What fighter had the most amazing backstory?

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  1. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    just watched the movie cinderella man, about james braddock so got me thinking what fighter had the most amazing backstory or went through some hard stuff in his life? i know our sport is filled with incredible stories, but i would prefer if they made it to championship level either fought for or won a title

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    kassim ouma (former child soldier in ugandan civil war)
     
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  2. Brickhaus

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    Fernando Angulo (orphaned as a child, lived as a wild child in the jungle until his teens).

    Edison Miranda has a similar story to Angulo, only somehow it's not quite as strange being a homeless orphan in a city as opposed to living off the jungle.
     
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  3. Carlos Primera

    Carlos Primera Boxing Addict Full Member

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    pac.
     
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  4. Realspitts

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    hopkins all the way.
     
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  5. cippi

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    b-hop or miranda
     
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  6. cippi

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    yeah kassim ouma to
     
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  7. dbouziane

    dbouziane ............. Full Member

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    pac and bhop do come to mind...but there are many many fighters have really interesting stories
     
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  8. Relentless

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    Johnny Tapia, the guy watched his mother being kidnapped and raped.
     
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  9. Brickhaus

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    Qawi's back story is similar to Hopkins', only better.
     
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  10. istmeno

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    but both of their back stories were of their own poor decision making. the others mentioned were true stories of overcoming severe adversity that was not of their choosing.
     
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  11. venomus_p4p

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    De la hoya
    Hamed
    Lennox
    Evander
    Leonard

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  12. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    is it sarcism? sorry if i'm a bit slow, but those are just run of the mill boxing stories nothing extraordinary
     
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  13. unclepaulie

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    Sonny Liston always fascinated me.
     
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  14. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    nate campbell and bernard hopkins have very similar stories, very difficult childhood, jail, problems with promoters and establishment and both still kicking ass at old age
     
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  15. Clinton

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    Jack Johnson.His own country hated him and did everything in its own power to discredit him and make him a pariah.See Ken burns' documentary.It's pretty damn good.
     
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