Fighters who were or are genuinely nice people out of the ring

Met Henry Cooper very genuine , nice fella.

I sat behind Lloyd Honeyghan at the fights,, he always struck me as a flash kid , but a couple of fans came over and asked for his autograph , he could not have been more gracious ,even thanking them for asking.
Duke McKenzie and Boza Edwards are real nice guys.

 

floyd patterson...

 

I bet he wasn't very nice the night someone caught him with his joke shop face on! :rofl:rofl

 

Paul Spadafora was super nice. Cory Spinks too. Leon was hilarious. Holyfield seemed a bit conceited and Mayweather was a dick.

 

Saw Chris Eubank at a sports show about 20 years ago, seemed like a nice enough fella.

 

My mate Tyrell.

from the past Henry Cooper..met him at the races ( Grand National many years ago)..genuinely good guy.
I'd love to meet Lennox.

 

Almost all of them that I've met. I think a more pertinent question (and a smaller list) would be the fighters who WEREN'T nice. I don't mean just catching them in a bad mood or on a bad day, but guys who are known to be consistently not nice.

Sugar Ray Leonard was less than nice when I met him, which is consistent with almost everything I've heard about the guy.

Archie Moore was a curmudgeon. He could be softened up if you took the time. But on approach I found him surly. Kinda like the Henry Fonda character in "On Golden Pond". A coarse outside but a soft interior.

I met all the following and found them to be great guys:
Alexis Arguello (duh)
Willie Pep
Shane Mosley
Michael Moorer
Thomas Hearns
Billy Soose
Henry Armstrong
Jimmy McLarnin
Al Hostak
Julian Jackson
Lou Nova (this guy was a barrel of monkeys! Loved him)
Ike Williams (knew him well)
Jimmy Carter
Joe Brown
Nicolino Locche
Ismael Laguna
Carmen Basilio
Gene Fullmer
Bob Foster (in a quiet, dangerous kinda way)
Harold Johnson
Clarence Henry (who challenged me by asking "Do you even know who I am?" When I said his name he grinned, pleased to be remembered)
Cleveland Williams
Ernie Terrell
Carlos Ortiz
Danny Lopez
Carlos Zarate
Barry McGuigan
Earnie Shavers
Michael Dokes (like Foster, friendly but quiet and dangerous)
Vito Antuofermo (ditto)
Mike Weaver
Jerry Quarry
Mike Quarry
Kid Azteca
Paul Pender
Fighting Harada (you could tell he considered all the attention a great honor. Wonderful guy)

I'll think of more.....

 

Kind of surprised to hear that about Honeyghan. Fair do's to him for that.

 

Michael Spinks

 

Did you ever meet genaro Hernandez? I met him twice and he was a great guy. A friend had a son that boxed and Hernandez always went out of his way to be friendly towards the young man, show him things, encourage him. Mike Weaver and Shane Mosley are both good guys. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Weaver at an amateur show 15 or so years ago.

 

Azumah Nelson, Armando muniz and Carlos palomino. The first time I met Yori Campos he tried to charge me $5 to say hello to him. A decade later he was a pretty good guy.

 

I did! Great guy! So was Art Aragon. And Armando Muniz, Sugar Ramos, Carlos Palomino, Virgil Hill and Chango Carmona. So many come to mind!:good

 

Been drinking with Ricky Hatton, he's a quiet guy when out.