Best boxer you've ever met?

[Bill1234]

Who's the best fighter/boxer you've ever met? For me, it almost pains me to say it because he's such a dick, but it's Pernell Whitaker.

[FINITO]

Mando Ramos

[MagnificentMatt]

Who's the best fighter/boxer you've ever met? For me, it almost pains me to say it because he's such a dick, but it's Pernell Whitaker.

So Sweet Pea is a dick for real? Like..was he a dick to you? haha

How about Larry Holmes, you told me hes pretty standup.

[Bill1234]

So Sweet Pea is a dick for real? Like..was he a dick to you? haha

How about Larry Holmes, you told me hes pretty standup.

Pernell was blowing everyone but the white girls in their 20's off. I wanted his autograph, so I held up the book and pen, and he brushed me aside. On his way back, I was annoyed, so I was more blatant and stood in the way, he looked me dead in the eye, put his hand on my shoulder and said "I'll be right back, buddy." I proceeded to see him drive off and that's the last I ever saw of him.

Larry is the type of person where you either like him or you don't. He's much nicer when the press isn't around. He gives fighters, even guys like Mike Tyson, a lot of credit when the press isn't around. One day I went to his restaurant and he recognized me, so he got up mid conversation, shook my hand, and introduced me to his youngest daughter and her fiance. He also gave me free BBQ wings. He didn't have to do that, he could have kept talking and ignored I was there.

[sugar71]

John "Super D" Duplesis. I was thinking of working out at the same gym as he did in New Orleans in the early 90's & spoke to him briefly.

He became a top five(#4 ?) jr welterweight contender before he was stopped by Julio Ceaser Chavez in 4 rounds. Undercard of Tyson /Ruddock I

[Seamus]

Tyson was cool but he always had a huge entourage and not much time. Ran into him twice pre-Ruddock II. In a more bizarre case, Ali ended up alone and a little disoriented in the parking lot of where I worked in Seattle, also early 90's. He was... well, he was fucking Muhammad Ali, bigger than life. I damn near shit myself once my boss told me who was outside.

On a more obscure note, John David Jackson seemed uniquely surprised I recognized him, even though he was wearing a t-shirt that said "John David Jackson - Middleweight World Champion".

[TBooze]

I once had a piss with Tee Jay next to me......

[OLD FOGEY]

I once had a piss with Tee Jay next to me......

My error--I didn't want to quote this--see below.

[OLD FOGEY]

Who's the best fighter/boxer you've ever met? For me, it almost pains me to say it because he's such a dick, but it's Pernell Whitaker.


Muhammad Ali.

[TBooze]

My error--I didn't want to quote this--see below.


:( You dissing the mighty Tee Jay?;)

[SouthpawSlayer]

holyfield

[Paddy]

Pernell was blowing everyone but the white girls in their 20's off. I wanted his autograph, so I held up the book and pen, and he brushed me aside. On his way back, I was annoyed, so I was more blatant and stood in the way, he looked me dead in the eye, put his hand on my shoulder and said "I'll be right back, buddy." I proceeded to see him drive off and that's the last I ever saw of him.



wow what a cock

[TIGEREDGE]

Pernell was blowing everyone but the white girls in their 20's off. I wanted his autograph, so I held up the book and pen, and he brushed me aside. On his way back, I was annoyed, so I was more blatant and stood in the way, he looked me dead in the eye, put his hand on my shoulder and said "I'll be right back, buddy." I proceeded to see him drive off and that's the last I ever saw of him.

Larry is the type of person where you either like him or you don't. He's much nicer when the press isn't around. He gives fighters, even guys like Mike Tyson, a lot of credit when the press isn't around. One day I went to his restaurant and he recognized me, so he got up mid conversation, shook my hand, and introduced me to his youngest daughter and her fiance. He also gave me free BBQ wings. He didn't have to do that, he could have kept talking and ignored I was there.

great story. how did you get to know larry

[Bill1234]

great story. how did you get to know larry

I've been going to his gym the past 3 years, and he's in there most weeks, and he talks to people quite a bit, so obviously over the course of 3 years he knows who I am (not by name though).

