truly nice champs ......

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  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    inside(no fouling intentionally) and outside of the ring. who were they?
     
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  2. klompton

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    Patterson
     
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  3. MrMagic

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    Mikkel Kessler
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  4. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Alexis Arguello seemed to be a real gent when he was over in Britain fighting Jim Watt.
     
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  5. round15

    round15 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agreed.

    Floyd Patterson was a true gentleman of the sport. The few people I know who were lucky enough to meet him before he died and when he was champion said he was the nicest of all the boxers.
     
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  6. junior-soprano

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    patterson is the first one who comes to mind, there should be some more but floyd popped up first
     
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  7. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Len Harvey, an absolute class act,

    Britain's greatest ambassador to the Home of Boxing,

    a stylish boxer, a multi-divisional champion, top world class boxing great, and by all accounts a true Gentleman!
     
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  8. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah, Floyd always springs to mind in these threads

    Not a big name by no means but a world champ never-the-less was Glenn MacCrory, cruiserweight champ. Met him twice and he could not have been more pleasent. Real nice guy.
     
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  9. Titan1

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    Alexis Arguello.
     
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  10. Drew101

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    I had heard that Maurice Hope was a class act, both in and out of the ring.
     
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  11. Mohak

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    Rocky Marciano. Minus the headbutts and elbows in the ring of course.
     
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  12. lefthook31

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    Oddly enough I cant remember meeting or being around too many fighters that I felt were total dicks. The ones that stand out to me are Hector Camacho, and Michael Moorer, and Mike Tyson, but Ive been around Tyson where he was super cool too. Moorer probably stands out the most as being the strangest. He was one of those scary people that could be setoff very easily even when he was in a good mood. For example call him Mike instead of Michael and he freaks out. Camacho was just an arrogant dick.
     
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  13. FastHands(beeb)

    FastHands(beeb) Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Patterson was the first name I thought of but Kenny Norton springs to mind too.

    I remember near the end Champions Forever video all 5 were asked how they would like to be remembered, MA, JF, GF & LH all said something about "a great fighter" etc, Kenny said something along the lines of "a nice guy who didn't want to hurt anybody".

    Class.
     
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  14. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    he was jim watts sparring partner crazy as it sounds. watt has a load of fond memories of him. anyone heard of mo for a while?


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ofPnEk7nE&feature=related[/ame]
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  15. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Norton said something to the effect of; "as a man who loved and feared God...."
     
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