Fighters who've committed suicide

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  1. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    I'm fine, just think of cases like these when I'm down. It helps me think of how much life matters, that people that most of us never knew or could never know personally still matter to us enough to where their deaths affect us. Do appreciate the concern, though.
     
  2. Mastrangelo

    Mastrangelo Active Member Full Member

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    Ah... Thank You, did not know about it.
     
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  3. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was almost certainly murdered. Two independent panels of forensic evidence experts concluded there was foul play. Gatti had a large wound to the back of his head indicative of blunt force trauma. There were ligature marks on the sides of his neck that suggest he was strangled rather than hanging himself. The position he was found in wasn't possible for him to have choked. Also there was a man's bloody clothes at the crime scene that didn't belong to him.
     
  4. USFBulls727

    USFBulls727 Active Member Full Member

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    I remember this from The Contender series from years back. Najai Turpin committed suicide shortly after losing to Sergio Mora...

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  5. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Out For Milk Full Member

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    Somewhere someone in hospital is leaving us begging God for whatever you’ve got now, we will endure anything, have done everything, been brave and treated people right… always only if we got a second chance.
    This too shall pass and I hope you’re well but remind yourself the hour is always later than you think, be driven friend to love this life.
     
  6. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Randy Turpin
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  7. Decy

    Decy Barely Coherent Full Member

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    Rudi Pika a Welsh Heavyweight who beat Bruno as an amateur killed himself aged 26.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Frankie Crawford
    Freddie Mills (controversial)
     
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    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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  10. clum

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  11. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Don't let life get you down. I don't know what specific troubles you have, but own brains are basically hard-wired to be unhappy. And there is probably a good evolutionary reason for that...to survive and thrive you have to be dissatisfied, but yeah, for some people it backfires.

    I think some people get depressed because they think it is just them. Just remember that you are NOT alone. In fact, guys like Xenophon and Plato, and those who composed eastern religions, have been talking about the difficulty of happiness for thousands of years.

    Just remember, you...are ...not...alone.
     
  12. clum

    clum Member Full Member

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    Just let me be another voice to say that I hope you'e doing all right, @SixesAndSevens. If nothing else, it's nice reading your posts here.
     
  13. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    You all are very kind, genuine people. At the end of the day, beyond opinions and arguments, it's good to know that we can stand on the same page. Thanks for your words, friends.
     
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  14. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    2009 was rough

    Alexis Arguello, Arturo Gatti, and Vernon Forrest all died in a short time period. Forrest got murdered in a robbery, Arguello & Gatti by reported suicides although there’s debate about it.
     
  15. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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