The book contains 32 "tales" of the unexpected from the world of boxing. There are a lot of colorful characters in our sport.
Here is a list of people who are mentioned by name at least once in this book...
Damon Abramson
Mike Adams
Gerardo Aguilera
Henry Akinwande
Al Albert
Steve Albert
Laila Ali
Jose Alfaro
Charles Anaya
Henry Anaya Jr.
Henry Anaya Sr.
Henry Anaya III
Tim Anderson
Joe Antonacci
Vito Antuefermo
Bob Arum
Teddy Atlas
Marco Antonio Avendano
Randall Bailey
Iran Barkley
Michael Bennet
Bobby Benton
George Benton
Brad Berkwitt
Al Bernstein
Walter Berry
M. Mark Biero
Trevor Berbick
Roger Bloodworth
Kent Bonham
Riddick Bowe
Wilshaun Boxley
Tim Brant
Mark Breland
Dave Brown
Freddie Brown
Walter Brown
Frank Bruno
Vernon "Yogi" Buchanon
Harold Buck
Michael Buffer
Louie Burke
Rocky Burke
James Butler
Robert Byrd
Nate Campbell
Gabriel Campillo
Michael Carbajal
Pedro Cardenas
Larry Carrier
Jose Luis Castillo
Ricardo Celis
Anthony Chavez
Paul Chavez
Yun-Kil Chun
Ralph Citro
Gil Clancy
Eddie Claudio
Gerrie Coetzee
Samson Cohen
Dickie Cole
Lupe Contreras
Allen Conyers
Diego Corrales
Joe Cortez
Eddie Cotton
Mario Cuomo
Donald Curry
Joey Curtis
Dan Cushner
Dakota Dawson
Ed Derian
Willie De Wit
Vic De Wysocki
Miguel Diaz
Michael Dokes
Buster Douglas
Cameron Dunkin
Roberto Duran
Lou Duva
Ken Ezzo
Giuseppe Ferrari
Frank "The Animal" Fletcher
George Foreman
Bob Foster
Chavez Francisco
Eddie Futch
Hugo Garay
Rafael Garcia
Shaun George
Rene Giraldo
Robin Givens
Andrew Golota
Jorge Luis Gonzalez
Randy Gordon
Otis Grant
Richard Grant
Uriah Grant
Vernon Gravely
James "Hard Rock" Green
Mitchell "Blood" Green
Rich Green
Crawford Grimsley
Lee Groves
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Alvin "Too Sweet" Hayes
Larry Hazzard
Thomas Hearns
Chris Henry
Herbie Hide
Isaac Hlatshwayo
Larry Holmes
Evander Holyfield
Lloyd Honeyghan
Chuck Hull
John Jackson
Kieth Jackson
Jimmy Jacobs
Marvin Jones
Tommy Kaczmarek
Sam Kellerman
Wayne Kelly
Jim Kiertzner
Don King
Woody Kislowski
Rich Lamontagne
Jim Lampley
Mills Lane
Belinda Laracuente
Harold Lederman
Attila Levin
Scott Ledoux
Jimmy Lennon Sr.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Lennox Lewis
Panama Lewis
Rafael "Bazooka" Limon
Jessie Losada
Rudy Lovato
Bert Lowes
Sebastian Lujan
Enzo Maccarinelli
Ray Mancini
Don Manuel
Rich Marotta
Christy Martin
Ernest Mateen
Oliver McCall
Milton McCrory
James Buddy McGirt
Larry Merchant
Al Michaels
James "Fan Man" Miller
Alan Minter
Sharmba Mitchell
James Molinell
Tomas Molinares
Tony Montgomery
Michael Moorer
Leroy Mora
Erik Morales
Tommy Morrison
Merv Nephew
Rock Newman
Ramon Luis Nicolas
Juan Nunez
Fulgencio Obelmejias
Ossie Ocasio
Sean O'Grady
Mike Ortega
Eusebio Osejo
Monte Oswald
Sven Ottke
Fujio Ozaki
Tony Paige
Nathan Palmer
Bob Papa
Mauricio Pastrana
George Pataki
Floyd Patterson
Kelly Pavlik
Davey Pearl
Daniel "Pit Bull" Perez
Juan Ramon "Monstro" Perez
Lenny Perez
Goody Petronelli
Carlo Pineda
Orlando Pineda
Sandy Pino
Terry Porter
Samson Po'uha
Neffie Quintana
Rene Ramirez
Casey Ramos
Mark Ratner
Sunny Ray
Benny Ricardo
Lucia Rijker
Gary Ritter
Ulises Rodrigues
David Rodriguez
Delvin Rodriguez
Dr. Donald Romeo
Danny Romero Jr.
