Met any boxers or fighters? Tell us your experiences.

[mozfonky]

Originally Posted by YoungCashMoney

Met Floyd Mayweather, Jr a couple days after he got out of jail in his gym. He came in with only one body guard and was real friendly, walked around the gym and gave everyone a high five, and I was on the heavy bag and he came around to me, no one else was around us either so it was real cool for him to go out of his way to say whats up, and he said "Looking sharp." and gave me a hand shake. I was kind of stunned for a second but when he was walking away I said "Hey Floyd" and he turned around and I said "You care if I get a picture with you real fast? You're my favorite fighter and I admire your dedication to the sport" or something like that, and he said sure. So we walked over to where one of my buds was, and my mom, and my mom has a Porsche Panamera, and of course floyd rolled up in a brand new (literally the day he got it) Lamborghini Aventador, and my mom said "*her name*" and floyd gave her a hand shake and said "Floyd" (Which really surprised me, he seemed real chill and normal, introduced himself formally and everything, wasn't a dick at all), then my Mom said "I thought I had a nice car until you pulled up." and they had a little conversation about that, I got my picture, said thanks, he said no problem, and I was pretty stoked that all happened.

The end.

cool as much as i hate floyds media persona, I've yet to hear a negative account from a fan perspective, which isn't easy for anyone in the public eye.

[mozfonky]

Originally Posted by dizzydean

Yeah Manny was probably "in the zone". I could imagine how distracting and annoying it is when you are trying to get into a certain mental state & you've got people wanting you to sign stuff, have their photos taken with you. This by the way was leading up to the 1st Morales fight.

and i will never understand how he lives with all those guys, I know that's part of his culture but I don't see how you have a bunch of useless dummies around. Many great fighters have had the entourages though, Sugar Ray, Ali, Hearns, never understood it from a training perspective. I don't know if Robinson had the 30-40 guys in camp or just at fight time but the whole idea of camp is to get away from all the crap. Marciano was so devoted he wouldn't take calls from his wife in camp, that's what it's about. At best your downtime was spent playing cards or something, nothing like going out on the town.

[M o A]

Originally Posted by YoungCashMoney

Met Floyd Mayweather, Jr a couple days after he got out of jail in his gym. He came in with only one body guard and was real friendly, walked around the gym and gave everyone a high five, and I was on the heavy bag and he came around to me, no one else was around us either so it was real cool for him to go out of his way to say whats up, and he said "Looking sharp." and gave me a hand shake. I was kind of stunned for a second but when he was walking away I said "Hey Floyd" and he turned around and I said "You care if I get a picture with you real fast? You're my favorite fighter and I admire your dedication to the sport" or something like that, and he said sure. So we walked over to where one of my buds was, and my mom, and my mom has a Porsche Panamera, and of course floyd rolled up in a brand new (literally the day he got it) Lamborghini Aventador, and my mom said "*her name*" and floyd gave her a hand shake and said "Floyd" (Which really surprised me, he seemed real chill and normal, introduced himself formally and everything, wasn't a dick at all), then my Mom said "I thought I had a nice car until you pulled up." and they had a little conversation about that, I got my picture, said thanks, he said no problem, and I was pretty stoked that all happened.

The end.

Sounds like Floyd be gettin his freak on wit yo moms yo'

[Boxon]

Originally Posted by Boxon

In June 2000 leading up to the DLH V Mosely fight Bob Arum had all the fighters on the card booked into the one Hotel.He also had a number of fighters from the Johnstone V Castillo card there. Both fights where on the same day but at different times. Oscar went to another Hotel but the rest all stayed together. There was Diego Corrales and Family, Eric Morales, Butterbean, Mia St John, Shane Mosely , Steve Johstone .Most of the fighters used the LA boxing club to train at different times.
Miguel Diaz had two fighters on the card Diego Corrales and Eric Morales. He had been awarded the Futch–Condon Award for the 1999 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America but spent most of his time running around taking other fighters to
get blood test etc at a Medical Center. Corrales father did pads for him,while Morales mainly skipped because he was struggling with his weight. This seemed very strange but it seems to be the way a lot of USA based trainers work. I shared a cab with Eric Morales and his father after Diaz's driver parked the car in the wrong place and got Towed. It was very strange. Morales Father happy and relaxed and Eric as mad as hell and starving trying to make weight.

