Who's a fighter that was excellent in the ring but wasn't so excellent out of the ring?

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  1. dcarlota

    dcarlota Member Full Member

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    I'll start, Iron Mike.
     
  2. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Many....
     
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  3. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  4. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 banned Full Member

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    Countless… but let me ask you something how many people here would count themselves as “excellent?”
     
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  5. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  6. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    loads of Boxers aren't tough guys persay, some great & capable fighters sure, but being street tough is certainly a plus... now loads of Boxers were both, probably most of them.

    But yes it's true not all were tough guys... Ken Buchanan.
     
  7. Znith

    Znith New Member Full Member

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    Monzon, literally killed his wife.
     
  8. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Most. I think a shorter list would be which boxers were saints outside of the ring.
     
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  9. Viy

    Viy Member Full Member

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    As others have said, there are many. To name some that haven't been mentioned yet:

    - Sugar Ray Leonard
    - George Foreman
    - Muhammad Ali
     
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  10. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Golota was a piece of shyte in the ring and outside of it, lol.
     
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    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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  12. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gerald McClellan, Adonis Stevenson, Jack Johnson (if anyone doesn’t know, he beat a woman).
     
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  13. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hi Buddy.
    Regarding your pics, of course Monzon should be included in the title, not so sure Davis is a candidate, as far as I can make out, he was born and brought up in a rough neighborhood, in and around Brownsville, was indeed a street urchin, and was scrapping at a early age, graduated into the pro ranks with a rep as a tough, tenacious, brawler, with a vaunted left hook, had a long run of unbeaten fights including a sound beating of the much loved Canzoneri , which didn't help his cause to be liked and accepted, the foul filled brawl with the saintly Zivic has gone down in history of course, thinking he might have been a little misunderstood at the time, he came across has insular and brooding from what I have read, perhaps his upbringing and peers had led him to be such, cannot find any references to wife beating, drug taking,or run ins with the authorities, then he sort of redeemed himself at the end, by tackling 4 armed robbers, with nothing but his fists, so all in all, not putting him the same category as the likes of Monzon, if you don't mind robert.
    stay safe buddy, have a fondness for you and your excellent posts, chat soon.
     
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  14. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Edwin Valero

    Ike Ibeabuchi
     
  15. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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