[flamengo]

Foreman, Naseem Hamed, Tszyu.. biggest names of late.

[TIGEREDGE]

I've been going to his gym the past 3 years, and he's in there most weeks, and he talks to people quite a bit, so obviously over the course of 3 years he knows who I am (not by name though).

ive got freindly with people who don't know my name and i don't know theres

[MightyLondoner]

Ricky Hatton. Met him in a service station near Birmingham around the time he fought Lazcano it was at about midnight, I was with my mate and we were pretty pissed at the the time, he could of just ignored us but he was a true gent, I told him i was in Las Vegas for his Mayweather fight and he said thanks for the support sorry i couldn't give you a victory, You gotta love the hitman.

[hhascup]

That's a hard one because I met them all.

Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Archie Moore, Tyson, Frazier, Lewis, Holmes, Patterson, Walcott, Willie Pep, Mickey Walker, Oscar De La Hoya, Sandy Saddler, Ike Williams, Emile Griffith, Pernell Whitaker.

Here's a list of the most famous boxers that I had the pleasure of meeting & either talking too, or announcing that I made out several years ago and I am adding to it all the time.

I had the pleasure of meeting & either talking too, announcing or introducing Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Foreman, Patterson, Holmes, Lewis, Frazier, Tyson, Sharkey, Holyfield, Walcott, Norton, Michael & Leon Spinks, Ruiz, Moorer, both Klitschko brothers, Braddock, Galento, Shavers, Calvin Brock, Golota, Jose Torres, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Iran Brakley, Jimmy Dupree, Johnny Persol, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Eric Harding, Bobby Czyz, Chuck Wepner, Gerry Cooney, James Scott, Mickey Walker, Freddie Red Cochrane, Tippy Larkin, Tony DeMarco, Joey Archer, Joey Giardello, Jake LaMotta, Mustafa Hamsho, Vito Antuofermo, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Castellani, George Benton, Emile Griffith, Pernell Whitaker, Buddy McGirt, Kid Gavilan, Tommy Hearns, Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Zab Judah, Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, Wilfred Benitez, Rubin Hurricane Carter, Charley Fusari, Joe Miceli, Mark Breland, Gaspar Ortega, Carlos Ortiz, Ike Williams, Howard Davis, Jr., Willie Pep, Sandy Saddler, Ray Arcel, Virgil Hill, George Chuvalo, Teddy Atlas, Lou Duva, Don King, Bert Sugar, Juan LaPorte, Johnny Bumphus, Rocky Lockridge, Joe Cortez, Billy Costello, Willie LaMorte, LeRoy Neiman, Randy Neumann, Tony Perez, Alex Ramos, Mike Rossman Bruce Seldon, Bobby Joe Young, Joe Borrell, Tommy Elm, Paul Cavaliere, Jimmy Bivins, Coley Wallace, Arturo Gatti, Mickey Ward, Jeff Chandler, Doug DeWitt, James Hard Rock Green, Renaldo Snipes, Frankie Toledo, Harold Lederman, Richie Kates, Freddie Archer, Livingstone Bramble, Gene "Ace" Armstrong, Fres Oquendo, Alex Stewart, Ray Mercer, Kirk Johnson, Jameel McCline, Marvis Frazier, Randall Tex Cobb, Stanley Poreda, Lou Savarese, Virgil Hill, Imamu Mayfield, Maurice Harris, Mike & Jerry Quarry, George Khalid Jones, Tony Thornton, Dana Rosenblatt, Vinny Pazienza, Glenwood Brown, Omar Sheika, Freddy Curiel, Scott Pemberton, Michael Olajide, Peter Manfredo Jr., Tony Zale, Hector Camacho, Mike McCallum, Terry Norris, Fernando Vargas, Matthew Hilton, Kevin Kelly, Christy Elliott, Mark Medal, Saoul Mamby, Tracy Harris Patterson, Ivan Robinson, Leo Randolph, Joey Gamache, Vince Martinez, Chico Vejar, Stefan Redl, Harold Weston, Bobby Joe Young, Rodney Moore, Aaron Pryor, Meldrick Taylor, Vivian Harris, Roger Mayweather, Emanuel Stewart, Charles Murray, Viruet brothers, Allie Stolz, Solly Seeman, Sean O'Grady, Freddie Russo, Sammy Goss, Harold Knight, Phil Terranova, Archie Devino, Tony Ayala, Junior Jones, Agapito Sanchez, Steve Molitor, Harold Gomes, John Duddy, Derrick Gainer, Steve Cunningham, Shannon Briggs, Paulie Malignaggi, Nino Benvenuti, Harold Johnson, Curtis Parker, Tim Witherspoon, Stan Hayward, Bobby Watts, Buster Drayton, Chad Dawson, Ted Lowry and I know I missed a lot more.

