Which boxers demise has genuinely touched your heart and why?

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  1. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Boxers go down the drain due to many reasons. Drugs, alcohol, old age, poor chins or psychological problems. Which story has touched your heart the most?
     
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  2. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    Recently? Jermain Taylor.
     
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  3. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon.

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    Honestly, I don't know any of these guys. I don't really care about them beyond the entertainment they can give me.

    That's not totally true. My heart fell and I was shocked and depressed when Klitschko got knocked out by Brewster or when Pacquiao got knocked out by Marquez. Plus, I was a little sad when Donaire got knocked out by Walters. I'd invested a little emotional capital into those guys.

    But in terms of sob stories outside of the ring, the only one that comes to mind is how Gatti's wife strangled him in his sleep with her purse. That dude gave me so many hours of entertainment that I felt slightly bereaved and offended that a hero of mine could come to such an end.
     
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  4. thejudochop

    thejudochop Active Member Full Member

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    Broner! Obviously. No, just kidding. But I actually really liked Bradley's story from right before Pac I all the way to PacIII. I know, Bradley's not down the drains by any means, but it's still an amazing story to me.
     
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  5. Pugilist_Spec

    Pugilist_Spec Hands Of Stone Full Member

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    Tommy Hearns.
     
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  6. maguswarlock

    maguswarlock Active Member Full Member

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    corrie sanders.. got shot trying to protect his daughter.
     
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  7. Unforgiven

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    Yeah, Sanders is a good shout.
    James Oyebola, a former British-level fighter and a HUGE man, was another one who was needlessly murdered by cowards.
     
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  8. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Corrie Sanders death really upset me as I was also a big fan of his. He was meant to be a really nice guy.

    Dean Powell wasn't a boxer but he was a matchmaker and cornerman among other things. When I found out he committed suicide it upset me. He just woke up one morning and decided to jump in front of a train. Very sad. He was meant to be really nice guy too.

    James Oyebola was murdered by some scumbags for simply asking them to put out their cigarettes in a non smoking bar, asked them politely too. They shot him 3 times for that. Again, he was meant to be a really nice guy as well.
     
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  9. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Me too, massive Taylor fan.
     
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  10. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Sanders
     
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  11. Staminakills

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    Taylors fall was so bad because it cane directly from the beatings he took for our entertainment.

    Gatti, chico and tapia were sad too, how the **** had i the **** could i had forgotten
    the vipor
     
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  12. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Very true

    All the guys you note are warriors of the sport.
     
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  13. turnip

    turnip Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah some POS shot him in the face when he told him he couldn't smoke in doors.james was working as a door man some young gang banger pretending to be American.Also Garry mason getting killed on is way to work knocked of his push bike after all the fights he had what a way to go.RIP guys you are missed.
     
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  14. TheVrominator

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    Julian Letterlough
     
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  15. samuel

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    good edit he put floyd first :rofl
     
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