Who were the true gents of Boxing?

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  1. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Buster Douglas seems like the type of guy you would want to have as your neighbor
     
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    Top Notch!
     
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  8. Tonto62

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    I wouldn't include Monzon myself.
     
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  9. ChrisJS

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    From personal experience having met them the ones that really stand out for me are Felix Trinidad, Juan Manuel Marquez, Alfonso Gomez, Abner Mares, Rafael Marquez. All really nice especially Tito who’s so friendly and genuinely warm that it makes you proud of boxing.

    Of fighters I’ve unfortunately not had the pleasure of meeting that seem to stand out would be Eder Jofre (I’ve done WhatsApp video message with him), Charley Burley, Floyd Patterson, D1ck Tiger, Alexis Arguello, Joe Frazier, Matthew Saad Muhammad and tons of others.
     
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    Terrible Tim Witherspoon was actually quite a nice guy.
     
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    Floyd Patterson for me.
     
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    Wlad and Paterson get my immediate vote
     
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    Nice guy unless you beat him lol.
     
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  15. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    No one gonna mention Fighting Harada?
     
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