[Dave's Top Ten]

Wow !

[HomicideHenry]

Evander Holyfield, I was seven years old at the time. Now I'm 23, and he's still boxing.

[timmers612]

hhascup, in what type of settings did you meet the boxers on your list. I was going to put down a few names myself until I read yours,,,oh well

[hhascup]

hhascup, in what type of settings did you meet the boxers on your list. I was going to put down a few names myself until I read yours,,,oh well

I have been the President of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame for over 23 years and the Historian for approx. 30. I am also a Ring Announcer and have MC'ed countless amount of boxing & sporting affairs during that time. I am asked to introduce the sporting (boxing) people all the time. I even introduced Joe DiMaggio.

[HeavyT]

I haven't spoken to a pro boxer in my life! a guy Iv met out a few times n that is Darren Traynor he won the world golden gloves in 2007 at welterweight, and a scottish amateur champ so I guess it would have to be him

[Longhhorn71]

Foreman, Curtis Cokes, Donald Curry, Oscar, & PDF.

(Local fighters, book signings, promotions & such)

[Quickhands21]

Paul Spadafora, Larry Holmes, Billy Conn, Shannon Briggs, Monty Clay.

[Bill1234]

Today I had the pleasure of seeing Howard Davis Jr., Bert Cooper, and Curtis Parker.

[hhascup]

Today I had the pleasure of seeing Howard Davis Jr., Bert Cooper, and Curtis Parker.

Boy, I haven't heard from Howard Davis Jr. in years. The last time I did was when he called me up and wanted me to arrange an affair of all the 1976 American Olympic Boxers. He told me that he would get all the contacts BUT I never heard from him again.

[Bill1234]

Boy, I haven't heard from Howard Davis Jr. in years. The last time I did was when he called me up and wanted me to arrange an affair of all the 1976 American Olympic Boxers. He told me that he would get all the contacts BUT I never heard from him again.

He's a class act and is still in great shape. He was working the corner of some of the amateurs.

[skunk]

u met all those boxers. at least give us some information on what was said

[JohnThomas1]

That's a hard one because I met them all.

Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Archie Moore, Tyson, Frazier, Lewis, Holmes, Patterson, Walcott, Willie Pep, Mickey Walker, Oscar De La Hoya, Sandy Saddler, Ike Williams, Emile Griffith, Pernell Whitaker.

Here's a list of the most famous boxers that I had the pleasure of meeting & either talking too, or announcing that I made out several years ago and I am adding to it all the time.

