how many fighters own or owned......

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  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    pitbull,rotts,dobermans,shepards,and other excotic animals like tigers and why? is it a status symbol? i know jack dempsey and jack johnson had pitbulldogs,so did bramble, tyson had tigers.who else? what else?
     
  2. rekcutnevets

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    Ruby Rob had a Lion.

    Gerald McClellan raised pit bulls.
     
  3. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bat Siki would walk the streets of New York with pet tigers on a leash.
     
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    Scorpion Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson had a Tiger.
     
  5. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Fitz had a number of exotic wild animals as pets.

    Roy Jones owns dogs and a ungodly amount of roosters/chickens. Or did at least.
     
  6. Rebel-INS

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    Some of the things I heard about Mclellan and his dogs were awful.
     
  7. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Could you give us a few stories?
     
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    Jack Dempsey also owned a cat. There's a video on You Tube where he says he liked cats better than dogs, and that makes sense because pound 4 pound cats are better fighters one on one than are dogs, who are basically pack animals. If you say that a doberman, rottweiler or pit bull can kill a housecat, then I'll tell you that a big cat, be it a lion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, or puma would DESTROY any big dog and then eat him. I'm a dog fan too, but cats are the ultimate killer carnivores, and can use their front paws like the way a boxer uses his fists. They're natural fighters and killing is second nature to them.
     
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    Back in the 70's, during his first tenure as champion, George Foreman owned and took for walks both tigers and lions.
     
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    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Hmm, okay. Thanks Rebel.
     
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    Rebel-INS Mighty Healthy Full Member

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    you'll have to tell me what you think, its quite a shocking read.
     
  13. elindiomonzon

    elindiomonzon Active Member Full Member

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    the argentine dogo was bred to kill pumas and he did kill pumas
     
  14. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well if people spent generations tampering with pumas to turn them into the ultimate dogo killing machines then dogos wouLdn't stand a chance. All things being equal, cats own dogs all day and all night.
     
  15. elindiomonzon

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    well i dont know about that but its still one dog