Fighters impacted by Cocaine

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  1. GOAT Primo Carnera

    GOAT Primo Carnera Member of the PC Fan Club Full Member

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    Wouldn´t a better thread title be "80s fighters that didn´t ski" ?
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    GOAT Primo Carnera, Apr 14, 2020
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  2. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Camacho had bad habit. So many guys - but some really lost control of their careers
     
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  3. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm downright shocked that the king of coke himself wasnt mentioned.

    Oscar is likely snorting lines as we speak.
     
    Xplosive, Apr 14, 2020
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    SerbianLoudmouth Overhand right-Suzie Q Full Member

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    Quarry,Cooney,Tyson,McCall,Dokes...
    Sadly good fighters!
     
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  5. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    That's interesting but I also wonder whether any of them ever had swigs of cocaine elixirs for late fight energy.
     
    mrkoolkevin, Apr 14, 2020
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  6. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sadly, 70's through the 90's it was a hugh problem, not just in boxing, but in all the major sports.
     
    Flash24, Apr 14, 2020
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  7. GoldenHulk

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    Every Don King heavyweight of the 80's with the exception of Larry Holmes.
     
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  8. Jamal Perkins

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    Don Curry was ruined

    Pinklon Thomas too.

    Dokes...Biggs....

    The last 1 i have no proof and would not cast aspercion...lloyd honeyghans partying ruined his career circa 87-89...but theres nothing to suggest cocaine was involved..just his decline was sudden
     
    Jamal Perkins, Apr 14, 2020
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  9. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Here in Australia Shannon Taylor had massive issues with the stuff. He actually OD’d and nearly died from mistakenly snorting heroin thinking it was blow. He was in a very bad way and it took him a long time to recover.
     
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    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Ricardo Williams and Marshall Martinez.
     
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  11. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Tarver?

    Amir Mansour lost most of his prime years for selling cocaine.
     
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  12. Thor Odinson

    Thor Odinson “U should have been banned for life”-some fangirl banned Full Member

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    I thought he didn’t get on the nose candy until after he retired
     
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  13. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Problem? I guess you don't like to party.
     
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  14. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I'm thinking of a name, and somehow? I just can't place it.
     
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  15. Flash24

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    Coming from where I come from, and seeing what I've seen it was a problem. I've seen multiple cities like Liberty City, Opa Locka, Cherry Hill, that were war zones because of Cocaine . I know hundreds of friends, school mates, neighbors that became zombies because of crack cocaine.
    So you may have survived your Cocaine issues. But literally millions did not. Hope your hrs or days of partying is worth that.
     
    Flash24, Apr 14, 2020
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