Who In Your Opinion Had The Saddest Descent From Boxing?

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  1. Predicto

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    Ya, real sad! A 46 year old multi millionaire with the body of a 26 year old who can still make big bucks fighting euro-stiffs for world titles.

    And the guy still gets the kind of ***** the rest of us can only dream of.

    btw, Have you seen his house? Ya, I'm real broke up for the guy! :-(
     
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  2. Fighting Weight

    Fighting Weight Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Holmes? You've got to be kidding right? Larry Holmes story is far from sad.
     
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  3. TheGreat

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  4. Addie

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    Meldrick Taylor.
     
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  5. Solid Chin

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    Sugar Ray Robinson, he died not even remembering his own legacy
     
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  6. cuchulain

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    Holmes fought out of economic necessity ?


    News to me.


    Probably news to Larry too.


    There are not more than Five men at most, in all of boxing history, who came out better at the end.





    Jerry Quarry.

    Serious dementia.

    Couldn't feed or dress himself.

    Died not knowing his own name.

    At age 54.
     
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  7. djm

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    I thought the same thing; but I think the guy meant "Ali-Holmes", as in Ali at the time of the Holmes fight.

    Someone mentioned Gatti... I think that's a bad shout. Tons of guys lose their last couple of fights. And unless he's really made some huge mistakes, he should be fine financially. Gatti should quit, yeah, but he's far from tragic at this point. In a few years, we'll see...

    Billy Collins. Now that's tragic. And, as mentioned, Joe Louis.
     
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  8. 46and0

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    Iran Barkley. He's his rock bottom I've heard.
     
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  9. Kaki

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    He's still alive.
     
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  10. walk with me

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  12. Monstar

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  13. MAG1965

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    Donald Curry. In one year he went from being in the top 3 p4p-rated with Hagler and Hearns p4p, to then losing to Honeyghan in Sept. and then stopped with one punch by McCallum in July. Within one year he had two stoppage losses. Pretty devastating decline. Also Livingstone Bramble. He was rated p4p and then he fights Edwin Rosario where he is a 4-1 favorite, and Rosario knocks him out in round 2 after pummeling him.
     
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  14. cpnasty

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    Whitaker could never really talk. He's drunk in most of his current interviews.
     
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  15. HyperBone

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