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  1. Clearly Cool

    Clearly Cool Active Member Full Member

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    Well educated boxers.......

    Boxers who went to jail......

    Boxers from a wealthy backround....

    Boxers from extreme poverty......

    Boxers who were know party it up.....

    A boxer who was gay......

    A boxer with a disability (physical or mental).....

    Boxers who contributed to society after retirement......

    Boxers who were beaten up outside the ring.....

    Obviously there will be a fair few, but if you know a good story or myth, feel free to throw it in your answer.
     
  2. KayEpps

    KayEpps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well educated boxers....... Klitschkos

    Boxers who went to jail......B-Hop

    Boxers from a wealthy backround....Sons of some Boxers - Mayweather/Hearns

    Boxers from extreme poverty......Most Boxers from PR or Mexico

    Boxers who were know party it up.....Zab Judah even Roy Jones Jr.

    A boxer who was gay......?

    A boxer with a disability (physical or mental).....Don't think you can even get a Boxing license with either (but Mike Tyson comes close)

    Boxers who contributed to society after retirement......Joe Louis/George Forman

    Boxers who were beaten up outside the ring.....Lennox Lewis by Rahman - remember
     
  3. AbbasKhan6428

    AbbasKhan6428 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well educated boxers....... Nate Campbell sounds really clever.

    Boxers who went to jail......Tyson, Rubin Carter (the hurricane), Hopkins/

    Boxers from a wealthy backround....Floyd mayweather (daddy n uncle were celebritiy boxers.

    Boxers from extreme poverty......Carlos Baldomir (was selling feather dusters so he could eat), Pacman (had to eat his dag to survive)

    Boxers who were know party it up..... Tyson, Zab Judah, Floyd mayweather

    A boxer who was gay...... Charlie Zelenoff,

    A boxer with a disability (physical or mental)..... Frank Bruno, Nigel benn (i fink)

    Boxers who contributed to society after retirement......Chris Eubank

    Boxers who were beaten up outside the ring.....Gavin rees, Naz, Rahman vs Lewis. Lewis vs Tyson
     
  4. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Bonecrusher Smith was he first HW champ with a college degree.

    This can go on awhile.

    Before or early in their boxing careers, whether as a minor or adult: Sonny Liston, Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson, Bernard Hopkins, Jameel McCline, Jake LaMotta, Rocky Graziano, Dwight Qawi.

    In the middle of their careers, in or near their primes: Mike Tyson, Tony Ayala, Diego Corrales, Stevie Johnston, James Scott

    After their careers were over: Esteban Dejesus, Floyd Mayweather Sr, Roger Mayweather, Carlos Monzon, Jake LaMotta, Michael Nunn

    Marco Antonio Barrera, Marvis Frazier (?)

    This can take awhile.

    Alexis Arguello, Roberto Duran, Howard Eastman, Edison Miranda, Ricardo Mayorga, Jack Dempsey

    Roberto Duran, Wilfred Benitez, Mike Tyson.

    Emile Griffith.

    Tyrone Everett was said to have been murdered by his girl when she caught him with a cross-dresser.

    Donald Curry has been rumored to be, but nothing confirmed.

    Jimmy Wilde. :-((
     
  5. Jaaames

    Jaaames Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well educated boxers....... Calvin Brock, Juan Diaz, Klitschko

    Boxers who went to jail...... Ricardo Williams Jr. just got out... Paulie Spadafora, Clifford Etienne, Jesus Chavez.... There was another fighter who went to the same jail as Etienne and took up boxing and is a pro now... If anybody knows the name, bring it up...

    Boxers from a wealthy backround.... Barrera, Mundine, camacho Jr., Chavez Jr., Chavez Jr.'s brother

    Boxers from extreme poverty...... Edison Miranda, Shannon Briggs, Howard Eastman

    Boxers who were know party it up..... Darling Jimenez... Wasn't Floyd in a bar fights some years ago~??

    A boxer who was gay......i don't know any gay boxers, but I do question LaFarell Bunting...

    A boxer with a disability (physical or mental)..... cant think of 1 at the moment.... Mike Tyson was taking zoloft.... OH YEAH~!! Shannon Briggs has Asthma.... And Eromosele Albert has that big ass bump on his head...

    Boxers who contributed to society after retirement...... Kostya Tsyzu... I think Larry Holmes did some things...

    Boxers who were beaten up outside the ring..... I dunno....
     
  6. Sandmanl337

    Sandmanl337 Pactard Full Member

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    Well educated boxers.......Wladimir Klitschko
    Boxers who went to jail......Bernard Hopkins
    Boxers from a wealthy backround....Floyd Mayweather
    Boxers from extreme poverty......Edison Miranda
    Boxers who were know party it up.....Manny Pacquiao use to be all about the party
    A boxer who was gay......Paulie Malignaggi
    Boxers who contributed to society after retirement......George Foreman Grill

    Main ones that come to mind..
     
  7. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Well educated boxers.......Charles Brewer...Dude is making a ton of cash outside the ring...Some kind of computer wiz

    Boxers who went to jail......

    Boxers from a wealthy backround....Barrera I once read that both parents were laywers and planned on MAB becoming one as well. PS Floyd had boxing dad and uncles but he was dirt poor and lived most of his life with his grandmother whos main source of income was government aide.

    Boxers from extreme poverty......8 of 10

    Boxers who were know party it up.....Tyson

    A boxer who was gay......Lennox Lewis:think

    A boxer with a disability (physical or mental)....Oliver McCall

    Boxers who contributed to society after retirement....Ali

    Boxers who were beaten up outside the ring.....Mitch Green:rofl Maybe too long ago for most here to remember.
     
  8. Jaaames

    Jaaames Well-Known Member Full Member

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    LOL, good 1... I have 2 foreman grills... One is like a big one that we rarely use, and we have this little personal sized one... I call it my Yuri foreman grill....