Boxers With Military Backgrounds

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  1. OttkeRuiz

    OttkeRuiz Guest

    Just thought of this today, but how many famous pro boxers have some sort of military (marines, army, navy etc.) background? Did it have any effect on their discipline and mindset? I know Steve Cunningham was in the navy, and Timothy Bradley was in US operation Desert Storm :rofl Who else?
     
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  2. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    "Merciless" Ray Mercer.
     
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  3. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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  4. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    I think heavyweight Malcom Tann also served in the military although he was a total ****ing bum.

    Would Kassim Ouma's combat as a child qualify as military experience??
     
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  5. boxingbull

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    Ken Norton was a Marine
     
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  6. Joe.Boxer

    Joe.Boxer Chinchecker Full Member

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    Keith Mullings was another with the shitty Desert Storm nickname after serving in the Gulf war.
     
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  7. BumOfTheMonth

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  8. EverLast

    EverLast Well-Known Member Full Member

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    apparently Khan comes from a warrior class in pa kis tan....pretty militant if you ask me :)
     
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  9. DanishFightfan

    DanishFightfan Boxing Junkie banned

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    Rocky Marciano was in Europe during Word War II, in the 150th combat engineers regiment..
     
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  10. huitzi

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    Yonnhy Perez was in the army in Colombia
     
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  11. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Goin' back, Gene Tunney (Marines), Barney Ross (Marines), Lew Jenkins (Army), Carmine Basilio (Marines), Ray Mercer (Army), Joe Louis (Army)
     
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  12. freddy-wak

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

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    of course it does you asian looking ****...killing at 8 years old for your country qualifies you for anything....
     
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  13. freddy-wak

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

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  14. jakelamotta

    jakelamotta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Let me repeat your original USS Steve Cunningham. He is our version of the UK's Carl Froch, i.e he gets close to zero coverage in US media, which is disgusting IMO.
     
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  15. Boom_Boom

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    :lol::lol:
     
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