Fighters with addicitons who had long and successful career

Riddick Bowe had to have his fridge locked at times.

 

I read an interview with him in ring magazine About 35 years ago. His smoking habit was brought up by the interviewer and the photo showed him with a cigarette in hand. Monzon claimed that he only smoked when he wasn’t in training for a fight which may be true but I don’t know. As a former smoker myself I can tell you that stuff is addictive and it’s pretty much an all or nothing game. You either do it all the time or you don’t do it at all.

 

So was Nicolino Loche.

 

I didn’t know that but I imagine there were more boxers who were tobacco users than admitted

 

Andy Ruiz has a food addiction does that count?

 

Michael Moorer …struggled with alcohol addiction

 

Substance abuse from drugs and alcohol .

 

That's crazy to think about considering how sharp his defensive work was.

 

Carlos Ortiz had pretty good longevity for his times, no? He was into alcohol too. In some interview I saw He said He was drinking whiskey after training and before sleep.

 

Weren't there stories about him smoking cigarettes inbetween rounds )?

 

LOL! I don't know about that, but it sounds good. It reminded me of an old Benny Hill skit where he was some sports reporter saying, "And Rocky said his career has improved since giving up the smokes, the drink and the women...especially between rounds."

 

Jake La Motta, mad alcohol but more so food binges with horrendous weight cuts.

 

Ricky Hatton recently departed alcohol and food binges were infamous.