Was Holyfield really a religious nut? Or was he just playing the media all along?

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  1. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Are you sure about that? You’ll be telling me none of them ever cheated on their wives next. Lol.
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Was Roman Gonzalez really a religious nut? Or was he just playing the media all along?
     
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    I'm pretty sure that's not true.
    Ali had at least two children born to women he was having extra-marital affairs with. One of the "women" was a 16 year old girl herself (Ali was 32 at the time).
    Frazier had at least two children from his woman on the side too, while married to the mother of his other kids.
     
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    Unless you have personal knowledge of those mothers and their kids and how they were or were not supported and provided for by Evander Holyfield, you really have no right to comment.
     
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    I actually read somewhere recently that Holyfield has 11 children by 6 different women, 3 of whom he was married to.

    The way people go on about it here I expected it to be much worse than that.

    It's a really weird thing for people to get all moralistic about.
     
  6. Ken Ashcroft

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    Mike Tyson has 8 and counting. Maybe one day we will see a new generation Tyson vs Holyfield fight? ;)
     
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  7. The Morlocks

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    Because it is the only one around. What other furoms r there?
     
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    Did they constantly talk about god like Holyfield did? Or about how their God is superior to other guy's god like Holyfield did with Tyson.
     
  9. Unforgiven

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    Yes, Muhammad Ali talked loads about his God, way more than any other boxer probably.
    He often preached against the evils of society and how clean-living he was. Meanwhile, he was having sex with dozens, hundreds of women even, while married.
     
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    ticar Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Yes and let's not forget his draft dodging.
     
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    I could be wrong (not the first time), but could swear after Frazier's funeral, his kids were talking about how they KNEW he was a philanderer - and somehow it was just accepted as part of his character, and they were even chuckling about it.

    Family dynamics run a strange gamut sometimes ...
     
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