Boxers With Military Backgrounds

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  1. OttkeRuiz

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    Just thought of this today, but how many famous pro boxers have some sort of military (marines, army, navy etc.) background? Did it have any effect on their discipline and mindset? I know Steve Cunningham was in the navy, and Timothy Bradley was in US operation Desert Storm :rofl Who else?
     
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  2. J.R.

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    "Merciless" Ray Mercer.
     
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    srr
     
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    I think heavyweight Malcom Tann also served in the military although he was a total ****ing bum.

    Would Kassim Ouma's combat as a child qualify as military experience??
     
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    Ken Norton was a Marine
     
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    Keith Mullings was another with the shitty Desert Storm nickname after serving in the Gulf war.
     
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    apparently Khan comes from a warrior class in pa kis tan....pretty militant if you ask me :)
     
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    Rocky Marciano was in Europe during Word War II, in the 150th combat engineers regiment..
     
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    Yonnhy Perez was in the army in Colombia
     
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    Goin' back, Gene Tunney (Marines), Barney Ross (Marines), Lew Jenkins (Army), Carmine Basilio (Marines), Ray Mercer (Army), Joe Louis (Army)
     
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    of course it does you asian looking ****...killing at 8 years old for your country qualifies you for anything....
     
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    ali...
     
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  14. jakelamotta

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    Let me repeat your original USS Steve Cunningham. He is our version of the UK's Carl Froch, i.e he gets close to zero coverage in US media, which is disgusting IMO.
     
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    :lol::lol:
     
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