Fighters that learned to box behind bars

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  1. EireFightFan

    EireFightFan Active Member Full Member

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    I was just thinking of some of the great fighters that learned the sport whilst incarcerated: Sonny Liston, Bernard Hopkins, Dwight Muhammad Qawi, and Ron Lyle.

    With so many fighters coming from tough backgrounds and the well worn adage of chosing a life of crime or the boxing gym it occurred to me that Boxing must be the only sport where getting locked up (obviously not on a long stretch) could start or improve a fighters development.

    Any other great fighters or world champs that first learned to box in prison? Or interesting accounts of the boxer / convict?
     
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  2. sportofkings

    sportofkings Boxing Junkie banned

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    I think Hopkins used to box when he was young before he went to prison but your right aboutthe rest of them
     
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  3. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    jack chase ?
     
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  4. brucebufershair

    brucebufershair Active Member Full Member

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    Mike Tyson has to be the most famous
     
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  5. Vantage_West

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

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    art tucker
    clifford etienne
    james scott
    sonny liston


    of course alot go in to prison with some knowledge and and an am record but they are not dedicated to it.
     
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  6. mrbassie

    mrbassie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    LaMotta (juvie)
     
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  7. Vantage_West

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

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    well juvie leads to a ton of boxers i guess. patterson first that came to mind










    wow qawi vs james scott is on youtube. both rahway convicts and fighting in rahway
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    interesting stuff
     
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  8. OBCboxer

    OBCboxer Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Except for the fact he was the Undisputed Champion before he went to jail.
     
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  9. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, indeed. No need for the question mark because it has recently been established as a fact as far as I'm concerned. The evidence is circumstantial, but compelling.

    Isaiah Chase was locked up in the Colorado Industrial School and the Colorado Reformatory for most of his teenage years. The Reformatory certainly had a boxing program that staged fights for the public. The Industrial School did in the 40s and probably did as well in the 20s and 30s. As an adult, Chase served two terms at Canon City. The prison there also had a boxing program. He was released after his first stint in December 1935. At the end of January 1936, Chase fought as "Young Joe Louis" in his first professional fight.

    If Jack Chase didn't learn how to box inside, then my name is Mary Poppins.
     
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  10. kmac

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    bryant brannon, was prison champ and 16-0 as a pro before the jones blow out.
     
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  11. Foreman Hook

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    -BUT,, Tyson did a ****ing lot of boxing/fighting in jail from 1992--1994 as-well.

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    watch teh 2002 film called Undesputed - it based on true story of Tyson in prision. He gets his ASS beated by prison-champ just like in Real-life. Ving Rhames did v.good job of acting as Tyson - But more craziness would of been brill.:thumbsup
     
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  12. Jappa

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    Sorry mate, but I thought Tyson was in prison and was taken out to meet Cuz after showing some potential.
     
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  13. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He was in juve as a teenager.
     
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  14. Nicky P

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    Tyson went to Juvie, but this thread is about learning to box while behind bars. He learnt in the Catskills while staying with Cus.
     
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  15. brucebufershair

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    Sorry my bad
     
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