Fighters impacted by Cocaine

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  1. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The Pryor and Gomez thread made me wonder...

    Which fighters were brought down by cocaine use / addiction? Who would've had a longer and more accomplished career if not for coke?

    I could be wrong about some of these guys being users, but...

    Michael Dokes? Donald Curry? Gerry Cooney? Tony Tubbs? Sugar Ray Leonard? Alexis Arguello?
     
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  2. impacted

    impacted Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Dokes had over 8 ounces of the stuff at his house when it was raided once, and he wasn't selling it. Tyson was literally smoking powdered cocaine in cigarettes because he couldn't physically snort anymore. It's probably had a negative effect on more careers than any other drug, at least in America.
     
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  3. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Leon Spinks for sure.
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Tyson Fury.
     
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  5. BlackCloud

    BlackCloud I detest the daily heavyweight threads Full Member

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    ****, i thought someone was serving up!
     
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  6. clinikill

    clinikill Active Member Full Member

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    The late, great Sweet Pea had a liking for the nose candy, unfortunately.
     
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  7. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Basically, everyone who was on the Muhammad Ali Boxing Club. That's how Harold Smith (Ross Fields) recruited amateur boxers. He paid them from the money he stole from Wells Fargo, threw big parties, and supplied them with coke.

    Tony Tubbs. Tony Tucker. Jeff Stoudemire.
     
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  8. salsanchezfan

    salsanchezfan Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Biggs, Tucker
     
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  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Ricky Hatton loved the Devil's Dandruff.
     
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    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Michael Nunn
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  11. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Those should have been two of the first mentioned....
     
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  12. NoNeck

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    Kell Brook
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    Edwin Valero
     
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  13. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    The old timers used it to treat hand injuries.
     
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  14. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    I've been wondering whether any corner men gave cocaine elixirs to their fighters in between rounds, back when cocaine was legal.
     
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    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    A fighter who broke their knuckle, would sometimes have cocaine injected into it between rounds.
     
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