I believe you are thinking of Rocky Lockridge. Some guy walked up to Rocky when he was older and got in his face, and Lockridge knocked him cold.
Ohhhh. I had the chance to meet and talk to Jimmy Lennon Jr at Claressa Shield's first championship fight in Detroit . Fantastic guy, shorter than I imagined. Gave me great tips for announcing and getting your name out there. Teddy Atlas, surprised how small he was in height, but he makes up for that personality wise, very big in his speech and conversation. Had a good time talking about the all time greats and training styles. It was very insightful. He may remember me still but I doubt it. haha.
i have known/worked with a few british journeymen who people may/may not have heard of - Gus Mendes - fought Herbie Hide, Lou Gent, worked on a few doors with Gus, top guy Adam Cale - fought the likes of Matthew Barney, Neil Simpson, Tony Moran. Nice guy but i get the feeling he had taken a few too many punches Carl Allen - Carl fought pretty much everyone on the domestic scene and had 140 fights, was delivering car parts in his day job when i met him, always happy to chat Dean Hickman - did a bit of scaffolding with Dean, again, nice lad Hardly a list of legends but guys who played a big part on the domestic scene and are largely forgotten
Welterweights I've met: Tony DeMarco, Carmen Basilio, Emile Griffith, Jose Napoles, Eddie Perkins, Ernie Lopez, Armando Muniz, Carlos Palomino, Pipino Cuevas and Vernon Forrest.
At middle and light heavy: Tony Zale, Gene Fullmer, Joe Miceli, Georgie Benton, Andy (Kid) Heilman, John Collins, Marvin Johnson, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Yaqui Lopez, Jesse Burnett and Ray (Windmill) White.
Assuming we're talking about the same Neil Simpson ( ' Simmo ' ex british LHW champ ) i worked with him when he won british title. Top lad
Used to work the doors with Earnie Shavers in Liverpool for a few months, great guy, got a few stories
At heavyweight: George Chuvalo, Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, Leon Spinks, Mike Weaver, Joey Orbillo, Bonecrusher Smith, Tommy Morrison, LeeRoy Murphy and Alfonso Ratliff. Also, a few I forgot about: Gaspar Ortega, Raul Marquez, Terry Norris, Michael Carbajal and Andy 'The Hawk' Price.
yes, the very same. Adam said he was the strongest guy he fought and was literally growling as he threw his punches