Pro Fighters that you have met multiple times

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  1. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I have met 9 that have fought multiple times.

    Obviously Larry Holmes. 69-6-0, 44 KO's. Boxing ATG and HOFer.

    Larry's brother Mark Holmes, 33-1-0, 17 KO's. He still actively spars and makes guys like Bruiser and Ron look like fools. He has superb defence, even at his age and weighing about 60lbs above his fighting weight. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=38283&cat=boxer

    Angel Cruz, 26-5-2, 8 KO's. He fought Saul Mambi and Howard Davis Jr, he now runs amateur programs and is a trainer. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=38283&cat=boxer

    Ron McCarthy, he is better than his record shows, he majorly messed up his leg when he was doing road work, and out of control car hit him as he was jogging around a corner. He sometimes spars Larry and spars Mark a lot, he has done exhibitions with Larry aswell. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=6853&cat=boxer

    Bruiser, I don't know his real name, but he is the son of Larry's trainer Mark. He is 3-0-0, 3 KO's.

    Art Bayless, he was PA champ and now refs amateur fights. He also helps train fighters. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=4384&cat=boxer

    Luis Melendez, he is better than his record shows, he fought Gatti in his 3rd fight, and has incredibly fast hands. He helps train me, and is one of the top trainers in the gym. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=4045&cat=boxer

    Jesse, I don't know his last name, has a record of like 10-1, he beat the hell out of Bruiser for fun.

    Rose Morales, she is very good and could take 3/4 of the people in the gym. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=187466&cat=boxer
     
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  2. Sardu

    Sardu RIP Mr. Bun: 2007-2012 Full Member

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    Dwight Qawi (Braxton) because he lives in the same town as I live in. Really nice guy too. I met Gerry Cooney in 1980 and 1987. Legends I met once were Larry Holmes, Jersey Joe Walcott, Archie Moore, George Foreman, and 'Manos De Piedra' himself - the great Roberto Duran. Oh yeah, a middleweight contender from the 1950's named Rocky Castellani used to own a bar/nightclub in the area. About 15 years ago I used to go in there and shoot the breeze with him. He had some great fight stories about his bout with Holly Mims, SRR, etc. He was a really cool guy. He is senile today and the place was sold a few years back.
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    If by met, you mean shook hands then a ton of them, Holmes. Ali, Tyson, SRL...

    Best memory wasAlHolstak.Greatguy.
     
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  4. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Why didn't Mark Holmes career even go anywhere?
     
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  5. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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  6. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I met Rocky Castellani's cousin over the summer. He came in with a gym from Trenton and their gym and our gym sparred. Real nice guy, he had to stop boxing early because his nose got broken really bad in a fight and he couldn't bleed out of his nose, it went straight into his mouth and throat.
     
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  7. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't know, I know he did some time for selling drugs.
     
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  8. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    Lionel Johnson
    Danny Paul
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  9. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How was Hagler? I've heard mixed results of him.
     
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  10. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    He wasn't a bad guy; not one of the more kind/genuine fellows I met, but not one of the guys who leaves a bad impression.

    I trained in Brockton before he had gotten a title shot, so he was still going through the Philadelphia stable of middleweights. We went out to lunch a couple of times and talked in the gym quite a bit. He asked if I could get him a pair of white boxing shoes with blue and red stripes from East Side Sporting Goods in Detroit. It took him 3 or 4 months to pay me back:lol:
     
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  11. spion

    spion Active Member Full Member

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    Larry Holmes
    Joe Frazier
    Marvis Frazier
    Gerry Cooney
    Ray Leonard
    Earnie Shavers
    Tex Cobb
    Hector Camacho Sr. and Jr.
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Michael Nunn
    Alex Garcia
    Mike (The Bounty) Hunter
    Hector Lopez
    Genaro Hernandez
     
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  12. Renofan

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    How was Camacho Sr?
     
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  13. SteveO

    SteveO MSW Full Member

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    I could've met Al Lewis. Wish I had taken the time to talk to him.
     
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    spion Active Member Full Member

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    Nice guy actually. Easy to talk to and good sense of humor. Not pretentious whatsoever. Seems like the guy who would want to be the life of the party.
     
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  15. Florida boy

    Florida boy Bodacious Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr., my dad is an orthopedist in Pensacola, worked on his hands early in his career. He was always real cool.
     
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