Boxers who blew it all by doing something criminal, stupid, horiffic or whatever?

My first example would be Tony Ayala, serial rapist, who blew it all by going to jail for 15 years. :banghead:


Can you name some others? :confused:

Ayala was an idiot.Loved watching ham and egger Bonsante beat his azz in return.

Ricky Womack out of the olympics.Guy had promise.Tragic.

Johnny Tapia.He had a stellar career all things considered but my god if he had not lost that early time and the demons of the drugs didnt have him.

James Kirkland - possession of a illegal weapon while on parole :rolleyes:

Ike Ibeabuchi (spelling) - rape

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Ayala was an idiot.Loved watching ham and egger Bonsante beat his azz in return.

Ricky Womack out of the olympics.Guy had promise.Tragic.

Johnny Tapia.He had a stellar career all things considered but my god if he had not lost that early time and the demons of the drugs didnt have him.

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agree, i remember being in awe after his fight with then hot fighter Danny Romero, he could have ended up a top 20 ATG IMO

Tyson - in his prime.

Luis Resto

Sweet Pea, cocaine.

Stephane Ouellet, once ranked contender #1, alcohol, PCP

Alex, Matthew and Dave Hilton (Especially Dave an Alex) Alcohol, domestic violence, drugs, armed robbery, rape, name it the bad boys family did it all.

Edwin Valero - murder, domestic violence

Scott Harrison - Alcohol, domestic violence

Trevor Berbick: raped his kid's babysitter, got subsequently deported from Canada and then from the US for breach of engagements and various other problems.

Salvador Sanchez and Ike The President Ibeabuchi.

Riddick Bowe-Overeating

Buster Douglas trained for Evander Holyfield and at night smuggled boxes of takeout pizza into his hotel. Sonny Liston never met a cop he didn't want to punch. Micheal Moorer, same thing. Ron Lyle's Prison term before becoming a contender and ir robbed him of early years.

Joe Calzaghe - Thinking he can dance.








He can't. He's certainly no Floyd Mayweather.

Harry Simon wasted his prime because he got in a car wreck and killed some people.
Diego Corrales drunk driving on a motorcycle, killed himself.

Kirklin Lang (spelling-?)

rolando navarrete

I think the wreck Prince Naz had affected his comeback possibilities.. but I think Barrera would have whooped that ass all over again.

I'm pretty sure Pavlik has been living it up, and Jack Lowe is just the master of getting him out of trouble.

Aaron Pryor wasting his time on drugs, blowing his money and prime years and possible superfights that would have him on easy street now.

One situation that baffles though you certainly cannot say he 'blew it' was that of Lt heavyweight contender James Scott in the 70's.Blew it as in he was denied oppurtunity,or thru them away?He ran up a short winning streak on the east coast and then did some crimes,robbery and I believe a murder that saw him jailed in Rahway Prison for life.Whats crazy is that he actually fought some solid fighters while IN prison including wins over Dwight Qawi,Mustafa Muhammed and Yaqui Lopez...the Muhammad fight was aired from the prison on national TV,I believe the Wide world of sports ?

This is killing me.Their was a much hyped heavyweight in the 90's who had some skill and promise.Made the airwaves to start career and then was sent to prison.I think for kidnapping and rape ???Cannot think of name

Ike Iabuchi or however u spell it.

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Poor Kirkland he is basically a tramp now living on the streets poor bloke.

Ya'll must've have forgot Rubin Carter, or believe all the hype.

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One situation that baffles though you certainly cannot say he 'blew it' was that of Lt heavyweight contender James Scott in the 70's.Blew it as in he was denied oppurtunity,or thru them away?He ran up a short winning streak on the east coast and then did some crimes,robbery and I believe a murder that saw him jailed in Rahway Prison for life.Whats crazy is that he actually fought some solid fighters while IN prison including wins over Dwight Qawi,Mustafa Muhammed and Yaqui Lopez...the Muhammad fight was aired from the prison on national TV,I believe the Wide world of sports ?

This is killing me.Their was a much hyped heavyweight in the 90's who had some skill and promise.Made the airwaves to start career and then was sent to prison.I think for kidnapping and rape ???Cannot think of name

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Jo-el Scott

Naseem Hamed - Burning out, eating and driving like a dick!

Luis Resto - Billy Collins

Vernon Forrest - Chasing after robbers.

Ricardo Williams Jr.
Tim Austin

Paulie Spadafora...I missed seeing him get the ass whupping he deserved because that asshole wanted to beat up his girlfriend

Cliff Etienne...not that he had much to give to the division but he at least had cash from the Tyson fight and threw his independence away to rob somebody

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Poor Kirkland he is basically a tramp now living on the streets poor bloke.

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He's living in Nottingham now and being looked after by his family. He's got a flat and everything and he's got a reasonable grip on his substance problems. :)

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Poor Kirkland he is basically a tramp now living on the streets poor bloke.

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He's living in Nottingham now and being looked after by his family. He's got a flat and everything and he's got a reasonable grip on his substance problems. :)

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Rumor is he's only smoking 5 rocks per day.

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One situation that baffles though you certainly cannot say he 'blew it' was that of Lt heavyweight contender James Scott in the 70's.Blew it as in he was denied oppurtunity,or thru them away?He ran up a short winning streak on the east coast and then did some crimes,robbery and I believe a murder that saw him jailed in Rahway Prison for life.Whats crazy is that he actually fought some solid fighters while IN prison including wins over Dwight Qawi,Mustafa Muhammed and Yaqui Lopez...the Muhammad fight was aired from the prison on national TV,I believe the Wide world of sports ?

This is killing me.Their was a much hyped heavyweight in the 90's who had some skill and promise.Made the airwaves to start career and then was sent to prison.I think for kidnapping and rape ???Cannot think of name

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Jo-el Scott

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Damn.Awesome call.I thought he was younger in career though.he f**ked it all up.He fought Blackmon on CBS and then got beat totally beat down by some jobber.

Tyson would've gone down as possibly the greatest of all time if Cus D'Amato hadn't have died when he did in my opinion. I know Mike became world champ shortly after he died but he would've kept him on the straight and narrowand he would've gone on to be THE best - not just as 'one of' the greatest.