Boxers u met in person

Met "The Real Deal" at a night club, celebrating his birthday, in Las Vegas in '09.

 

Trainers: Eddie Futch Nacho Bernstein Hector Rocha Curtis Cokes Jack Mosely Miguel Diaz and Manny Stewart! I am too lazy to list them all .Some fighters Kevin Kelly Kostya Tzysu Shane Mosley Diego Corrales Marvin Hagler Eric Morales Butterbean George Foreman Joe Bugner Livingstone Bramble Carlos Palomino Jake Rodriguez. There are lots more I have spent a lot of time around boxing!

 

I met Bernard Hopkins. For some reason I thought he would be much taller.

 

It's amazing how small some fighters seem in person. Carl Froch seems really scrawny and David Haye doesn't even look like a heavyweight face-to-face.

I've met loads of fighters in person, including lots of heavyweights and the only one who really looked huge was Kevin McBride.

 

That makes me enjoy these fights more:


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Paul Williams at the Pavlik/Martinez fight. nice guy, posed for pics with people. tall as hell too for his weight. iam 6'5'' and he wasnt much shorter. it was funny because all the guys in the section were like "oh there is paul williams" and all the women had no idea who he was but just ran up for a picture, walking back ot their seats asking "who is that?" funny stuff

 

Soto-Karass: I was at his fight vs Estrada the night before Margarito-Cotto. I was like in the 5th row by his corner cheering for him and one of his cornermen threw me his t-shirt when he took it off during the introductions. Then his cornerman and he came over after he got cleaned up after the fight and talked to me and signed it. Pretty cool.

Nonito Donaire trains at the same gym I work out at. I've talked to him a few times and seen him a bunch.

I met Chris Byrd at a fight in Vegas and got a pic with him. Then a week later we was in my home area at a sporting good's store opening. so i went over with my son and got him to sign my picture. his wife was there too. while i talked to chris his wife was all over my son. both really cool.

Pat Lawlor used to hang out at a bar by my office before it closed. I used to talk to him all the time.

I took a **** next to Sean O'Grady. I talked to him, but, resisted the urge to turn and try and shake his hand.

I've one off met a bunch of other fighters at fights: JuanMa, Zab, Malignaggi, Robert Guerrero, Lucia Rijker, Paulie Ayala, Luisito Espinosa, Winky Wright, Clinton Woods, Shannon Briggs, Michael Moorer, Kevin Kelly and probably at least a half dozen others I can't remember right now.

The only fighter who ever dogged me when I tried to talk to him was Jorge Arce. Michael Moorer wasn't particularly friendly either, but, he did take a pic with me and grunt a hello.

I do believe it when people say that boxers are the friendliest athletes.

 

Being from Pensacola I've met Roy Jones many times and there's no way in hell he's 5'11. I'm only 5'10 and I'm way taller than him. But I've also met Derrick Gainer and Andre Berto last year.

 

Actually too many to name. Ive probably met more than most since ive been a hardcore fan for 32 years,former boxer(not pro),And have lived in the Los Angeles are for most of life (always been a hotbed for boxing), Also have attended countless fights, And use to attend the WBHOF every year(havent been in a while). Ill just list the most famous

Muhamad Ali
Oscar Delahoya use to train at the same gym when he was a boy wonder
Sugar Ray Leonard
Manny Pacquiao
Bernard Hopkins
Archie Moore He was a regular at all the fights in LA area
Ike Williams ^^
Jimmy Mcclarnin At WBHOF banquet
Laila Ali
Bobby Chacon
Johnny Tapia
Fernando Vargas
Shane Mosley
Ruben Olivares
Danny Lopez
Ken Buchanan
Genaro Hernandez
Gabriel Ruelas
Rafeal Ruelas
Mando Ramos
Carlos Palomino
Paul Gonzalez encouraged me to go to his gym
Ricardo Lopez
Carmen Basillo
Marco A Barreras
Bob Foster
Floyd Mayweather Sr
Mike Mccallum
Roger Mayweather
Freddie Roach


And a whole lot more , but those are the most famous. Ive met most of my favorites except my number one guy Duran. Would also like to meet Tyson,Holyfield,Hagler other than those guys have met my other favorites.

 

hit the gloves held by world chapion trainer an former title contender joel diaz ,also brothers antonio an julio diaz
steve quinonez
ponchito bojado
lalia ali
rocky juarez
teddy atlas champion trainer
willie jorrin
lee espinosa trainer

 

thanks for posting these up. made my day.
btw, i was at a costco once at daly city and saw luisito espinosa working there but not sure if it was him or not, because i couldn't imagine a fighter of his stature working there so i didn't approach him (not that there's anything wrong with an honest day's work). sure enough it was him. i use to train with his ex trainer dee pooler in oakland and he told me that he does work at costco because he's been robbed of purse money.

 

I think his ex-wife got a lot of his money too.

 

I was flying out of McCarran at the asscrack of dawn last year following a friend's bachelor party when I noticed I was standing in front of a guy with a remarkable flat top on the tram that goes from ticketing to the gates. I thought my eyes were deceiving me as I had attained maybe 2 cumulative hours of sleep over that weekend, but it was Tony Weeks who was rocking a fanny pack like a mid 90s pro wrestler. I told him that Corrales-Castillo I was one of my favorite fights of all time and all the Spanish I know is from his pre-fight instructions before we headed to our gates. He was appreciative.

 

For the last month ive been seeing Daniel Ponce Deleon at least a few times a week at 24 hour fitness where he meets with MMA trainer Larry Landless to do Plyo training.

 

are you bay area based? noticed you met donaire and pat lawlor