube (under the name steelfinga). he became a good friend he is truly a classy person. 2nd CELESTINO CABALLERO-- I read on ESB that he was training in Richard Steele's gym so i made my way out there to support my fellow panamanian countryman and he was also very happy to have someone from Panama come visit him so he sat with me and my wife and really chatted for a while. I seen him probably on 3 differerent occassions and has a pretty good facial recognition with me now. Dude is a musican and im a reggae dj so we had some good chats. but he is a stand up dude. 3rd HASEEM RAHMAN--once again in the Hit Factory he was there training and ROCK is another dude that seems to be a mellow dude and didnt act weird when i came up to him to give him a pound. 4th CHAD DAWSON-- when Chad was still with his old trainer that was helping Zab (name escapes me) he was in the gym with his wife and kids and once again he was super quiet and focused but when we met i dapped him up and he was another cool dude that didnt act too big for the fans. doing the videos for Super i met quite a bit of people....like the old spanish dude with all the pins on his hat that works with mayweater, sweat pea whitaker, jeff mayweather, and a few more, and i have not had a bad encounter. last person i met was at the Judah vs Khan weigh in and it was Nonito, i just brought a new Canon t3I camera thats super hard to work with if you dont know what your doing and he took the picture with me but we posed like 34 times till the **** worked but he stood there and waited with the patience of a munk..lol.