Mine are - Muhammad Ali Henry Cooper Frank Bruno Duke Mckenzie Frankie Lucas When I met Muhammad I was so starstruck. "Champ.....you're my hero. My idol" Lol.
Oh- And I will share what they said of Ali because fresh stuff is always nice. Ali took photos with all his sparring buddies on request (He has it framed and signed) He was 6ft5-6 and about 115 odd KG Croat and according to him Ali felt like he could rag doll him in the clinches with ease-he said that he forgot some rounds with Ali because if he was not sticking to the nice guy script and he was in a bad mood he could be really cruel and had wicked shots when he threw them with bad intentions he said no one hit harder in his career. He did say if you asked Ali to turn it down he would just grumble like an old man and apologize.
Marciano as a kid at the Brockton Fair... Marvin Hagler several times... Jack Dempsey... Jake LaMotta... Tony DeMarco... Carmen Basilio... Willie Pep... Bobby Chacon... Vito Antuofermo... Jack Sharkey... Sonny Liston in 1964 while he was training in Plymouth Ma. for his second fight with Cassius Clay...
I'm not sure to be honest. I met him about 7/8 years ago. Our sons were playing junior football for opposing teams. Had a quick chat. Nice chap, he was finding it difficult to find quality opponents to push him. I suggested he should look at Mexicans, as they are tough generally !!
Bert Cooper, Larry Holmes,, Buster Douglas, Julian Jackson, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, Shane Mosley, Marvin Johnson, Ray Mercer, AL Cole, Charles Murray, Terry Norris, Shannon Briggs, Iran Barkley, Oliver McCall, Michael Moorer, Tim Puller (lesser known, but, funny story), Vinny Paz, Mickey Ward, Donald Curry, Kevin McBride, Carl Daniels, Manning Galloway, Michael Clark...
Juan Manuel Marquez Rafael Marquez Felix Trinidad Carlos Zarate (he’s a good friend) Jeff Fenech Roy Jones Bernard Hopkins Manny Pacquaio Miguel Cotto Daniel Zaragoza Chiquita Gonzalez Pipino Cuevas Ricardo Lopez James Toney Paul Banke Shane Mosley Andre Berto Diego Corrales Jose Luis Castillo Israel Vazquez Vasily Lomachenko Terence Crawford Ricky Hatton Marco Antonio Barrera Erik Morales Ricardo Mayorga Winky Wright Mikkel Kessler Wayne McCollough Oscar De La Hoya Chris Arreola Evgeny Gradovich Jorge Linares Abner Mares Giovani Segura Roger Mayweather Amir Khan Zab Judah Lucas Mattheyse Alfonso Gomez And many others who I’m sure are slipping my mind now. Will be meeting (and hosting) Eder Jofre for 10 days in October and then again next June. Now that I am pumped for. Will soon be meeting Michael Nunn, Ruben Olivares, Danny Lopez, Fighting Harada (possibly) and others too.
Bumped into kovalev when I went to the 1st ward fight, both my mate and myself got a photo, I look like a tit in it unfortunately lol My younger brother met Tyson Fury a bit over 8+ years ago when he was over here in Ireland, nabbed an autograph off him too, wasn't overly familiar with Fury but he knew he was a professional fighter that was it Only 2 I've any sort of contact with
