Id have to say: Riddick bowe. In all honesty, he validated the fact that he has brain damage to the Wernicke's area of the brain responsible for speech, he says about his slurring speach: "maybe I did something bad and god humbled me for it." No blame!. Also he talked about his brother that died from HIV, he was vulnerable and gutted , saying it was very sad. Then there is the golota fights, he never retaliated for all those low blows from Andrew, at least that's what I remember lol. And also, he during the fan man fight, said that part of him wanted to be with his wife who was pregnant at the time, instead of being in the ring with Evander. That's a family man. I know he had some kidnapping charges, so I am not saying he is perfect man. There was even a glistening of a tear coming down his face during his world tour with rock Newman. I pretty much see a nice side of him. To quote Mike Tyson " men were meant to be humbled, not humble" lol crazy iron Mike! To an aside, Riddick used to say that if there was a piece of cake across the room, it was calling his name! Just a tidbit of humour lol. He's a good dude
"Blessed be the Lord my God who prepare my hands to fight and my fingers to war" Psalms 144:1 Tiger Flowers who took credit for any victory.
Believe it or not …Sugar Ray Robinson…he never came across as arrogant or cocky…when I watch his interviews…he seems down to earth
I have never known a good, very good or borderline great that was not humble. Make no mistake, there is a lot of confidence there, and many might mistake that for arrogance. But there is humility there. How can there not be? If you start boxing at 8, do the whole amateur experience, spar thousands of rounds- if you have potential many of those rounds will be against guys way ahead of you because you learn from them- and fight pros, you will be humble. You will have been hurt and you will have bled and taken your beatings and you will certainly have been dropped. Anybody that claims to never have been hurt or dropped in the gym is a liar or a fraud that cherry picked who he sparred with. All of that may translate to the belief that you are unbeatable- because you have been beaten and overcome it. But at the base of it there is humility and the determination to not let it happen in public. I have seen many guys that were arrogant and cocky. Maybe they got a deal for gear or went 2-0 turning pro. They always learn to be humble. In Texas, years ago, a guy came to the gym very full of himself and acting the part. He got in the ring with a 16 year old I was training at the time and he learned humility.
Floyd Patterson, was well beloved even past his days as a champion and never harbored a grudge towards anyone. Gave Liston the chance to fight for the championship when the entire country was against it since Patterson knew a real champion wouldn’t back down from the top contender.
Floyd Patterson was summoned to the White House by then U.S President John F. Kennedy in 1962, JFK told Patterson that he better win or else.
That I know Tito Trinidad of superstar level guys. Extremely humble and gracious person. Eder Jofre was also incredibly humble and caring to others. He had such class. I never met or communicated with Alexis Arguello either but from everything I’ve seen and heard he’s up there too. Others I know to be very humble Ruben Olivares, Michael Spinks, Yaqui López, Carlos Zárate, Danny Lopez etc;
Donaire, Ali (outside of boxing), Crolla, Usyk, Povetkin (hard to tell, but I assume), Callum Smith, Parker.