John Ruiz
Tony Russo
Frank Santore Jr.
Carlos Santos
Daniel Santos
Bob Sheridan
Robert Silva
Tim Smith
Hugo Soto
Joe Souza
Marlon Starling
Mark Streisand
Emanuel Steward
Alex Stewart
Wayne Stoffel
Frankie Swindell
Henry Tafoya
Johnny Tapia
John Tate
Jermain Taylor
Joe Tessitore
Pinklon Thomas
James Thunder
Barry Tompkins
Thell Torrance
Thomas Treiber
Peter Trematerra
Mike Tyson
Bob Varsha
Paul Venti
Mike Weaver
Lorenzo White
Jeremy Williams
Ryan Wissow
Rick Wright
Fulgencio Zuniga
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Mike Adams
Gerardo Aguilera
Henry Akinwande
Al Albert
Steve Albert
Laila Ali
Jose Alfaro
Charles Anaya
Henry Anaya Jr.
Henry Anaya Sr.
Henry Anaya III
Tim Anderson
Joe Antonacci
Vito Antuefermo
Bob Arum
Teddy Atlas
Marco Antonio Avendano
Randall Bailey
Iran Barkley
Michael Bennet
Bobby Benton
George Benton
Brad Berkwitt
Al Bernstein
Walter Berry
M. Mark Biero
Trevor Berbick
Roger Bloodworth
Kent Bonham
Riddick Bowe
Wilshaun Boxley
Tim Brant
Mark Breland
Dave Brown
Freddie Brown
Walter Brown
Frank Bruno
Vernon "Yogi" Buchanon
Harold Buck
Michael Buffer
Louie Burke
Rocky Burke
James Butler
Robert Byrd
Nate Campbell
Gabriel Campillo
Michael Carbajal
Pedro Cardenas
Larry Carrier
Jose Luis Castillo
Ricardo Celis
Anthony Chavez
Paul Chavez
Yun-Kil Chun
Ralph Citro
Gil Clancy
Eddie Claudio
Gerrie Coetzee
Samson Cohen
Dickie Cole
Lupe Contreras
Allen Conyers
Diego Corrales
Joe Cortez
Eddie Cotton
Mario Cuomo
Donald Curry
Joey Curtis
Dan Cushner
Dakota Dawson
Ed Derian
Willie De Wit
Vic De Wysocki
Miguel Diaz
Michael Dokes
Buster Douglas
Cameron Dunkin
Roberto Duran
Lou Duva
Ken Ezzo
Giuseppe Ferrari
Frank "The Animal" Fletcher
George Foreman
Bob Foster
Chavez Francisco
Eddie Futch
Hugo Garay
Rafael Garcia
Shaun George
Rene Giraldo
Robin Givens
Andrew Golota
Jorge Luis Gonzalez
Randy Gordon
Otis Grant
Richard Grant
Uriah Grant
Vernon Gravely
James "Hard Rock" Green
Mitchell "Blood" Green
Rich Green
Crawford Grimsley
Lee Groves
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Alvin "Too Sweet" Hayes
Larry Hazzard
Thomas Hearns
Chris Henry
Herbie Hide
Isaac Hlatshwayo
Larry Holmes
Evander Holyfield
Lloyd Honeyghan
Chuck Hull
John Jackson
Kieth Jackson
Jimmy Jacobs
Marvin Jones
Tommy Kaczmarek
Sam Kellerman
Wayne Kelly
Jim Kiertzner
Don King
Woody Kislowski
Rich Lamontagne
Jim Lampley
Mills Lane
Belinda Laracuente
Harold Lederman
Attila Levin
Scott Ledoux
Jimmy Lennon Sr.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Lennox Lewis
Panama Lewis
Rafael "Bazooka" Limon
Jessie Losada
Rudy Lovato
Bert Lowes