Here is an one I have meet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Cokes

[Sir Punchalot]

I met some fighters during my brief stint at the Wild Card gym a little over a decade ago, most notably James Toney, and also of course Freddie Roach. Freddie was just terrific, really GREAT guy, genuinely interested and very, very helpful. Asked lots about how things were in Europe (where I'm from) and Australia (where I was living at the time).

James Toney was different. One on one he'd be nice and chilled and pretty damn cool to have a chat with, but with more people around he could be a grade A asshole and honestly came across as an insecure dick a lot of the time. A total Jekyll & Mr Hyde personality. He really didn't seem very happy at the time, kept telling other people at the gym to show him more respect etc. Then again, there were people training there who seemed to have NO clue who he was and what he'd achieved as a fighter, even climbing into the ring to pretty much dick around while Toney was using it to do pad work with Macka Foley (who was also a great guy and the first person I sort of "got to know" there). Those idiots were seemingly thinking that this black guy hitting the pads must just be some other overweight boxing hobbyist learning how to do this stuff. I kid you not. That was weird to watch. I'll cut those clowns some slack for thinking that, though - there was something rather pedestrian and hobbyist about Toney's training even in those days. I never saw as much effort on his part as I had expected.

I LOVED watching him spar, though. The guy was a fucking genius, and watching him do his stuff only a meter or two away was incredibly inspiring. Sadly, after I'd left LA I kept trying to emulate his style and in hindsight I think that really was the end of my boxing "career" (I only fought as an amateur - never went pro, thank God). Toney can fight the way he does because of insane talent, the right body type, and because he had an amazing old school trainer early in his career who taught him the parts that could be taught. When I tried to fight like Toney, however, I basically ended up taking shitloads of unneccesary punches, and not giving all that many back in return. It was fun to try to emulate that style (I still find myself doing it when I spar with someone, which only happens very occasionally these days) but I ended up fighting at about 50% of my ability... In other words, that stay in Los Angeles actually ended up not being all that beneficial to me as a boxer after all.

Also met David Tua, who I'd describe as, um, "a nice guy." I met him through Kevin Barry right around the time of their early talks with the Duva team. I'd gotten to know Kevin a few months earlier when he suddenly showed up in my makeshift "locker room" to congratulate me after I'd knocked a guy out less than a minute into the first round (with the greatest right hook I'd ever thrown, I might add). Kevin was really, really cool and I've always had a hard time believing that he scammed Tua out of any money whatsoever. I may be wrong, of course, but that doesn't sound like the Kevin Barry I got to hang out with a little.

Kevin Barry was never anywhere near "famous," of course, but when I first met him he was still the last guy to hold a victory (albeit a bullshit one) over Evander Holyfield in a boxing ring. Holyfield was probably my favorite fighter at the time, so I thought that was pretty cool.

[MC Paul Barman]

Great stories Sir Punchalot.

Do you have any stories about Tua? Curious as to why you say "he was, um, 'a nice guy'".

Originally Posted by M o A

Influenced by another thread in Mayberry.

Met Danny Williams after hed been beaten by Klitschko, dude seemed a bit down but nontheless still made an effort.

Lee Murray: A few months after he had been stabbed multiple times he returned to London Shootfighters for a bit of training, most guys that didnt know him were too intimidated, i gathered the courage to go say hello, told him i had been stabbed myself (true story) and told him hed be fine, he shook my hand and was a real gentleman.

David Haye: A friend of mine saw him at a restaurant and he came across as a real prick towards waiters.

