met almost every pro worth mentioning. Chris cormier was by far the coolest, doesn't act like he is better then you, Chris cook, Markus , kamali, Freeman, Heath, Coleman, Levrone, Cutler, Gunter, Thorvildson, McMillan, Jackson,bot of them, Branch Dennis Wolf, Melvin, and James all cool shit
among the nicest.
Darrem and Ernie Taylor both came across somewhat agitated, not pricks, but kind of in the middle. Frank Roberson was cool but a little to gayish, touchy and even makes gay jokes. Dorian is always to serious and tries to stay away from any type of long conversation, but understandable, very humble though, Shawn Ray is a prick but very generous, one handycap kid asked him to donate some money to his cause (forget what it was), anyway Shawn pulled out 300 dollars and gave it to him no strings attached, Gaspari and Labrada are cool to, very professional,
The most impressive in person Kovacks by a mile, second would have to be Ronnie, Impressive in contest shape for me was Pavol Jablonicky, very thin tissue skin almost transparent,pictures don't do him justice.
Craig Titus no class at all...At the 2001 Toronto Pro, Kamali and Craig weren't competing but up on stage together and Kamali announced that the feud was just for show and that they are really friends, later at Titus's booth I over heard some kid ask Titus about Kamali and he said " I can't stand the goof"