Sebastian Lujan
Enzo Maccarinelli
Ray Mancini
Don Manuel
Rich Marotta
Christy Martin
Ernest Mateen
Oliver McCall
Milton McCrory
James Buddy McGirt
Larry Merchant
Al Michaels
James "Fan Man" Miller
Alan Minter
Sharmba Mitchell
James Molinell
Tomas Molinares
Tony Montgomery
Michael Moorer
Leroy Mora
Erik Morales
Tommy Morrison
Merv Nephew
Rock Newman
Ramon Luis Nicolas
Juan Nunez
Fulgencio Obelmejias
Ossie Ocasio
Sean O'Grady
Mike Ortega
Eusebio Osejo
Monte Oswald
Sven Ottke
Fujio Ozaki
Tony Paige
Nathan Palmer
Bob Papa
Mauricio Pastrana
George Pataki
Floyd Patterson
Kelly Pavlik
Davey Pearl
Daniel "Pit Bull" Perez
Juan Ramon "Monstro" Perez
Lenny Perez
Goody Petronelli
Carlo Pineda
Orlando Pineda
Sandy Pino
Terry Porter
Samson Po'uha
Neffie Quintana
Rene Ramirez
Casey Ramos
Mark Ratner
Sunny Ray
Benny Ricardo
Lucia Rijker
Gary Ritter
Ulises Rodrigues
David Rodriguez
Delvin Rodriguez
Dr. Donald Romeo
Danny Romero Jr.
John Ruiz
Tony Russo
Frank Santore Jr.
Carlos Santos
Daniel Santos
Bob Sheridan
Robert Silva
Tim Smith
Hugo Soto
Joe Souza
Marlon Starling
Mark Streisand
Emanuel Steward
Alex Stewart
Wayne Stoffel
Frankie Swindell
Henry Tafoya
Johnny Tapia
John Tate
Jermain Taylor
Joe Tessitore
Pinklon Thomas
James Thunder
Barry Tompkins
Thell Torrance
Thomas Treiber
Peter Trematerra
Mike Tyson
Bob Varsha
Paul Venti
Mike Weaver
Lorenzo White
Jeremy Williams
Ryan Wissow
Rick Wright
Fulgencio Zuniga
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Here is a gallery of just a few of the boxing people who are mentioned in MAT TALES - True Stories from the Bizarre, Brutal World of Pro Boxing:
Referee Vic de Wysocki recalls a tale or two |
Rudy Lovato is featured in 2 of the "tales" |
James Thunder |
"Mi Vida Loca" - Johnny Tapia |
The Voice of New Mexico Sports - Henry Tafoya |
Trainer/Cutman of champions - Miguel Diaz |
Iran "The Blade" Barkley |
"Hands of Stone" Roberto Duran |
Jeremy Williams |
Jim Lampley |
Dan Cushner (L) and James Buddy McGirt (C) |
Jessie Losada (L) and Rene Giraldo (R) from Boxeo Telemundo |
Heavyweight Scott Ledoux |
Michael Buffer |
New Mexico Boxing Hall-of-Famer Sandy Pino |
Sharmba Mitchell |
Lupe Contreras |
A few Reviews of the book:
Review of Mat Tales by RANDY GORDON
Review of Mat Tales on the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING PODCAST (Robert Silva & Logan)
Review of Mat Tales by BRAD BERKWITT
Interview with Dan Sisneros about Mat Tales on THE GREULING TRUTH PODCAST (Mike Goodpaster)
Order Your Copy of MAT TALES (Amazon.com):
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