Muhammad Ali at training camp several times. i was about 5. He used to play basketball alot. lift me to throw the ball in.
Tyson getting out of a limo a few months after he became champ.I was a tumbler at flip city in newark.I was sitting on the curb when his limo pulled up. He came to the Boys club to watch our tumbling exhibition. I was like that's me. lol We did one of the best exhibitions ever. He said he respected us as athletes.
also met Riddick Bowe, Andre Berto, Tarver,Holyfield, and Nate Campbell.
Matthew Saad Muhammad is a very close friend to my father.....in fact he is what we call my godfather.......I met Eddie Mustafa in a Mosque in Philly when I was a kid.....I use to train at PAL boxing gym back in the days where LEGENDS like Boogaloo Watts and Bennie Brisco used to work with us kids on the basics......Eric Harding is a childhood buddy of mines.....we grew up together in the same neighborhood and played for the same basketball teams as teens.....thats my boy!!.....but there was one talk I had with a professional boxer that CHANGED my life......I was a bad ass kid and teen......doing time in juvenille joints was NORMAL for me ....UNTIL B.Hop came and gave us a lecture.....he help spark the change I made and I'll NEVER forget that lecture he gave us......when I moved to Germany.....I met and talked with Wlad.....that dude is the coolest white dude in the world!!!.....I've seen him in a few clubs here.....its crazy how cool this dude is!!!
Carl Froch, Jean Pascal, Ricky Hatton, Naseem Hamed, Danny Williams and many lesser names.....Jason Booth, Nicky Booth, Jawaid Khaliq, Nathan Mcintosh (prospect), Wayne Rigby....many more, but they would be unheard of.
Ive met and use to live right around the corner from Bowe, Chop Chop, & Gary Jones. I also met Tony Thompson, Mitchell, and Joppy. Ive talked to all of them straight up one on one and have been to all of there homes or people's homes except for Tony, Mitchell, and Joppy. Ive known some other celebs too but those are the only boxers I think that Ive met.
Met a few before the Berto - Mosely press conference on the day of the Pacquiao - Cotto fight.
Mosely: Posed of a picture, seemed pretty friendly
Khan: Talked to us for a few minutes, seemed a decent fella
Haye: pretty much ignored everyone
Katsidis: was very friendly, chatted to us for awhile
Judah: posed for a pic
BJ Flores: talked to us for awhile, told us not to bother asking De la Hoya for a pic as he would just ignore us :)