Boxers Prison stories ?

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  1. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Taken from Tyson autobiography by Peter Heller.

    when Tyson first went into Prison, some big black guy who ran the place approached Tyson in aggressive manner and Tyson apparently laid him out. They used to call this black guy 'God'

    No this is not a joke.

    Riddick Bowe, Rock Newman and Jesse Jackson went to visit tyson just prior to his release for potential showdown between the 2, obviously it never materialised
     
  2. Johnstown

    Johnstown Boxing Addict banned

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    lol:lol:
     
  3. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Dont ask, but its definitely true

    Thertes a couple of mentions of Bowe in Tysons book. In a previous chapter the book describes the boxing scene after Tyson went south and it talks about how the title was passed around and was then won by 'former brownsville chum Riddick bowe''
     
  4. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    a lot of 5 percenters refer to themselves as gods. i knew a guy in college called 'powerful' (or po)
     
  5. ThinBlack

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    I"ve read somewhere that he said he wore underwear in the shower, or something so the inmates wouldn't **** him.
     
  6. superman1692

    superman1692 Active Member Full Member

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    How the **** would wearing underwear in the prison showers stop people from raping you???
     
  7. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    Perhaps the underwear was particularly unflattering.
     
  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It would be a great idea a underwear especially made for prison, impossible to remove without the keys or something like that.
    The inmate would leave the key outside the prison and nobody could **** him...
     
  9. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    That's called a chastity belt, Vic:

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  10. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Oh....but looking at it I think it looks a bit too open, I mean, you heard the story some posts ago about the "God" in that prison in Indiana.
     
  11. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    I dunno, Vic. Seems pretty sufficient to me. Unless your cornhole is on your elbow or somethin. Anyway, I'm pretty sure they don't let you wear these in prison. Could be wrong. Depends on the prison. Like if it was a medieval prison and you were a princess or fair maiden. Then it would be appropriate.
     
  12. Vantage_West

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    not familiar with the biking 1%. let us share our knowledge.

    ok, you ever hear a rapper ever say "g", "whatup g" the g stands for god. later it took on the name of gangster. and hiphop culture in general just call people g. but hip hop in general is drenched in 5% ideology. the choices of words which are


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Gods_and_Earths

    5% or the nation of gods and earths

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    it's a pretty interesting subculture. so very american.
     
  13. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ron Lyle probably came back from as far of a depth as can be, including having his last rites read to him, but he survived and went on from there. Lots of solitary conefinement to boot.
     
  14. TheSouthpaw

    TheSouthpaw Champion Full Member

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    Id have to say " Hurricane " Carter..He had it pretty rough!. and what a great story!
     
  15. Danmann

    Danmann Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You just mentioned one of my favorite books. :good
     
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