Which Brit fighters have you met and what were they like?

I met Dave Benson-Phillips from Get Your Own Back and Bepe DiMarco from Eastenders in Abergaveny in the 90's.

 

A former rugby team mate of mine Lee Smith was dating Verity Rushworth (ex-Emmerdale actress) a couple of years ago.

I was in the casino with my boss and he was there with her and a few of her colleagues..... she's one of the nicest, most down to earth people you can ever meet.

Sammy Winward - I usually go for brunettes, but :love

 

It's like she's trying to lure me in with those lovely daffodils.

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Oscar DeLa Hoya, not British though.

Would post a pic but i'm sure the boys would object to seeing his lollipop :shock:

 

Met Enzo Mac once out in swansea, top bloke. my aunt got a picture taken with him for free because he didnt have a pen to sign autographs and she gave him one

My old man is friends with a local former boxer Miguel Mathews who fought Naseem Hamed and beat Scott Harrison. apparently he held the ropes down when Hamed was doing his summersault into the ring and made him fall on his ass nice guy apparently, just a bit nuts . . . then again youd have to be after having 84 losses and still keep fighting (only 8 came by knockout though so fair play to the guy)

 

got my pic tookwith David Haye, he was really cool and really strikes me as just one of the lads on a lads lad level. It was at a fight he was promoting and he stood around afterwards just talking to fans as though it was all good, which it was.

 

Ricky Burns, Kenny Anderson, Barry Morrison, Michael Gomez, Joe Egan, Martin Watson are the most reasonably well known ...also Juan Manuel Marquez and Nacho Berestain.
, MiM

 

Ant Crolla - good mate, 1 of the soundest people any1 could meet, has time for every1

Frankie Gavin - Sound lad

Anthony Farnell - Good bloke, good laugh

Matthew Hall - Quiet lad, friendly enough

James Degale - Not arrogant 1 bit, was sound

Michael Gomez - Crazy guy

Stephen Smith - very polite, nice lad.

Scott Quigg - Quiet lad, polite.

Joe Gallagher - Top man, well sound

Billy Nelson - Really good bloke, sent me signed Burns, Simpson gloves and shorts for a charity event.

Joe Murray - MAD guy, sound enough

Ricky Hatton - met him at Crolla v Limond, i was hammered, good City and United banter, good laugh.

Kevin Maree - Good bloke

 

I thought DeGale seemed alright too when I was at York Hall.

I didn't go and speak to him but he had plenty of time to talk to people that did, and didn't have any flunkies on hand to keep people away.

 

And Billy Nelson

 

Haha I remember that! :good

 

Great stuff Jamie :good

 

Akk at you name dropping x :hi:

 

Met Froch a few weeks ago, real gentleman.