ESPN analyst Stuart Scott died this morning at the age of 49. Scott had been battling cancer since 2007.<\/p>\n
Scott was a wrestling fan when he was younger, and admitted that he was awestruck when he met Ric Flair at a golf tournament.<\/p>\n
“I remember about a decade ago at a golf tournament I met Ric Flair,” Scott told SoulTrain.com in 2013. “And he knew who I was, and that just blew me away. There are so many athletes that I meet. A lot of the guys I know now. When I mention some of the people I’ve met to the younger generation, they’re like, ‘That’s so cool!’ But to me they’re my peers. If they’re good guys, they’re good guys.<\/p>\n
“When Ric Flair walked up to me and said, ‘Hey Stuart Scott, I love your work,’ I got excited! Even though I’m an adult Ric Flair came from my childhood. I used to love when Ricky Steamboat would beat him down.”<\/p>\n
Scott also discussed being an old-school wrestling fan when asked by ESPN Magazine if he would participate at WrestleMania XXIV if asked, where boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. faced The Big Show.<\/p>\n
“I see why older athletes who still crave competition and want to keep their names in the headlines do something like this,” Scott said. “But I admit I was surprised to hear the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer had signed up. As for Vince calling me, I’d have to decline. I’m old-school. If I can’t get in the ring against Dusty Rhodes, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, or the Road Warriors, then forget it. In fact, I’ll go even older-school here: Thunderbolt Patterson, Big Cat Ernie Ladd, the Mighty Igor – if I can’t wrestle the guys I watched as a kid, I won’t wrestle anybody.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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