Nigel Benn: This was when I was in High School. We were on lunch break and as I walked by a restaurant in the town centre i saw him and his family having dinner, being the cheeky individual I was i ran up to the window knocked on it, he looked up, I then pointed at him and started shadow boxing to which he just shook his head and facepalmed.

Chris Eubank: used to live in an area called Edgware road if im not mistaken, I was walking down this particular road with a friend and saw Eubank across the road, walking stick, bowler hat, monocle and all, the guy waved at us.

Naseem Hamed: At Hyde park, London. I think this was after his fight with Augie Sanchez, his right hand was wrapped up im guessing from still being sore. He was yelling out some lyrics from a song and no one including his entourage was saying anything....myself being within hearing range yelled back the rest of the lyrics to which he looked over in my direction, smiled and nodded his head.

It is very well.But I tell it on my experience that fight is very hard so need all time it more confident it is best.http://http://nyfootlaser.com

[Seano]

Originally Posted by ashiqsmi

It is very well.But I tell it on my experience that fight is very hard so need all time it more confident it is best.http://http://nyfootlaser.com

Damn too quick. I was going to post the exact same thing. I agree about needing all time it more confident.

[M o A]

Huh??

[mozfonky]

Originally Posted by Sir Punchalot

I met some fighters during my brief stint at the Wild Card gym a little over a decade ago, most notably James Toney, and also of course Freddie Roach. Freddie was just terrific, really GREAT guy, genuinely interested and very, very helpful. Asked lots about how things were in Europe (where I'm from) and Australia (where I was living at the time).

James Toney was different. One on one he'd be nice and chilled and pretty damn cool to have a chat with, but with more people around he could be a grade A asshole and honestly came across as an insecure dick a lot of the time. A total Jekyll & Mr Hyde personality. He really didn't seem very happy at the time, kept telling other people at the gym to show him more respect etc. Then again, there were people training there who seemed to have NO clue who he was and what he'd achieved as a fighter, even climbing into the ring to pretty much dick around while Toney was using it to do pad work with Macka Foley (who was also a great guy and the first person I sort of "got to know" there). Those idiots were seemingly thinking that this black guy hitting the pads must just be some other overweight boxing hobbyist learning how to do this stuff. I kid you not. That was weird to watch. I'll cut those clowns some slack for thinking that, though - there was something rather pedestrian and hobbyist about Toney's training even in those days. I never saw as much effort on his part as I had expected.

I LOVED watching him spar, though. The guy was a fucking genius, and watching him do his stuff only a meter or two away was incredibly inspiring. Sadly, after I'd left LA I kept trying to emulate his style and in hindsight I think that really was the end of my boxing "career" (I only fought as an amateur - never went pro, thank God). Toney can fight the way he does because of insane talent, the right body type, and because he had an amazing old school trainer early in his career who taught him the parts that could be taught. When I tried to fight like Toney, however, I basically ended up taking shitloads of unneccesary punches, and not giving all that many back in return. It was fun to try to emulate that style (I still find myself doing it when I spar with someone, which only happens very occasionally these days) but I ended up fighting at about 50% of my ability... In other words, that stay in Los Angeles actually ended up not being all that beneficial to me as a boxer after all.

Also met David Tua, who I'd describe as, um, "a nice guy." I met him through Kevin Barry right around the time of their early talks with the Duva team. I'd gotten to know Kevin a few months earlier when he suddenly showed up in my makeshift "locker room" to congratulate me after I'd knocked a guy out less than a minute into the first round (with the greatest right hook I'd ever thrown, I might add). Kevin was really, really cool and I've always had a hard time believing that he scammed Tua out of any money whatsoever. I may be wrong, of course, but that doesn't sound like the Kevin Barry I got to hang out with a little.

Kevin Barry was never anywhere near "famous," of course, but when I first met him he was still the last guy to hold a victory (albeit a bullshit one) over Evander Holyfield in a boxing ring. Holyfield was probably my favorite fighter at the time, so I thought that was pretty cool.

great anecdotes thanks. as far as Kevin Barry and tua, can't call the situation but will say that money makes "nice guys" change.