Fighters you believe had a phony good guy persona for the media but in reality .....

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  1. Slickstar

    Slickstar Crisp This Full Member

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    How is Cotto a phony? He has the quiet warrior image. That's your own damn fault if you stereotype that as a nice guy.
     
  2. Slothrop

    Slothrop Boxing Junkie banned

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    Probably this.
     
  3. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    suprised some have mentioned him, heard is a cool guy, who doesnt mind having a long conversation on boxing
     
  4. anj

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    This is a pathetic LITTLE ***** thread created like a 'dark twisted ****' who has nothing to do but spend time in his day that he'll never get back BEING a little *****.

    GTFO
     
  5. Slothrop

    Slothrop Boxing Junkie banned

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    You OK, bro? You seem pretty mad.
     
  6. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't think Marciano qualifies, here. I've never heard a bad word about him from those who met him and he did a lot for others, too. He went over and visited troops in Vietnam in the late 1960s, for example. He was one of the few celebrities willing to actually support those who were sent there rather than protest anything involved with the war.

    He reportedly never refused an autograph and was also known to go out of his way to be good to his fans who were kids.

    He was indeed notoriously frugal and he had a temper, but that doesn't make him a bad person. He became a bit of a womanizer after he retired, but again, plenty of really nice people were womanizers.

    Rocky, by all accounts, was a very, very nice man.
     
  7. Derrick_Rose

    Derrick_Rose Guest

    I met AA at a gas station in Berlin, he is a really nice guy. Took pictures with all of us.
    I heard that Felix Sturm is a fake ass.
     
  8. Slothrop

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    Not by all accounts.
     
  9. FAT_TONEY

    FAT_TONEY Active Member Full Member

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  10. kommieforniaglo

    kommieforniaglo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tell me more??... Please this is new to me and I am fan of theirs please...go on..
     
  11. j0llsrud

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    Wlad won the gold medal in the 96 olympics..
    Vitali was caught eating some bad medicines.

    And fake PhD's? Tried to google a little, but you are the only person that says it is fake.. soooo, where are your sources?
     
  12. Sinew

    Sinew The Assassin Full Member

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    well you have a point . Oscar's voice or should I say; the high pitch he used to talk is very annoying.

    Ricky Hatton ? you have a point there too. I cant believe he cried and retired after his latest defeat. he was fighting well gets stopped to the body like a lot of fighters have, and calls it quits.
     
  13. dinovelvet

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    The mob tried to get their hands on Marciano but he wouldn't have any of it.
    He always gave huge tips and was very generous with cash.
    When he almost killed Carmime in the ring he visited his family and told them he would retire but they talked him out of it.
    He also went out of his way to always attend functions he was invited to as a guest speaker.
    The Blockbuter was a hero.
     
  14. Sugar Nick

    Sugar Nick He's A Good Boy Full Member

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    Foreman truthfully is a different person now. Larry Holmes is bitter about Foreman because of **** that happened in 1971 and ****.
    One time George killed a dog or something and Larry never forgot it.
    But Larry is bitter about everyone. I know he loves his fans but he talks **** about people right in front of their face.
     
  15. Slothrop

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    The mob regarded Marciano as a bumpkin and aimed to keep him out of trouble.