Foes who wound up as friends

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  1. Decy

    Decy Barely Coherent Full Member

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    Ray Leonard meets up with Dave "Boy" Green whenever he's in the UK.More recently I think Froch and Pascal are pretty tight.
     
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  2. swede_dreams

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    Johansson and Patterson became very good friends.
     
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  3. joe33

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    About half way in, became good buds, mickey helped in his training for gatti's last fight i believe (he lost sadly)
     
    joe33, Sep 9, 2012
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  4. Jacquot

    Jacquot Cruiserweight Paper Champ Full Member

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    Leonard and Hearns are tight today. There is an interview of the two on Leonard's website in which Hearns says he loves Leonard like a brother and he's happy they made each other a lot of money.

    Holmes and Cooney seem to get along well today as well.

    Hagler was very complimentary of Hearns during his HOF induction this summer. I don't know if they are buddy buddy though.

    Not nearly as famous, but I know that the summer Thomas Hearns fought Virgil Hill they went fishing together in North Dakota later that summer.
     
    Jacquot, Sep 9, 2012
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  5. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ray Robinson and no one.
     
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  6. BillB

    BillB Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Patterson seems to have been a nice guy.

    He told of going into Liston's dressing room after one of the Clay loses (I don't remember which one).

    He told Liston not to let it get him. There were more important things and it wasn't the end of the world...etc.

    Liston thanked him and said he appreciated it. He had been the only one with a kind word who had bothered to stop by.
     
    BillB, Sep 9, 2012
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  7. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    The great one & pacman
     
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  8. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Robinson & the onion farmer... oddly enough the onion farmer never shed a tear when Ray died... think he called him an egotistical SOB or something similar :rofl

    Stubborn old ******* :lol:
     
    Bill Butcher, Sep 9, 2012
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  9. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As Fullmer used to say: "Basilio & me used to have bitter fights...but we both hated Robinson".
     
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  10. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    Marciano was said to go on have a very close relationship with Jersey Joe, they were friends till there deaths...And Dempsey and Tunny remained friends and worked in different gyms together for years, And those 2 did NOT like each other at all back when they were fighting.
     
    TheSouthpaw, Sep 9, 2012
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  11. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Duran and Dejesus were pretty good pals years later were they not? I remember seeing that pic of Duran with Dejesus in the hospital :dead:
     
    turbotime, Sep 9, 2012
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  12. brnxhands

    brnxhands Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    James toney Buddy Mcgirt
     
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  13. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Benn Eubank.

    To be friends with someone requires respect on both sides there is none on my side towards Mendoza, I have only contempt for him.
     
    mcvey, Sep 10, 2012
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  14. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    By all accounts,Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton became pretty good friends.

    Tommy Hearns attended Sugar Ray Leonard's second wedding.
     
    Stevie G, Sep 10, 2012
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  15. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ray Mancini and Alexis Arguello seemed to have a good relationship after their battle.
     
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