Good guys of boxing-

OK. Fair point. I don't know the ins and outs of it tho.

I haven't lived back in Australia for many years - spent most of the last 15 in Asia. Haven't really been following his current life or his son's career in detail. Googled info on it on an Australian news site just then.

I mainly remember him from many years back when I'd watch his fights when I was young, and liked his persona at that time from what I knew of it.

 

Yep, great boxer in his time regardless of his situation in the present day. It was him and Mike Tyson that first got me interested in boxing when I was a kid/teenager.

 

I think Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney are both decent men. They do a ton of charity appearances together. Each has been quoted as saying words to the affect of whenever they do a charity event the first person they call is the other, and they are always happy to show up and help each other (and the charity) out.

Larry can/could be abrasive, but he stayed true to his hometown of Easton, Pa., still lives there, still (afaik) married to the same woman, has a lot of civic pride about the place.

Gerry had his demons but worked through them and came out the other side better for it.

I have tremendous respect for both as human beings.

 

You are absolutely correct! I dont know how he slipped my mind. He just celebrated his wedding anniversary recently. A true gentleman who's a straight shooter. In this day and age especially being a straight shooter tends to hurt too many feelings lol!!

 

Patterson for sure
Old Foreman
Archie Moore
Henry Cooper

 

Manny Pacquiao
Ezzard Charles
Thomas Hearns
Felix Trinidad
Alexis Arguello
JMM
Eder Jofre
Fighting Harada
Danny Lopez
Ricardo Lopez
Paul Williams
Nonito Donaire
Vernon Forrest
Alberto Davila

 

I've always admired Hearns for doing this.

 

Young Mike Tyson.

 

Max Schmeling springs to mind.

 

Jem Carney and Jack McAuliffe were gentleman from all I've seen. But I'm keep an open mind on it.

 

The hope for every child is they never need an example of what to do after suffering abuse, addiction and mental health issues, incarceration, loss of reputation and career, but of course a lot of them will.

So it's good to have examples like SRL who reached the pinnacle of success, fell apart, and figured out what to do after that.

I think the real good guys are the ones who never ****ed up in the first place, but those are few and far between so the rest of us need examples of how to succeed after failure.

 

I made a thread some days ago about a book with some novels, one of them was about relationship between Joe Louis and Schmelling, was a really touching read. Former rival from nazi country did more for Joe than his motherland.

Arguello was really kind to Mancini and his father.

Thomas Hearns looks like a really nice guy and many others...