Craziest out-of-the-ring stories?

i kill threads on here. its what i do. #woeisme

 

that's not true Doug.
Have you dug (no pun) anything up on Lew Jenkins, one of boxing's most colourful characters and veteran of the second world war and Korean war.

 

that's a belter.I love hearing stories about bomber Joe and his ex opponents who he was still friendly with.
As I'm typing this there's a history program on TV showing Joe in uniform hahahaha

 

That's insane

 

and katie his wife in the corner for his fights

 

i have it here matt

 

yes. i like it.
i'm a sucker for graphic novels anyway.

 

I've heard that EXACT story but with Billy Conn instead of Marciano

 

The bio of Duran is whole collection of out of the ring stories. From beating up 5 guys ending up in jail and nobody wanting to admit that one guys, years younger than the rest beat the **** out of them, to the story of a bet he had that he could knock out a horse.

The legend that is Duran lives on.

That said, there are some wonderful (interesting might be a better word) stories on this thread, the Perez stories is particularly tragic.

I hope to God I never find myself in the position between doing the right thing and perhaps living another day.

 

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In 1935 Jersey Joe Walcott had become a boxing big shot around Camden, New Jersey, although this did nothing to help his financial situation as he was in debt and running out of credit. He and his wife Lydia were being hounded by the grocery store, the milkman and the landlord for immediate payment. Needing money, Walcott agreed to face his old mentor Roxie Allen. Allen had been calling Joe out for some time and had openly challenged him, so a fight was arranged at the convention hall.

Arriving for the fight, Joe was unexpectedly stopped at the entrance by a stranger who wanted to introduce Joe to a small dark man. “Here is the original,” said the stranger “Meet Joe Walcott, the Barbados Demon himself.” Joe was absolutely thrilled and inspired by the incident. After all, Joe Walcott was Jersey Joe’s idol. Although Joe didn’t have a dime to his name to buy a ticket, he managed to get his hero a ringside seat.

The fight started off as a bit of a shock for Walcott. Roxie, in a burst of fury, floored Jersey Joe with a big left hook in round one for a count of seven. Once up, Walcott proceeded to batter Allen without mercy, finally knocking Roxie out in round eight with a left hook. The blow sent Roxie to the canvas, his head hitting the floor of the ring hard enough to make it bounce. Roxie’s body stiffened and Jersey Joe again had the awful feeling that he might have killed an opponent. Roxie was taken to Cooper Hospital. That night Joe prayed for God to spare Roxie’s life. The next afternoon Roxie regained consciousness, but remained hospitalized for ten days. After the fight the Barbados Demon paid Joe a visit in his dressing room, giving him a hug and saying, “Lots of fellers take the name Joe Walcott but you’re the only boy I ever saw I was actually proud to have using it.”

For his victory over Allen, Joe walked away with $375. By the next evening, every cent of it was gone to pay the grocery store, landlord, milkman and a dozen other credits. By the next morning the family were living on markers once again.

 

In his old age and brain damaged state after decades of hard fights, he was locked up in an attic and brutally tortured by his family members for years...he barely got anything to eat for days on end, he had to sleep in his own sewage and he was physically beaten.
When the police came to his daughters house and entered that attic in 1998 after a tip-off, they found Jimmy Bivins, former No.1 contender for the world heavyweight title, wrapped in a blanket covered with urine and feces, he weighed only 110lb, he was near death and he had bed sores, broken bones and bone cancer.
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"When Bivins' third wife, Elizabeth, died in 1995, his life forever
changed. He spent less and less time at the gym. He grew weak and
depressed. And finally he quietly moved into the Collinwood, OH home
of his daughter and son-in-law, Josette and Daryl Banks.
As months passed, Bivins' boxing buddies worried. No one knew where
Bivins was.
In April 1998, Cleveland police found him. They had gone to the Banks'
house to investigate a report of child neglect. They found no child,
but in the attic, they found Bivins.
The former heavyweight had withered to 110 pounds, about 75 pounds
below his fighting weight. He was wrapped in a urine-soaked and
feces-caked blanket that covered his face. At first they thought he
was dead.
But when the officers asked Bivins if he was OK, he politely responded
that he wasn't doing so well. Then he asked the officers how they were
doing.
Police initially charged Josette and Daryl Banks with felonious
assault. Daryl Banks later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was
sentenced to eight months in jail. Charges against Josette Banks were
dropped after investigators determined that her husband had made all
decisions regarding Bivins' care.
Many 78-year-olds might not have survived, but Bivins proved to be as
tough as his leathery hands.
He spent most of his remaining years in the Shaker Heights home of his
sister, Maria Bivins Baskin. Slowly, he started showing off the road
map of his scars again, carefully unfurling his boxing stories to the
nurses and visitors who tended him.
In 2009, Baskin died, and Bivins moved into McGregor. The Ohio State
Former Boxers and Associates threw birthday parties for him there.
"It's been quite a life," Bivins told The Plain Dealer. "It's been
quite a life."
According to his family, Bivins outlived his two sons, three sisters
and a step-daughter. He left behind a daughter, Josette Banks; four
grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren. "

from - cleveland.com/obituaries
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Jimmy Bivins, who died in 2012 at the age of 92, was a boxing great of the 1940s and '50s who defeated some of the greatest fighters of his time.
He never fought for a world title, but in 1942 he was given the unprecedented ranking of No 1 contender in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. He met seven fellow Hall of Famers, beating four, and 11 world champions, defeating eight.
Bivins retired from boxing in 1955 after more than 100 professional fights and was inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999. He won bouts against numerous world champions, including Archie Moore, Ezzard Charles, Gus Lesnevich, Melio Bettina, Anton Christoforidis and Teddy Yarosz. He also went the distance with Joe Louis and fought Jersey Joe Walcott to a split decision.