Coolest boxer u have met yet?

[jzt]

I met Margarito twice, he is awesome. He stood there signing autographs after the Johnson fight and the Cintron 2 fight for so long, taking pics. Met Cintron twice too, but he is really quiet and shy.
Other notable fighters I met over the last 2 years:
-Micky Ward (poor dude could barely see me, and I ain't small)
-Zab Judah (much nicer than you'd think - I thought he would be an a** but dude waited around while my buddy took 2 bad pics until a good one came out)
-Kelly Pavlik
-BJ Flores (he has got a smokin hot wife btw), he was a REALLY nice guy!

Hopefully more to come. Never come across a fighter who was a jerk yet.

[Soundtraveler]

Like the Iceman, I have met so many fighters, that for me it would be hard to pick just one --

But that said, one of the very nicest guys I have ever met, is someone I have had the pleasure or having dinner with a couple times, as well as sat down with him and just talked boxing in general -- that would be Manny Stewart. The man even gave me his personal cell phone number and told me to call anytime! (though I wouldn't dare lol)

He is an encyclopedia as far as boxing goes, and can tell a marvelous story....

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

I met Ali one day in 1990... ran into him again the following day and even though he had literally shook hundreds of hands the day before, he remembered me enough to go out of his way to whisper in my then girlfriend's ear, "Take good care of him."

[gazdastrip]

I have met a bunch of boxers. I met Ali years ago, but it seems like everyone has met him. I met John Ruiz at a mall in Nevada when he was champ. I recognized him because I watched boxing all the time, but literally nobody in the mall approached him. Nobody had any idea who he was. He was the CHAMP for godsake. I told a couple of my friends about it, they just brushed it off and went back to their video game like I was an idiot. Obviously I've come to realize that boxers aren't considered real pro athletes to anybody but themselves and a few hardores. It stinks too.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Boxing is NOT mainstream like it was... back in the mid 80's Leonard, Hagler or Hearns could walk in a mall and get mobbed.... today a good fighter, a (former) champ, like Jermain Taylor could go to any mall outide of Arkansas and get no notice..not his fault, just the way it is

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Another really nice kid that comes to mind...Tokunbo Olijade

[Soundtraveler]

Mickey Ward is a class act too.

I found George Foreman to be very cool. In fact years ago, I told him my dream was to work an HBO card one day, he said "just hang in there, you've got the talent, so your day will come" and who was the first to email a cong**** when I finally realized that dream several years later? George Foreman. Now THAT is cool.

Lennox Lewis is a great guy too, I was working an HBO gig and pointed my son Justin out to him and told him that he was a huge fan - Lennox later walked over to my son, chatted with him for about 20 minutes, then signed a glove and posed for a pic with him. - It doesn't get much better than that, my son has the pic of he and Lennox framed in an 8x10 hanging on the wall to this day.

[gazdastrip]

Boxing is NOT mainstream like it was... back in the mid 80's Leonard, Hagler or Hearns could walk in a mall and get mobbed.... today a good fighter, a (former) champ, like Jermain Taylor could go to any mall outide of Arkansas and get no notice..not his fault, just the way it is

Yes. It is the way it is. That's why boxers get so little money. The MMA is so much more popular. I personally prefer boxing, even if MMA has a lot more fans. I am not trying to offend anyone or anything, but people would rather see those guys fight because they're tougher people.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Yes. It is the way it is. That's why boxers get so little money. The MMA is so much more popular. I personally prefer boxing, even if MMA has a lot more fans. I am not trying to offend anyone or anything, but people would rather see those guys fight because they're tougher people.

Tougher people? I dont think ANY ONE OF THOSE GUYS could stand up to what Ward, Castillo, Corrales, Gatti, Holyfiedl, etc have stood up to. Tougher people??? Man, I think you laid a huge brain fart with that observation

[PWESTNYC]

Tougher people? I dont think ANY ONE OF THOSE GUYS could stand up to what Ward, Castillo, Corrales, Gatti, Holyfiedl, etc have stood up to. Tougher people??? Man, I think you laid a huge brain fart with that observation

Seriously. MMA is exciting for the blood and knockouts, but that prequel to a gay ****o ground game **** is just straight up boring.

I know people will say " you have to appreciate it " , but honestly whats to appreciate about two men wrapping their legs around each other and twisting arms.

In many ways MMA reminds me of WWE. Lots of Marketing and buildups to their fights with video highlights and clips. Thats the drawing power of these 18-35 year old knuckleheads. I went to UFC in Jersey last year at the Prudential Center and I couldnt believe all the videos and music they played. There was more of that then fighting.

Also, alot of fans acting like jerkoffs.

Those MMA guys ALL get winded within a matter of a minute or two. Even their biggest superstars will have their hands down on their knees 2 minutes into the first round. You see a boxer do that and it's lights out.

I think alot of their conditioning problems have to do with ALL JUICE and no cardio workout routines.

You wont find too many guys in UFC as tough as the guys mentioned above. They will NEVER take the punishment Gatti, Corrales , Holyfield, or Ward ever took.

Personally, I thought that fight between Bonnar vs Griffin was very very entertaining ..... but you see fights like that in UFC far and between.

I could take Arturo Gatti's 5 most exciting fights of his career and you still couldnt find me 5 fights in the entire history of the UFC that were better