who have u meet?:deal and i dont mean just seen walking or at the fights who have u actually spoken too. they dont have to be all the bigs names either any pro will do
Literally 100s mate! I suppose the biggest names would be: Oscar de la Hoya, Jermain Taylor, Thomas Hearns, Danny Green, Paul Briggs, Jeff Fenech, Kostya Tszyu, Joey Gamache, Eddie Mustapha Muhammad, James "Bonecrusher" Smith, Joe Bugner, Kassim Ouma, Howard Eastman, Daniel Edouard, Jorge Castro, Livingstone Bramble, Jeff Mayweather, Mike McCallum, and Sultan Ibragimov.
I see my mate Dom DeVanna all the time. See Danny Green, Willie Kickett & all the other west aussie boys from time to time. Jeff Fenech was the best person to meet tho.
Vic Darchinyan: Nearly flattened him at Starcity one night. Was walking along, nearly stood on him. I was shocked at how small he is in real life (since I am 6"5 and 100+ KGs). Had a quick chat to him, was a nice bloke although hard to understand.
I have meet and sparred a few of these guys Jeff Fenech, Danny Green, Anthony Mundine, Gary St. Clair, Paul Briggs, Bowie Tupea, Virgil Hill, Jeff Harding, Jamie Pittman, Danial Geale, Kosta Tszyu...........all I can think of at the moment
A couple back in the early 90s, Cassius Craig Peterson the night he beat Jimmy Thunder for the Australian Heavyweight Title at Festival Hall, must've been the only local barracking for him. Jason Ben Hall also and the only current one would be Mark De Mori. A couple I like to meet for a chat would be Scotty Brouwer and Cliff Samardin.
Cliff Samardin- now there was a guy if he'd had the backing could really have gone places.Kinda reminds me of where Willie Kickett is now.
Yeah mate, he saw him fight a couple of times and was blown away by what I saw, easily in a different league. Remained undefeated and his last fight was his US debut but I don't know what happened after that. And agree with the comparison to Willie K, the first time I saw him instantly thought of Cliff.
not much - adelaide ain exactly know for big names in Boxing or ever holding big fights. Have met James Swan though - thats bout it
Tommy Hearns didn't understand my accent when I asked him for an autograph. "Wha you saaaay man?" I was like "Can...I ....have....an...autograph....please....Tommy?" He said: "Oh. I thought youse was making fun o me." I said: "I'm not that stupid"! Mike McCallum was an utter ****ing arsehole. Wanted me to pay him $100 for an autograph. I'd say that when I was 12 and a big Mike McCallum fan I'd have been one of the .0025% of people in Australia who knew who he was. Disappointing. Had a brilliant chat with Joey Gamache in Gleason's Gym in NY. He's punchy though, poor bloke. Livingstone Bramble was all class. He said: "One of the hardest hitters I've ever faced was Shannan Taylor. That kid could REALLY bang." Fenech and Green were all class when I met them. Went out of their way. Choc was reserved, but nice enough. Eddie Mustapha Muhammad is the man. Loud and very energetic.