Were these fighters good or bad guys outside the ring?

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  1. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Harry Greb
    Jose Napoles
    Carlos Zarate
    Ezzard Charles
    Bob Foster
    Nino Benvenuti
    Jersey Joe Walcott
    Roberto Duran
    Willie Pep
    Donald Curry
     
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  2. janitor

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    I get the idea that Harry Greb was a better person outside the ring, than most people think.

    Jersey Joe Walcott strikes me as having been a decent man.
     
  3. George Crowcroft

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    Harry Greb: Generous and kind, but unbelievably proud and lived a very fast life.

    I get that impression from Napoles and Zarate.

    Ezzard Charles was close to a saint as boxer ever got.

    Foster was a good guy. Caring too. Became a sheriff.

    Can't comment on Benvenuti.

    Jersey Joe Walcott was a hardworking guy who's very easy to respect. I think he was a pretty decent fella.

    Roberto Duran? No.

    I don't really know with Pep. I've never heard bad things but I've also never looked.

    It seems so for Curry.
     
  4. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What was wrong with Duran?
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

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    You know he punched a horse?
     
  6. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Is that it?
     
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  7. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wonder why he did it?
     
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  8. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Did you seriously say is that it? That is animal abuse and he has even laughed about it in interviews, what it was he knocked out a horse and woman in the same night it was a bet, it shows what a **** he is
     
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  9. Devon

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    Harry Greb can’t comment
    Jose Napoles can’t comment
    Carlos Zaratecant comment
    Ezzard Charles normal
    Bob Foster ok
    Nino Benvenuti can’t comment
    Jersey Joe Walcott good although he did get into the business of selling boxing licences to people even if they shouldn’t have a licence
    Roberto Duran Bad
    Willie Pep Ok
    Donald Curry Normal
    So it goes like this
    good, ok, normal, bad
     
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  10. Boxing2019

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    Benvenuti lost his son some weeks ago.
     
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  11. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Napoles could be a bit of a dick actually.
     
  12. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Random post. Everybody does "bad" though.
     
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  13. Kamikaze

    Kamikaze Bye for now! banned Full Member

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    A bottle of alcohol from memory.
     
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  14. Kamikaze

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    Never read/heard Duran mention ever knocking out a woman-
     
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  15. roughdiamond

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    Greb? Gave Tunney a complex.
    Napoles? Would pour beer in your eyeballs
    Zarate? Used his reach to steal food when you weren't looking
    Charles? Extreme narcissist who always had to look 'nice'. Couldn't even play a saxophone.
    Foster? Compulsively beat Dick.
    Benevenuti? Monzon accomplice.
    Walcott? Made Rocky look bad.
    Duran? Would help anyone, give mas than they needed.
    Pep? Cheated in dance competitions.
    Curry? Evil.