I had the pleasure of meeting & either talking too, announcing or introducing Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Foreman, Patterson, Holmes, Lewis, Frazier, Tyson, Sharkey, Holyfield, Walcott, Norton, Michael & Leon Spinks, Ruiz, Moorer, both Klitschko brothers, Braddock, Galento, Shavers, Calvin Brock, Golota, Jose Torres, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Iran Brakley, Jimmy Dupree, Johnny Persol, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Eric Harding, Bobby Czyz, Chuck Wepner, Gerry Cooney, James Scott, Mickey Walker, Freddie Red Cochrane, Tippy Larkin, Tony DeMarco, Joey Archer, Joey Giardello, Jake LaMotta, Mustafa Hamsho, Vito Antuofermo, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Castellani, George Benton, Emile Griffith, Pernell Whitaker, Buddy McGirt, Kid Gavilan, Tommy Hearns, Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Zab Judah, Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, Wilfred Benitez, Rubin Hurricane Carter, Charley Fusari, Joe Miceli, Mark Breland, Gaspar Ortega, Carlos Ortiz, Ike Williams, Howard Davis, Jr., Willie Pep, Sandy Saddler, Ray Arcel, Virgil Hill, George Chuvalo, Teddy Atlas, Lou Duva, Don King, Bert Sugar, Juan LaPorte, Johnny Bumphus, Rocky Lockridge, Joe Cortez, Billy Costello, Willie LaMorte, LeRoy Neiman, Randy Neumann, Tony Perez, Alex Ramos, Mike Rossman Bruce Seldon, Bobby Joe Young, Joe Borrell, Tommy Elm, Paul Cavaliere, Jimmy Bivins, Coley Wallace, Arturo Gatti, Mickey Ward, Jeff Chandler, Doug DeWitt, James Hard Rock Green, Renaldo Snipes, Frankie Toledo, Harold Lederman, Richie Kates, Freddie Archer, Livingstone Bramble, Gene "Ace" Armstrong, Fres Oquendo, Alex Stewart, Ray Mercer, Kirk Johnson, Jameel McCline, Marvis Frazier, Randall Tex Cobb, Stanley Poreda, Lou Savarese, Virgil Hill, Imamu Mayfield, Maurice Harris, Mike & Jerry Quarry, George Khalid Jones, Tony Thornton, Dana Rosenblatt, Vinny Pazienza, Glenwood Brown, Omar Sheika, Freddy Curiel, Scott Pemberton, Michael Olajide, Peter Manfredo Jr., Tony Zale, Hector Camacho, Mike McCallum, Terry Norris, Fernando Vargas, Matthew Hilton, Kevin Kelly, Christy Elliott, Mark Medal, Saoul Mamby, Tracy Harris Patterson, Ivan Robinson, Leo Randolph, Joey Gamache, Vince Martinez, Chico Vejar, Stefan Redl, Harold Weston, Bobby Joe Young, Rodney Moore, Aaron Pryor, Meldrick Taylor, Vivian Harris, Roger Mayweather, Emanuel Stewart, Charles Murray, Viruet brothers, Allie Stolz, Solly Seeman, Sean O'Grady, Freddie Russo, Sammy Goss, Harold Knight, Phil Terranova, Archie Devino, Tony Ayala, Junior Jones, Agapito Sanchez, Steve Molitor, Harold Gomes, John Duddy, Derrick Gainer, Steve Cunningham, Shannon Briggs, Paulie Malignaggi, Nino Benvenuti, Harold Johnson, Curtis Parker, Tim Witherspoon, Stan Hayward, Bobby Watts, Buster Drayton, Chad Dawson, Ted Lowry and I know I missed a lot more.


I won't be impressed until you tell me you've met Greg Page!

I mean there's some fantastic names on there, but no Page? :hey

[Bigcat]

I know a lot of boxing people and have met hundreds of fighters and ex fighters, but i was very impressed when i met Archie Moore in 95, he was still as sharp as a tack.. he was with Dick Saddler and Doc Broadus .. great peoples.........

[john garfield]

That's a hard one because I met them all.

Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Archie Moore, Tyson, Frazier, Lewis, Holmes, Patterson, Walcott, Willie Pep, Mickey Walker, Oscar De La Hoya, Sandy Saddler, Ike Williams, Emile Griffith, Pernell Whitaker.

