Who was the worst person in boxing history?

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  1. Named

    Named New Member Full Member

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    I know the obvious answer is Don King but was/is there someone worse than him?
     
  2. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    He, Carlos Monzon, Carlos Baldomir and Edwin Valero come to mind.
     
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  3. Glass City Cobra

    Glass City Cobra H2H Burger King

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    The fans who defend champions in their prime facing terrible competition/ducking/avoiding unification bouts are the worst people in boxing history.
     
  4. jarama

    jarama Active Member Full Member

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    King obviously but also scum like
    Luis Resto, Panama Lewis, Rick 'Elvis' Parker., Gerald McClellan. Probably a massive list
     
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  5. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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  6. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jack Solomons and his cohorts and their stranglehold over British Boxing WAS Criminal... Duff too was a gangster.
     
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  7. Blofeld

    Blofeld Active Member Full Member

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    Carl King!

    Tony Ayala Jr
    "On January 1, 1983, Ayala burglarized the home of his neighbor, a young schoolteacher, and brutally sexually assaulted her. Although he was only 19 years old, Ayala had already been convicted twice of assaults against women. One of these attacks took place in the restroom of a drive-in theatre and left the victim with a broken back. He had been given probation for these offenses. Under a repeat offender's law, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison. The prosecutor at trial argued the young boxer should serve the full term because he was a danger to the community."

    Rolando Navarrete
    "He spent three years in a United States prison for ****. Navarrete was also recently involved in various police complaints for wife battery and drugs."

    Ike Ibeabuchi
    In July 1999, Ibeabuchi was staying at The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas when he phoned a local escort service and had a woman sent to his room. The 21-year-old woman said later she was there to strip and nothing else. She claimed Ibeabuchi attacked her in the walk-in closet after she demanded to be paid up front. Ibeabuchi barricaded himself in the bathroom and police discharged pepper spray under the door until he surrendered. Ibeabuchi's legal defense faced the further difficulty of the Clark County DA's reopening of a similar sexual assault allegation against him from eight months earlier which took place at Treasure Island Hotel and Casino. Ibeabuchi was released on bail and placed under house arrest, able to train and fight again until his trial. He was remanded after two more similar allegations surfaced from Arizona.
     
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  8. Blofeld

    Blofeld Active Member Full Member

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    Anyone who fights with loaded gloves.
     
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  9. Blofeld

    Blofeld Active Member Full Member

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    Yikes just reading up on Baldomir!
     
  10. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    And to think that when I wrote him for an autograph, dude was pretty decent to me. even sent me an Argentine mini-flag and all.

    What he did later...ewwwww
     
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  11. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Blinky Palermo and Frankie Carbo.
     
  12. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tony Ayala Jr
    Edwin Valero
    James Butler
     
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  13. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bob Arum is every bit the conniving scumbag that Dan King was. At least King used to give us incredible undercards for the big fights. Undercards on Bob Arum events are almost always total garbage.
     
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  14. Rope-a-Dope

    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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