Have YOU met any well known fighters?

I was talking to Duran once and I thought, man, can't believe how little of an accent of any kind he has. But, as fluent as he is, what he's saying is just gibberish. Like, it's well-enunciated but still senseless. Anyway, for the purposes of concision, I wound up realizing it was Charles Manson.

 

Met Beterbiev at Starbucks

 

Do you remember his coffee order lol?

 

Joe Gallagher & Callum Johnson, Nigel Benn & Eubank Sr. Lyndon Arthur and both Hattons.

 

a good few, both in chance and at the WBHofF 2006...

Wilf Greaves, the Canadian Middleweight used to work at a Landfill Recycling Station I used a lot when I was in Waste Disposal during the late 80s and 90s. But a good few, Ex-Boxers events in the UK while researching. Had a good chat with Reg Gutteridge too.

 

I got overtaken by Tommy Oosthuizen on the highway.

Also I met a guy that looked like Johnny Du Plooy's twin brother at a brickworks. I mean, he wasn't, but he could have been.

 

B-Hop. South Street in Philly. He was going to fight Adamek. I almost got hit by a car crossing the street to go say hi to him lol. He was talking to some cops.

 

Big fan of Benn. Seems like a real cool man

 

Joe Bugner RIP here in australia, absolute gentlemen

Antonio Tarver after his fight with danny green, pretty nice guy was happy to chat with us still in his ring gear lol

 

He seemed to be a very kind and personable man even if we only met him briefly before an auction. My dad and I had our picture taken with both Benn and Eubank during the peak months of COVID; Benn was very amicable and shook everybody's hand, listened to their stories and was just overall great. Eubank on the other hand was a bit of a wanker and threatened to go home if anybody touched him.

During their talk on stage, Eubank also kept interrupting Benn, going on about how his older brothers beat him up and calling Benn a mug for continuing to fight after 'they' robbed him in their rematch

 

Your description of Eubank reaffirmed my opinion of him. Benn on the other hand sounds exactly like I thought. A people person. Also a s born again Christian which i can absolutely relate too as im one myself. Thanku for the description of your interactions. Much appreciated!

 

I've met quite alot but ill list the ones that stand out for me.
Smokin Joe. Alpha male with a warm personality. Also ntimidating
Larry Holmes incredibly nice funny and generous with his time
Sergei Kovalev very nice with a bad azz swagger
Buddy McGirt So nice makes you feel like he's known you his whole life
Michael Spinks very soft spoken and kind. Respectful
Iran Barkley seems physically fragile now quiet always smiling
Marvis Frazier gentleman was in his home. Gave me a multi about 20 signatures on a glove from his personal collection from the BHOF for one of my son's.
Meldrick Taylor eehh OK brother was a #ick thought he was somebody.
Willie the Worm Monroe. Another guy that made you feel like an old friend
Oleksandr Usyk my Ukrainian is limited but very easy going and friendly
Oleksandr Gvozdyk one of the friendliest people I ever met
Fedor Emelianenko did a seminar with him. Very humble and polite
Dan Henderson very friendly
Igor zinoviev also very friendly with a high confidence the way he carried himself
I forgot BHop down to earth strait shooter. Cool guy

 

Damn! Has that been 20 years since that WBHofF event? That was a good one too.

 

I've met Ray Mancini, Harry Arroyo, and Kelly Pavlik. All either visited the gym, or at cards I fought on. I'm sure you can guess where I lived.