Here's a list of the most famous boxers that I had the pleasure of meeting & either talking too, or announcing that I made out several years ago and I am adding to it all the time.

I had the pleasure of meeting & either talking too, announcing or introducing Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Foreman, Patterson, Holmes, Lewis, Frazier, Tyson, Sharkey, Holyfield, Walcott, Norton, Michael & Leon Spinks, Ruiz, Moorer, both Klitschko brothers, Braddock, Galento, Shavers, Calvin Brock, Golota, Jose Torres, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, Iran Brakley, Jimmy Dupree, Johnny Persol, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Eric Harding, Bobby Czyz, Chuck Wepner, Gerry Cooney, James Scott, Mickey Walker, Freddie Red Cochrane, Tippy Larkin, Tony DeMarco, Joey Archer, Joey Giardello, Jake LaMotta, Mustafa Hamsho, Vito Antuofermo, Rocky Graziano, Rocky Castellani, George Benton, Emile Griffith, Pernell Whitaker, Buddy McGirt, Kid Gavilan, Tommy Hearns, Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Zab Judah, Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, Wilfred Benitez, Rubin Hurricane Carter, Charley Fusari, Joe Miceli, Mark Breland, Gaspar Ortega, Carlos Ortiz, Ike Williams, Howard Davis, Jr., Willie Pep, Sandy Saddler, Ray Arcel, Virgil Hill, George Chuvalo, Teddy Atlas, Lou Duva, Don King, Bert Sugar, Juan LaPorte, Johnny Bumphus, Rocky Lockridge, Joe Cortez, Billy Costello, Willie LaMorte, LeRoy Neiman, Randy Neumann, Tony Perez, Alex Ramos, Mike Rossman Bruce Seldon, Bobby Joe Young, Joe Borrell, Tommy Elm, Paul Cavaliere, Jimmy Bivins, Coley Wallace, Arturo Gatti, Mickey Ward, Jeff Chandler, Doug DeWitt, James Hard Rock Green, Renaldo Snipes, Frankie Toledo, Harold Lederman, Richie Kates, Freddie Archer, Livingstone Bramble, Gene "Ace" Armstrong, Fres Oquendo, Alex Stewart, Ray Mercer, Kirk Johnson, Jameel McCline, Marvis Frazier, Randall Tex Cobb, Stanley Poreda, Lou Savarese, Virgil Hill, Imamu Mayfield, Maurice Harris, Mike & Jerry Quarry, George Khalid Jones, Tony Thornton, Dana Rosenblatt, Vinny Pazienza, Glenwood Brown, Omar Sheika, Freddy Curiel, Scott Pemberton, Michael Olajide, Peter Manfredo Jr., Tony Zale, Hector Camacho, Mike McCallum, Terry Norris, Fernando Vargas, Matthew Hilton, Kevin Kelly, Christy Elliott, Mark Medal, Saoul Mamby, Tracy Harris Patterson, Ivan Robinson, Leo Randolph, Joey Gamache, Vince Martinez, Chico Vejar, Stefan Redl, Harold Weston, Bobby Joe Young, Rodney Moore, Aaron Pryor, Meldrick Taylor, Vivian Harris, Roger Mayweather, Emanuel Stewart, Charles Murray, Viruet brothers, Allie Stolz, Solly Seeman, Sean O'Grady, Freddie Russo, Sammy Goss, Harold Knight, Phil Terranova, Archie Devino, Tony Ayala, Junior Jones, Agapito Sanchez, Steve Molitor, Harold Gomes, John Duddy, Derrick Gainer, Steve Cunningham, Shannon Briggs, Paulie Malignaggi, Nino Benvenuti, Harold Johnson, Curtis Parker, Tim Witherspoon, Stan Hayward, Bobby Watts, Buster Drayton, Chad Dawson, Ted Lowry and I know I missed a lot more.

You must be a contemporary, hh. Met many of the ol' timers you mention at Stillman's gym, and others at gyms and fight clubs 'round the country.

