Famous boxers, boxing people that you met.

Lol. I trained at Fraziers but if u give me a name or a couple I'll help out.

 

Tell us about Harold Johnson, Robert...I know he was a great guy, but I just enjoy first hand accounts about my boxing heroes.

 

I went to the boxing hall of fame a few times, so I met many, but did not really interact much. One I met which I thought was one of the nicest was Julian Jackson. No one recognized him at first, and I walked up and said Julian.. And then people started to notice him for some reason. Later, I am walking around this lobby area and his wife hands me a picture of him signed by Julian. And he waved. I thought that showed he was a great guy.. He appreciated his fans.

 

Absolutely my man.
Harold was a guy i always wanted to meet.
When I was younger I used to see him most mornings waiting to get on the bus for his daily trip to Atlantic City. Casino Bus ride.
Anyway fast forward many yrs later I found out he was living in a VA home. This is I think about 16 yrs ago. So a grab some DVDs of some of his fights and drive over about 35 min. I tell the desk who I want to c and he comes out. Man he looks big and strong for an old guy. Giant barrel chest and heavy arms. I introduce myself and we go and talk a bit I show him the DVDs. Now he's in and out mentally at this point. But he tells me how he used to box rings around Liston when he lived in Phila. I say how hard does he hit? He says I don't know he couldn't touch me lol. Very nice man. Each time I went over the course of that summer the staff would set up a different fight I brought over to watch. I met one of his daughters once and man she was gorgeous! Well I went about 4 or 5 times that summer and each time his memory was worse so I bowed out as I didn't want to make things uncomfortable. It is honestly Kool to say I was friends with Harold Johnson.
Interesting enough when I was younger one of the first gyms I trained at was a PAL gym and the guy who I worked with there was his nephew. Built the same way but a middleweight. PA state prison mw champ maybe pa state mw champ but don't remember

 

Terry Norris
Sergio Martinez
Michael Grant
Charles Brewer

Grant was the nicest by far. Brewer was a jerk.

 

Thanks so much Robert! I'd sure be proud as hell to say I was a friend of Harold Johnson too.

 

I'll tell ya brother every guy I listed was very very kool. Not a bad thing to say about anybody.

 

Willie Pep
Billy Kearns
Joe Frazier
Marvis Frazier
Marlon Starling
Israel Cardona
Lawrence Clay-Bey
Pedro Angulo
Bernard Hopkins
Lamont Peterson
Freddie Roach
Earnie Shavers

 

I believe it!

 

I have seen martinez tons of times lol but i am from spain it is easier to me

 

He was nice. We took a picture. I can definitively say he is no taller than 5’8”-9”

 

5'8 definitely not ,but he is listed as 5"10 in boxrec and i would say that he is a little shorter .
Here he is next to a former spanish cruiser champ ibrahim lopez and i know ibra very well,he is listed as 5'10 1/2 (1,79) and i am sure that he is a little shorter than it.
(Ibrahim is the guy with the t shirt vans the effect of the camera makes him look more slim but he is a bull type joe frazier between fights he was 220-230 easily

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And yes,sergio is a very very humble man,he was poor and he never will forget it

 

Larry Holmes
Terry Norris
Vincent Pettway
Buster Douglas
Michael Clark
Manning Galloway
Alexander Zolkin
Jeff Lampkin
Oliver McCall
Shannon Briggs
Tim "The Hebrew Hammer" Puller (And, got a lap dance from his wife)
Julian Jackson
Keith Holmes
Al Cole
Rampage Jackson
Kelly Pavlik
Ray Mancini
Harry Arroyo
Al Bernstein
Don King
Bert Sugar
and of course..... Smokin' Bert Cooper!