Who In Your Opinion Had The Saddest Descent From Boxing?

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  1. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who's Career In Boxing Ended The Most Sadly In Your Mind?

    some names that come to me immediately

    Chico Corrales (rip)
    Meldrick Taylor
    Mike Tyson

    Who else makes this list & who in your eyes is the had the worse/most sad ending to the story?
     
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  2. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    The latter end of Roy Jones' career...overall.
     
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  3. thewoo

    thewoo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bobby Chacon
     
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  4. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Joe Louis
    Jack Johnson
     
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  5. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Chico Corrales ending is sad cuz he died but as far as boxing related i gotta go with gerlad mclellan. I mean the guy couldn't even remember anything.

    I saw that show in HBO where they showed how he was living his life now. It's pretty sad.

    Gerald, to this day, aged 40, is blind in both eyes, almost completely deaf, barely capable of walking. In addition to that, Gerald’s short-term memory was very poor. Sure there are many foundations to help his cause, but it may be irreversible at this point.
     
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  6. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    roys was kind of bad....

    but atleast he had those 3 fights prior to his calzaghe fight to kind of erase the memory of the 2 ko's he suffered...

    roy let the sport beat him ... kind of like what floyd said @ the end of one of his fights.

    hopefully his fight with omar sheika ends up well.... i never seen sheika fight
     
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  7. futonrevolution

    futonrevolution Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It doesn't get much sadder than what happened to Jack Johnson. Did Obama sign the posthumous pardon for him yet? I remember Bush refusing to sign it, but heard something about McCain and others kicking it around again.
     
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  8. TRUEBELIEVER 66

    TRUEBELIEVER 66 Guest

    Duk koo kim..:-(
     
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  9. DOM5153

    DOM5153 They Cannot Run Forever Full Member

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    oscar de la hoya's dismantling at the hands of pacman was pretty bad, hope he retires now
     
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  10. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    it is pretty hard to beat what happened to Joe Louis. What a sad story. The US Government should be ashamed at how they treated Joe Louis.
     
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  11. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    how about Ike Ibeabuchi
     
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  12. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    I'd like to add Ali to the discussion..
    Granted his image has not fallen, but his physical has taken a beating due to his PD.
    (It hurt's to watch this great man, As he is today)

    I could only imagine what public word's Ali has had to say? (Or could have said)
    (That we have missed out on over the last 20 years or so)
     
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  13. BadJuju83

    BadJuju83 Bolivian Full Member

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    McClellan
     
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  14. RedDragonBoxing

    RedDragonBoxing Ametuer Boxer Full Member

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    Definitly Ali. Such a shame.
     
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  15. DOM5153

    DOM5153 They Cannot Run Forever Full Member

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    i think holyfield is a pretty bad case
     
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