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    #21
    The whole card of Hopkins vs. Taylor 1, which included Vernon Forrest, Oscar Larios, Abner Mares, Fernando Montiel and Wayne McCullough.

    Thomas "Hitman/Motor City Cobra" Hearns when he fought Ken Atkins at Aloha Stadium. Hearns had a huge following in Hawaii and there were a ton of us at the stadium to see him live. One of the best days of my life.

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      #22
      Mayweather v cotto with canelo v Mosley on the undercard.
      Hatton v malignaggi
      Calzaghe v hopkins

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        #23
        I saw Yusuf Mack beating away on a guy once.

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          #24
          Originally posted by Eff Pandas View Post
          I haven't been to a fight in 5 years so not many cats lately, but I've seen Leon Spinks, Michael Carbajal, Evander Holyfield (hanging out watching a fight), Alex Stewart, Andrew Golota in the Chicago area when I lived there. HW title challengers Fres Oquendo & Vaughn Bean won the Chicago Golden Gloves the same year as the first show I ever attended after winning tickets for knowing Jersey Joe Walcott's real name.

          Saw Rigo in Vegas & one of my biggest boxing disappoints is not going to Vegas to see Corrales vs Castillo I which I knew was gonna be a good fight (not great I'm not Nostradumas) & Diego was one of my all time favorite fighters & I wish I could've added him to the list.

          Growing up in Michigan I saw Floyd + Andre & Anthony Dirrell as amateurs. Seen Chris Byrd at shows (his dad Joe too, who's notable to me as a top MI trainer along with Kenny Lane who got many kids deep in the golden gloves & fought for the lightweight title when there was just 1 title & being champion meant something). Thats all I can recall off the top of my head.
          That is so awesome. I'm a huge fan of the Spinks brothers and Holyfield. I was just thinking about being at Corrales and Castillo as well.

          I had the chance to meet Alexis Arguello and Carlos Palomino. My uncle was billed with them in a combat adventure movie. But Mr. Arguello was in his dressing room doing his thing. I saw Mr. Palomino but I think some movie thing was going on so I never got to meet him. Plus, I wanted to go with my uncle to his dressing room so we could...

          My father did get to meet Muhammad Ali. He was good friends with the fight doctor in Hawaii, so when Ali came to Hawaii to try to get his license, he called my dad so he could meet him as well. He was super excited later when he told me about it.

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            #25
            Originally posted by REDBLOCK View Post
            Been to a few fights and met a few fighters over the years.

            Did some Sherman Hemsley with Aaron Pryor
            Wow!

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              #26
              When Floyd was here in South Africa, he toured the country and went to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Robben Island, doing touristy ****, and giving bull**** speeches. Talking about it "being a dream come true" to visit South Africa and ****.

              Of course, I stayed at home and saw him briefly on the news. I love Floyd, and he's my favourite boxer of all time, but why would I pay money for traveling expenses and accommodation, just to see Floyd NOT fight. He didn't even hold a workout or anything. His head just glistened in the South African sun as he stayed here for six days.

              So I said **** that.

              I don't know if that answers the question, Mike. I got side tracked thinking about a giant, droopy teat that squirts some lumpy, chunky milk. Dunno why.

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                #27
                Notable? Of the bat:
                Greg Haugen, Jørgen Hansen, Mikkel Kessler, Carl Froch, Arthur Abraham, Jürgen Brähmer, Kubrat Pulev, Tony Thompson, Cecilia Brækhus, Andy Lee.

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                  #28
                  I saw Roy Jones-Glen Johnson live in Memphis and then Tarver-Johnson II also in Memphis. Andre Ward was on one of the undercards. Ike Quartey-Verno Phillips was on another as well. It was a lot of fun seeing them and the whole little HBO set-up with Lampley and Larry Merchant there. They were talking on this platform way away from the ring early on and then they were ringside of course. It was a neat experience. Plus, Kennedy McKinney was there, hitting on some girls at the concession stand. I said, "Hey, you're Kennedy McKinney." He turned to the girls and said, "See? This man knows who I am." It was pretty funny.

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                    #29
                    While I never saw them fight, I used to call into Pedro Fernandez's late night boxing radio show. I talked to Orlando Canizales and Michael Carbajal over the phone. I cracked Michael up, but Orlando took offense. He said Duran should retire at the time and then I said there were probably people saying Orlando should retire and then Pedro said I was telling him to retire which I wasn't. Then he cut me off. Was pretty funny really. Orlando also lost his next fight. Haha.

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                      #30
                      I was at Wembley for Klitschko-Joshua.

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