Bobby chacon, wow !!!

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  1. freddy-wak

    freddy-wak M O D E R A T O R Full Member

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    totally out of my era, but still surprised me that i never knew this....chacon's wife begged him not to go thru with a 6 thousand dollar tune up fight, while in camp, she called him and asked him not too...hours later she comitted suicide and he still went on to fight....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4afYmsjPJA&feature=related


    it's easy to call fighters bums, pussies, cowards or to even call the titles that they've earned garbage, weak , fake, and paper...but what these men go thru is amazing....many can relate to their ghetto life stories, but these warriors accomplished goals and dreams that millions can only dream of.....
     
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  2. boxbox

    boxbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    did she kill herself because he opted to fight??
     
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  3. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    Yup, I saw this a month or two ago. Crazy. Now he's all messed up, and he is living a life of poverty.
     
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  4. freddy-wak

    freddy-wak M O D E R A T O R Full Member

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    she was the one that made him turn pro, to turn him away from street fighting etc etc.....then i guess she couldn't take it no more, so she asked him to call the fight off while he was in camp.....he didn't, and then she offed herself...
     
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  5. freddy-wak

    freddy-wak M O D E R A T O R Full Member

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    then his 21yr old boy gets murdered...
     
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  6. freddy-wak

    freddy-wak M O D E R A T O R Full Member

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    the last part with him and little red at the banquet made me shed a tear...
     
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  7. strongarm

    strongarm Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :good I agree. That is why sometimes I'm disgusted on some of the post on here. I for one, consider myself to have had a rough upbringing and know how difficult it is to make something out of nothing. I also box at the club level, and get to see firsthand the sacrifice and pain that boxer have to endure. A lot of these keyboard warriors talk smack about pro fighters, when I'm damn sure they wouldn't even step up to me in a dard alley.
     
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  8. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    George Chuvalo is another such story. The guy lost ****ing everything. I don't know how the hell he found the strength to never go down in the ring, the way life poured it on him.
     
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  9. WiDDoW_MaKeR

    WiDDoW_MaKeR ESB Hall of Fame Member Full Member

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    Touching story. I couldn't dream of what I would do if I had to go through that.
     
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  10. IsaL

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    Genaro Hernandez was diagnosed with cancer and is having difficulties paying for treatment.
     
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  11. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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  12. freddy-wak

    freddy-wak M O D E R A T O R Full Member

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  13. bernie4366

    bernie4366 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Hate to say it, but I saw Bobby Chacon outside Staples Center after a fight once, barely coherent and shadowboxing for the entertainment of the fans streaming out of the place. Luckily there were a lot of guys around that knew who he was and treated him with great respect but I doubt that this is always the situation for him.
     
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  14. LeonardLeroy

    LeonardLeroy Active Member Full Member

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    Bobby Chacon deserves all the sympathy one can muster.
     
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  15. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    I knew of Bobby's story.....and its a sad one indeed.....


    ......but about Chacon going through with the fight that his wife did'nt want him to go through?????

    C'mon, Bobby was in his right mind back then......what kind of a man would have gone against his wife's wishes after she committed suicide over it?:-(
    I feel terrible for Bobby Chacon.....he's got to live with himself over that decision.....
    If you saw in the piece, he said, "I wish I would have stopped when Valerie told me too. We could have made it!":?

    Just a heart aching story.
     
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