Psychopaths in boxing.

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  1. Badlok

    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    how do you call someone who eat an other guy ears ? a cannibal ?
     
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    Jetmax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In a way, yes. But they are always in a make or brake situation. Volatile and oftentimes unexpected. They'll do all they can to win , at all cost. Psychopaths are by nature cunning and manipulative. So yes, it helps but success varies widely because boxing is a physical sport.
     
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    Jetmax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Crazy. Not necessarily a psychopath.
     
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    But he killed he's wife and liked to beat up papparzzis. He also liked to drink and drive, that dosent make you a pchyco but maybe a little crazy
     
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    Badlok Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    fair enough :good
     
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    He also look like Pac.:yep

    PsychoPac?
     
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    Michael Moorer
     
  8. u dont eat beef or pork? i know u eat chicken, player. its a cultural thing.
     
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    I don't think Golota was a psychopath at all. He just looked like one and had some anxiety issues in fight situations, which he often resolved by doing something to escape the fight. People who have known Golota, including boxers, describe him as a likeable, funny guy who was shy and anxious at first but always loosened up once you've gotten to know him.
     
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    Of course you love aminals. After all, your father was a Boxer. :lol:

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  12. Swarmer

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    Terry McGovern and Stanley Ketchel were both pretty ****ed up in the head and they were good.
     
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    Carlos Monzon and Jake LaMotta seem to fit the psychopath/sociopath profile.

    Years later, LaMotta still seems to show little remorse about being a ******.
     
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    gr33nfather Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A psychopath might be someone like evander holyfield... when your still fighting at 48 and fought all the best Tyson, Bowe, Lewis.. you must be a psychopath