Parents of heavyweight champions

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  1. Bigcat

    Bigcat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Mike Tysons father James Kirkpatrick was supposed to be quite a tall man..

    I only really ever saw Mikes mother Lorna... she was like his sister , quite heavy set...
     
  2. Bigcat

    Bigcat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Riddicks mom was a very tall bird, she was around 6ft 3.........
     
  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    wasnt tysons dad supposed to be white and irish
     
  4. Bigcat

    Bigcat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You are right , Mikes father was from Irish Descent....
     
  5. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Greg Page's father was slightly smaller than he was, but had a good frame, if I remember.
     
  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Nearly 8 foot and 365lbs, his wife was only 5foot 2in though.
     
  7. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    were there any facial similarities between valuev and his dad.ie was he human
     
  8. Stevie G

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    Does n't Robbie Coltrane play Valuev's father in the Harry Potter series ???
     
  9. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    robbie coltrane could eat valuev.even his head
     
  10. Hydraulix

    Hydraulix Left Hook From Hell.. Full Member

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    Wait a minute. Tyson is biracial? He doesn't look it.
     
  11. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  12. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He's quite pale complected. Long time no speak Hydraulix. How's you ?
     
  13. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The great John L sullivans mom weighed over 180 pounds...She had her own zip code.
     
  14. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    Well no one's heard him talk.
     
  15. choklab

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    Lennox Lewis’s biological father, estranged from his children was a mild mannered man called “Rupert” who in a weird twist of fate worked as a masseuse for frank Bruno.

    wasnt joe louis's biological father a half mad part indian who was sent to a mental home?