Best personalities in boxing?

Spinks is a great guy.

 

Any nuggets for us, Chris? His demeanour around his wife's death and bringing up his daughter suggests some real substance.

 

Not really. He’s just a very nice, humble guy. No ego whatsoever and he’s good company. No bragging at all, in fact, you’ve usually got to really get it out of him to admit he was great. When people praise him he’s just like “If you say so” or “I appreciate that.” I asked him how he felt about the day he got the call to be inducted at IBHOF and he started praising Butch Lewis for keeping his name out there and I just said “Well, your career spoke for itself and you were a no brainer” and he said “I did alright. I had a good career.” That’s what he’s like.

 

I recently watched an interview with David Tua, I think it was from about 2 years ago, he was being inducted into some HOF, Pacific Islander, New Zealand, I can't remember exactly. Anyway in the interview he came across as a really nice, polite, friendly, humble guy. The type of boxer that you would like to meet.

 

If you’re talking the movie Cinderella Man, Baer’s character was falsely portrayed in order to provide for a villain in the film.

 

As much as I’ve seen/heard him, Tua has come across exactly as you’ve described. Nice guy but all business in the ring.

I see in GENERAL there are apparently rumblings of him wanting to box an exhibition with Mike Tyson.

 

Mayorga

 

Spinks didn`t have any charisma and wasn`t very articulate.

 

I've just entered the thread and would have died if Camacho had not been mentioned at this point.

 

Ali was a bit of a b*stard at times in his life so I’ve heard, but he was charismatic, outgoing, and at times very funny. Big personality…a bit of a flawed genius.

 

And apart from being rude, obnoxious, overbearing and greedy Tony Galento had a great personality…!
Love him or hate him though, the guy was a huge character.

 

I could say much the same about you. Be off with you. I'm going to stick with @ChrisJS who's met him and knows what he's on about. It's about time you got banned again. That comment alone deserves it.

Spinks had loads of charisma. Check his post fight interview after dispatching Pops Johnson where Saad Muhammad challenges him. 'Study up', as the great, much-unmissed Perry/Houdini might have said.

 

He was a person who was compassionate but not perfect. But at least he did not cover his flaws in the biopic. I admire that he had the courage to admit it, however bad that it is for anyone to beat a spouse/partner up. Like Jake LaMotta, at least he admitted it and I have respect to them for that.

 

LOL yeah!

 

Exactly. Thought it was appalling and lazy filmmaking to do that. However, have you seen The Harder They Fall 1956? Max Baer and Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Greb, Pat Comisky in it. Has a very painful cameo by Joe Greb. Always found it interesting the role Baer played in that.