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Who has had the luxury to sit down and talk to legends in the business? For those who have share some of your favorite stories.



I've interviewed Peter Fury many times over the years, and am good friends with some of the Fury and Gorman family.



I've interviewed alot of different people but a couple were on my bucket list like Marvin Camel the first cruiserweight champion--- but I'd say my favorite interview I ever done was Chuck Wepner.

Do you have a link to the interview with wepner?

Ive had the privilege to speak with a lot of fighters. My favorite might be Paul Williams. Interesting tidbits are he didn't follow boxing and if he could fight one fighter it would be srr because they say he's the best. Another cool one was running into Jimmy young in Baltimore when I was 8 or 9. He was freaking out that a kid knew who he was on sight.

evrenb wrote: ↑10 Nov 2018, 14:46 Do you have a link to the interview with wepner?

Yeah, hold on, because it's on blogtalk.



The blogtalk link is in the video description.

For such a polarizing figure, haye is really cool.

Quite a lot. My fondest are Felix Trinidad and Juan Manuel Marquez but in truth most are very nice. Trinidad really is a great guy he’s always smiling and happy and very nice. Makes you proud of boxing. I’ve met him twice but I’ve met Marquez quite a lot and talked to him for longer.

The day before he fought Juan Diaz we came in from LA and a friend of mine is the daughter of Rudy Hernandez. He’s close to Nacho and Marquez and Marquez used to get his trunks and robes made by a lady in Bell which is in LA county for those that may not know. We brought the trunks over with us and took them to his room only to find out that the badges were wrong. I think it had the WBC one when it was a WBA fight and some other mistakes. Marquez found it funny and was very relaxed as everyone else panicked and one of my friends actually stitched them together with no prior knitting experience.

Marquez was so relaxed and easy going. We talked boxing, soccer, Los Angeles, Mexico City and of course his career. I knew from talking to him that Pacquaio was the reason he was still fighting and he spoke of his desire and obsession of beating him and he genuinely felt he was robbed in the first two. He sort of made fun of how terribly De La Hoya did against Pacquaio too.

I interviewed Chavez ONCE years ago and asked him his thoughts about Oscar De La Hoya and he (more or less) called him a homosexual and a woman. So I can vouch he hates De La Hoya.

I've been fortunate enough to have had multiple interviews with many all-time greats, including Ali, Foreman, Tyson, Hagler and Hearns. But my favorite -- by far -- was (and is) George Chuvalo. Our friendship dates back to 1986 when George was training Razor Ruddock and made a cross-Canada flight from Toronto to Edmonton to watch a sparring session between Willie deWit and Rufus Hadley, with the intent of positioning Ruddock as a challenger for deWit's Canadian title. George couldn't have been more accommodating during our interview at the gym, after which he invited me to join him and Ruddock for dinner. It was the start of an enduring friendship that led to my co-authoring "Chuvalo: A Fighter's Life" ( published by Harper-Collins in 2013) and continues to this day.

writehooks wrote: ↑11 Nov 2018, 23:39 I've been fortunate enough to have had multiple interviews with many all-time greats, including Ali, Foreman, Tyson, Hagler and Hearns. But my favorite -- by far -- was (and is) George Chuvalo. Our friendship dates back to 1986 when George was training Razor Ruddock and made a cross-Canada flight from Toronto to Edmonton to watch a sparring session between Willie deWit and Rufus Hadley, with the intent of positioning Ruddock as a challenger for deWit's Canadian title. George couldn't have been more accommodating during our interview at the gym, after which he invited me to join him and Ruddock for dinner. It was the start of an enduring friendship that led to my co-authoring "Chuvalo: A Fighter's Life" ( published by Harper-Collins in 2013) and continues to this day.

Fantastic, you must have some stories to tell. Anyone you didn't particularly like?

Sugar Ray Leonard was a total a-hole every time we spoke ... and not just to me. The man's ego knows no bounds, and he simply can't fathom not being the center of attention. Case in point: At the final press conference for his 1988 fight with Donnie Lalonde, Sugar Ray didn't like the fact that a reporter wanted to ask an undercard fighter a couple of questions. Instead of just letting it slide, Leonard grabbed the microphone on the podium and said something to effect of: "Nobody cares about the prelims. The people are here for me." Total jerk. Apparently he hasn't mellowed with age, either. Unlike Hagler, Hearns and Duran -- all of whom are very accommodating with fans -- Leonard has earned a reputation for being notoriously surly when the cameras aren't on him at functions like the annual Hall of Fame weekend.

Leonard is by far my Most hated fighter

writehooks wrote: ↑12 Nov 2018, 23:13 Sugar Ray Leonard was a total a-hole every time we spoke ... and not just to me. The man's ego knows no bounds, and he simply can't fathom not being the center of attention. Case in point: At the final press conference for his 1988 fight with Donnie Lalonde, Sugar Ray didn't like the fact that a reporter wanted to ask an undercard fighter a couple of questions. Instead of just letting it slide, Leonard grabbed the microphone on the podium and said something to effect of: "Nobody cares about the prelims. The people are here for me." Total jerk. Apparently he hasn't mellowed with age, either. Unlike Hagler, Hearns and Duran -- all of whom are very accommodating with fans -- Leonard has earned a reputation for being notoriously surly when the cameras aren't on him at functions like the annual Hall of Fame weekend.

Blimey, I didn’t think he was that bad !!