Quote Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom View Post
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Quote Originally Posted by Bill Paxtom View Post
Hector 'Macho' Camacho

Though he had a great career, he was 'self-destructive' for several periods during
his prime.


Thad 'Babe' Spencer

Nobody had more 'natural' talent than Thad in the Heavyweight Division from
1964 thru 1967. 'Nose-Candy' did him in, along with cockiness.

If he only had his head screwed on right, and listened to his good friend Eddie Machen
and Manager - Willie Ketchum, he would have been a World Champion.
You forgot Muhammad Ali. By being a draft-dodging coward he gave up his prime years!
True,

That cowardice that Cassius displayed was 'self-destructive'.

But, the world needs 'Chickens' too.............
Do you actually think he would have been put on the front lines? He knew fine well he wouldn't have been... Elvis wasn't, Joe Louis wasn't... He would have been safe and he knew it, going was NO risk, dodging the draft WAS...

He made a statement against a futile, pointless war and threw away years of is career to do so, he had nothing to lose in going, but in doing so would have appeared to condone the war.

Asking you to understand 'integrity' is too big of a stretch it seems.