[he grant]

I am extremely interested in any first hand experiences with Jack Dempsey ... there are fewer and fewer around ...

[john garfield]

I am extremely interested in any first hand experiences with Jack Dempsey ... there are fewer and fewer around ...

I was about six or seven, hg. My dad took me to meet Dempsey at his restaurant in Manhattan. Jack, in a suit, was ramrod straight and strapping, graciously signing autographs close to the large picture window facing Broadway.

My dad brought me over to him. He bent down and challenged, "Put up your dukes!" Huge fists roiling in front of my eyes.

I jumped into a stance. He roared with laughter, scooped me up with one arm and ruffled my hair. Never forget that monument-of-a-face so close to mine.

[stonerose]

Michael Jennings

[DudeGuyMan]

Having someone on the board who met Dempsey seems so strange to me. Cool, but strange. I mean I know Dempsey lived into the 1980's and even I could have theoretically met him, albeit as a child, but still. It's like saying you met Abe Lincoln or something. He's a historical figure, not someone a guy can come up to you and say "Oh yeah I met him!"

[turpinr]

ken buchanan

[john garfield]

Having someone on the board who met Dempsey seems so strange to me. Cool, but strange. I mean I know Dempsey lived into the 1980's and even I could have theoretically met him, albeit as a child, but still. It's like saying you met Abe Lincoln or something. He's a historical figure, not someone a guy can come up to you and say "Oh yeah I met him!"

Met Dempsey in the early '40s...Lincoln much earlier.

[Minotauro]

hhascup or garfield what was Walcott like and did any of you meet Charles if so what was he like?

[Arka]

Having someone on the board who met Dempsey seems so strange to me. Cool, but strange. I mean I know Dempsey lived into the 1980's and even I could have theoretically met him, albeit as a child, but still. It's like saying you met Abe Lincoln or something. He's a historical figure, not someone a guy can come up to you and say "Oh yeah I met him!"

Personally,I'd be seriously impressed if someone mentioned they had met the likes of Jack Johnson,Sam Langford or Benny Leonard..... :D

[hhascup]

hhascup or garfield what was Walcott like and did any of you meet Charles if so what was he like?

I met Walcott several times as he was the New Jersey Boxing Commissioner for a while. His office use to call me up for information about former boxers. This was before the internet. I talked to him several times and he was always nice.

We even put up a monument of Walcott in Camden and I was asked to be the guest speaker. Now they want to move it to a better place. Last week I met with several people doing a documentary on Walcott and they interviewed me for the cameras.

[Minotauro]

I met Walcott several times as he was the New Jersey Boxing Commissioner for a while. His office use to call me up for information about former boxers. This was before the internet. I talked to him several times and he was always nice.

We even put up a monument of Walcott in Camden and I was asked to be the guest speaker. Now they want to move it to a better place. Last week I met with several people doing a documentary on Walcott and they interviewed me for the cameras.

Any mention of when that documentry might be coming out?

[hhascup]

Any mention of when that documentry might be coming out?

I was told sometime in 2010

[AlFrancis]

I've been lucky enough to have grown up in the world of boxing and have had a drink with some of the great British boxers like Buchanan, Winstone, Minter, Stracey, Downes, Conteh. McGowan to name a few, Cooper, the list go's on.
As a young kid there was always boxing people about. Peter Kane and Larry Gains to name a couple.
Had a lovely afternoon a few years back with Dick McTaggert (Scotland and Britains greatest amateur boxer, Olympic gold and bronze medal winner and Val Barker winner for 1956) and a couple of mates of mine, both fighters, Flyweight Billy Walker and Carl Taylor both from the Sixties.
My ex boss was Johnny Pritchett, former British and Commonwealth Middleweight champ. I worked for him 15 years and still keep in touch with him over here in Spain where he's retired to.

