I've been a boxing fan for most of my life but my life totally changed when I got free tickets for Trinidad/Mayorga. Great atmosphere at MSG when Tito was fighting and it was a good action fight. Don King donated a bunch of floor seats to the military so I was all up and around the ring even though our seats weren't that close. At that fight I met:
Former HW Titlest Chris Byrd, really cool dude.
Evander Holyfield. He had a mob of security around him but I got a close up shot of where his ear was bitten off
Mike Tyson, tons of security and he looked like he might eat my camera if I got that close to him.
Bernard Hopkins. I was trying to get a picture with him and he was just blowing me off. I was in the coast guard out in new york and I was leaving there in like 5 days and said it would be my last chance to see a fight there since i wasn't going to be stationed there. He turned around and took the picture with me after that. Cory Spinks called out his name I think and he wasn't looking at the camera. I was kinda pissed.
I took a picture with Cory Spinks. As we're about to take the picture, he jumps on his cell phone and he was wearing the darkest sunglasses inside. He was kinda lame.
Zab Judah was like a foot away from me but wouldn't take a picture
Met MC Hammer at that fight, he was cool, took a picture
Rosalyn Sanchez, stupid hot and security was kickin me out. I took a picture of her but didn't get to slide up next to her.
Met Dame Dash of Roc-a-Fella records. He was cool. Took pics with him
Noreaga. He didn't say much but took a pic with him too
Met Fat Joe there and took a pic with him
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Went to another fight, Vasquez/Marquez 1 in Carson CA. Another good fight though not as good as the other 2 ended up being.
Met Floyd Mayweather Sr. Seemed like a crackhead.
We forgot batteries for our camera and security was being a punk so I missed out on chances to take pics with Erik Morales and Antonio Margarito at that fight. Still a cool night though.
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Went to Pacquiao/Clottey in Dallas.
Met a bunch of people here too. Great time and almost everyone there had a great time even if the fight sucked on TV. That stadium by itself is like a celebrity. It's an amazing sight to behold.
Max Kellerman was really cool. I ended up taking a couple pics with him because they kept coming out blurry. Nice guy though.
I met Jim Lampley and Harold Lederman from HBO. I think Harold was mad faded. Took pics with them.
Met Jerry olaya, the spanish translator for HBO. He was mad cool and told my friend he looked like Cris Arreola which was hilarious. We kept bumping into him all night but he was a cool dude
Took a pic with some Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, also cool for the obvious
Took a pic with Kenny Bayless, probably the best ref out there
Met and took pictures with Kelly Pavlik, Buboy (pacquiao's co-trainer), Vanes Martirosyan, Brian Viloria, Antonio Margarito, Marco Antonio Barrera, Tony Dorsett (cowboys great) Alfonso Gomez, Fernando Vargas, Dan Rafael and Kieran Mulvaney from ESPN and Mark Taffet from HBO and I think some more I'm forgetting.
Also met Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin
Former HW Titlest Chris Byrd, really cool dude.
Evander Holyfield. He had a mob of security around him but I got a close up shot of where his ear was bitten off
Mike Tyson, tons of security and he looked like he might eat my camera if I got that close to him.
Bernard Hopkins. I was trying to get a picture with him and he was just blowing me off. I was in the coast guard out in new york and I was leaving there in like 5 days and said it would be my last chance to see a fight there since i wasn't going to be stationed there. He turned around and took the picture with me after that. Cory Spinks called out his name I think and he wasn't looking at the camera. I was kinda pissed.
I took a picture with Cory Spinks. As we're about to take the picture, he jumps on his cell phone and he was wearing the darkest sunglasses inside. He was kinda lame.
Zab Judah was like a foot away from me but wouldn't take a picture
Met MC Hammer at that fight, he was cool, took a picture
Rosalyn Sanchez, stupid hot and security was kickin me out. I took a picture of her but didn't get to slide up next to her.
Met Dame Dash of Roc-a-Fella records. He was cool. Took pics with him
Noreaga. He didn't say much but took a pic with him too
Met Fat Joe there and took a pic with him
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Went to another fight, Vasquez/Marquez 1 in Carson CA. Another good fight though not as good as the other 2 ended up being.
Met Floyd Mayweather Sr. Seemed like a crackhead.
We forgot batteries for our camera and security was being a punk so I missed out on chances to take pics with Erik Morales and Antonio Margarito at that fight. Still a cool night though.
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Went to Pacquiao/Clottey in Dallas.
Met a bunch of people here too. Great time and almost everyone there had a great time even if the fight sucked on TV. That stadium by itself is like a celebrity. It's an amazing sight to behold.
Max Kellerman was really cool. I ended up taking a couple pics with him because they kept coming out blurry. Nice guy though.
I met Jim Lampley and Harold Lederman from HBO. I think Harold was mad faded. Took pics with them.
Met Jerry olaya, the spanish translator for HBO. He was mad cool and told my friend he looked like Cris Arreola which was hilarious. We kept bumping into him all night but he was a cool dude
Took a pic with some Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, also cool for the obvious
Took a pic with Kenny Bayless, probably the best ref out there
Met and took pictures with Kelly Pavlik, Buboy (pacquiao's co-trainer), Vanes Martirosyan, Brian Viloria, Antonio Margarito, Marco Antonio Barrera, Tony Dorsett (cowboys great) Alfonso Gomez, Fernando Vargas, Dan Rafael and Kieran Mulvaney from ESPN and Mark Taffet from HBO and I think some more I'm forgetting.
Also met Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin
