Strange Boxing friendships!!

Boxers sometimes have friendships you wouldn't expect with people from other fields!!! Whilst Mickey Rourke was close at one time with James Toney.......Who'd have thought Gloria Allred (famous US Lawyer) and Christy Martin mixed out of the ring...

Any other left field friendships anyone would like to add...from fighters past or present!!

Mike Tyson and a Pigeon.

Na, to be honest a interesting thread but not much to add.

Gene Tunney counted both Ernest Hemingway and George Bernard Shaw among his friends.

audley harrison and drawing boards

David Haye and Rio Ferdinand.

Marco Barrera and the undertaker.

Amir Khan and Jordan

Ha ha yes Amir and Jordan...didn't he turn her down....

Kid certainly has taste......

Shame Tyson1984 isn't here as he certainly would've ventured that one forward..

Something about the fight game that attracts people from other fields to it...

Bo Derek was a huge fan back in the day...wonder if some of the guys from that day befriended her...

10 out 10 If they did.

Didnt Floyd have HHH (WWE Wrestler) and Manny have Batista accompany them to the ring some time?

Believe so.....Boxing and wrestling have become entwined somewhat over the years.....

Ever since Rocky DREW with thunderlips

floyd and 50 cent - though from the looks of it from the 24/7 shows they may be more than just friends.

tyson had quite a few rapper friends...Tupac etc..when he beat Williams he dedicated the win to all the rappers!!!

Wasnt Hamed and Micheal Jackson good friends?

Mickey Rourke was responsible for helping Freddy Cockroach set his gym up.

paul12342 wrote:Wasnt Hamed and Micheal Jackson good friends?

would love to hear some of there conversations!

did anyone watch the documentary of hameds fight with marco antonio barerra? (i forget its name) but eubank went to his hotel room a day before the fight the conversations were so awkward and weird it was hilarious!

AlexHuckerby wrote:

paul12342 wrote:Wasnt Hamed and Micheal Jackson good friends?

would love to hear some of there conversations!

did anyone watch the documentary of hameds fight with marco antonio barerra? (i forget its name) but eubank went to his hotel room a day before the fight the conversations were so awkward and weird it was hilarious!

Big Fight Little man or something.

big fight little prince!

That's the one.

The Galveston Giant wrote:

AlexHuckerby wrote:

paul12342 wrote:Wasnt Hamed and Micheal Jackson good friends?

would love to hear some of there conversations!

did anyone watch the documentary of hameds fight with marco antonio barerra? (i forget its name) but eubank went to his hotel room a day before the fight the conversations were so awkward and weird it was hilarious!

Big Fight Little man or something.

Yeah thats when Eubank says that poem or something. Then hamed turns round and says Chris you dont half talk some Poopie

paul12342 wrote:

The Galveston Giant wrote:

AlexHuckerby wrote:

paul12342 wrote:Wasnt Hamed and Micheal Jackson good friends?

would love to hear some of there conversations!

did anyone watch the documentary of hameds fight with marco antonio barerra? (i forget its name) but eubank went to his hotel room a day before the fight the conversations were so awkward and weird it was hilarious!

Big Fight Little man or something.

Yeah thats when Eubank says that poem or something. Then hamed turns round and says Chris you dont half talk some Poopie

Yeah it was hard to watch, i didn't have a clue what he was on about myself.

paul12342 wrote:

The Galveston Giant wrote:

AlexHuckerby wrote:

paul12342 wrote:Wasnt Hamed and Micheal Jackson good friends?

would love to hear some of there conversations!

did anyone watch the documentary of hameds fight with marco antonio barerra? (i forget its name) but eubank went to his hotel room a day before the fight the conversations were so awkward and weird it was hilarious!

Big Fight Little man or something.

Yeah thats when Eubank says that poem or something. Then hamed turns round and says Chris you dont half talk some Poopie

haha yeah! cracked me up!

Jackson was a friend of many fighters..he thought..

Tyson...Was bad
Hamed ... Dangerous
Hagler...A thriller..

jackson was going to be a boxer because of his footwork..came as easy as 1 2 3..

The Galveston Giant wrote:

paul12342 wrote:

The Galveston Giant wrote:

AlexHuckerby wrote:

paul12342 wrote:Wasnt Hamed and Micheal Jackson good friends?

would love to hear some of there conversations!

did anyone watch the documentary of hameds fight with marco antonio barerra? (i forget its name) but eubank went to his hotel room a day before the fight the conversations were so awkward and weird it was hilarious!

Big Fight Little man or something.

Yeah thats when Eubank says that poem or something. Then hamed turns round and says Chris you dont half talk some Poopie

Yeah it was hard to watch, i didn't have a clue what he was on about myself.

when eubank goes off on one i dont think even he knows!

Eubank and Thompson both threatened to beat Hamed up....

Saw him at a function a few years ago and I can see why..

Obnoxious..

Aren't Ricky Hatton and Phil "The Power" Taylor good mates?

Who'd win a cake-off between those two?

You'd know if they were...makes you squirm the way Taylor name drops all the time..

Can see why the other players don't like him.

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:You'd know if they were...makes you squirm the way Taylor name drops all the time..

Can see why the other players don't like him.

more to do with the fact he always beats them!

yep......i'm sure you're right....certainly reminds them when he does..

Ricky Hatton and the Gallgher brothers
Maybe you could include Muhammad Ali and The Beatles?

I think Eubank had an altercation with Hamed at Heathrow.

Also in Johnny Nelsons book he tells of when Thompson had a go at Hamed one time in a limo due to Hamed being a flash idiot.Thompson had a go back at him and made Hamed look a bit like a flash bully.

suppose hatton and the gallaghers arent strange to be fair - both from the same city and support the same football team.

paul12342 wrote:I think Eubank had an altercation with Hamed at Heathrow.

Also in Johnny Nelsons book he tells of when Thompson had a go at Hamed one time in a limo due to Hamed being a flash idiot.Thompson had a go back at him and made Hamed look a bit like a flash bully.

only suprising thing about that story is that someone read johnny nelsons book

AlexHuckerby wrote:

paul12342 wrote:I think Eubank had an altercation with Hamed at Heathrow.

Also in Johnny Nelsons book he tells of when Thompson had a go at Hamed one time in a limo due to Hamed being a flash idiot.Thompson had a go back at him and made Hamed look a bit like a flash bully.

only suprising thing about that story is that someone read johnny nelsons book

Yeah its not the greatest i have to admit.

Puff Daddy (Diddy) and Prince Nazeem Hamed had a friendship, they even danced together during one of Naz's infamous ringwalks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYxAfGfNg14&feature=youtube_gdata_player

weird stuff.

I heard Naz disrepected a bouncer and had be saved from a beating.

The little git is only 5'4 tall.

Ray Robinson had a lot of Hollywood friends.

Robinson had his own TV show where he sung and danced. He really was a massive star. There are clips on YouTube of him on game shows and the like and its clear himself and the likes of Louis really were the biggest sports stars in America in their day.