[la-califa]

I met a few boxers in Azusa, California at a benefit for a local boxer who suffered two detatched retina's & was partially blinded.(Johnny Chavez). Of who I got to meet were, Mike Quarry, Michael Carbajal, Albert Davila, Danny Lopez, Ruben Castillo, Ray Mancini, Jorge Paez. But probably the best was "Sugar" Shane Mosley, who was just turning pro at the time. Very nice guy.

[Bill1234]

I met Michael Carbajal, he was very nice.

[Chaney]

I met Chris Eubank last year and he was very pleasant and friendly. I bumped into him in the street in Cardiff, entirely by chance, and said I was a fan. We had a brief conversation. He shook me warmly by the hand and even took a photograph of us together with my pocket digital camera.

As Bill said, celebrities don't have to act like that. They could easily ignore you or give you the brush off. It was a pleasure to meet Mr Eubank.

[McGrain]

I also met Chris Eubank, in an airport. I was fucking hammered, but he was really tolerant, I'd have to say a gentleman in fact.

[RDJ]

Biggest name I've met is Rudy Koopmans, who was drinking beers in a bar a few chairs away from me :D

You don't meet many hall of famers in rural Doucheland.

[RockyJim]

Marciano at the Brockton Fair when I was a kid...
Tony DeMarco...
Carmen Basilio...
Marvin Hagler....
Jake LaMotta...
Bob Foster...
Willie Pep...
Jack Dempsey at his restaurant in NYC...
Paul Pender...

[Bill1234]

Marciano at the Brockton Fair when I was a kid...
Tony DeMarco...
Carmen Basilio...
Marvin Hagler....
Jake LaMotta...
Bob Foster...
Willie Pep...
Jack Dempsey at his restaurant in NYC...
Paul Pender...

Carmen Basilio was very nice when I met him, funny guy.

[Minotauro]

Marciano at the Brockton Fair when I was a kid...
Tony DeMarco...
Carmen Basilio...
Marvin Hagler....
Jake LaMotta...
Bob Foster...
Willie Pep...
Jack Dempsey at his restaurant in NYC...
Paul Pender...

What are Pep and Foster like?

[hhascup]

What are Pep and Foster like?


When I met Pep, he introduced me to his wife. I said, that's not your wife, as she was so young looking she actually looked more like his grand daughter or at least his young daughter. He laughed and said, why, you think she is too old for me. He was a real nice guy, as he continued to tell me some jokes and I didn't know when he was telling me the truth or just joking around.

By the time he married his present wife, Barbara, in 1987, he had been through five marriages. "All my wives were great housekeepers," he used to say. "After every divorce, they kept the house."

[SteveO]

When I met Pep, he introduced me to his wife. I said, that's not your wife, as she was so young looking she actually looked more like his grand daughter or at least his young daughter. He laughed and said, why, you think she is too old for me. He was a real nice guy, as he continued to tell me some jokes and I didn't know when he was telling me the truth or just joking around.

By the time he married his present wife, Barbara, in 1987, he had been through five marriages. "All my wives were great housekeepers," he used to say. "After every divorce, they kept the house."

Pep's got jokes.

[flamengo]

Having someone on the board who met Dempsey seems so strange to me. Cool, but strange. I mean I know Dempsey lived into the 1980's and even I could have theoretically met him, albeit as a child, but still. It's like saying you met Abe Lincoln or something. He's a historical figure, not someone a guy can come up to you and say "Oh yeah I met him!"

Mate, I'm 37 y/o.. I've had the pleasure of gaining a close friendship with Fred Heneberry, Australian M/W Champ 1932, who faught Ken Overlin, Archie Moore...amongst others.. Historically speaking... every moment spoken becomes history....

Grasp every moment, throw the shit away, absorb the importance and let that take you to the next level.

[RockyJim]

I met Pep in Providence RI in 1987...nice man..I asked him about his winning a round against Jackie Graves without throwing a punch..I met Foster in 1969 after he KO'd Andy Kendell in Springfield Mass. in May 1969...shook his hand....he said"Hello"...asked where I was from...and left soon afterwards.