Tragedies in Boxing

[El Kabong]

After the deaths of Arturo Gatti and Alexis Arguello and Mike Tyson's daughter, I got to thinking, What tragedies in the boxing world have been the worst or most heartbreaking

Stanley Ketchel - got shot by a jealous husband

Jack Johnson - dies in car crash after being refused service at a Dinner in North Carolina on account of his skin color.

Muhamed Ali - Long slow deterrioration with Parkinson's

Duk Koo Kim - Dies in the ring vs Ray Mancini

George Chuvalo - Son dies of overdose and wife committs suicide

Battling Siki - shot twice in the back of the head at the age of 28, perhaps by a police officer who saw him drunkenly staggaring down the street.

Joe Louis - Sucker punched by the US Government and made dirt poor for his Golden Years, battled drug and alcohol addiction and died penniless after being one of the GREAT Civil Rights Leaders.

Ray Robinson - battled drug addiction and Alzheimer's

Trevor Berbick - Killed by being beaten to death with a metal pipe

Ezzard Charles - Died at 53 due to ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease


....can you guys think of any more, I am sure I left out a bunch

[LEGION]

Billy Collins tragic beating and then I think a year later he died.....in an accident I think?

Mike Quarry probably died too young; he liked to take abuse and it caught up with him. That Foster punch didn' prolong his life any that's for sure.

Not sure if those count.

[ElTerribleMorales]

After the deaths of Arturo Gatti and Alexis Arguello and Mike Tyson's daughter, I got to thinking, What tragedies in the boxing world have been the worst or most heartbreaking

Stanley Ketchel - got shot by a jealous husband

Jack Johnson - dies in car crash after being refused service at a Dinner in North Carolina on account of his skin color.

Muhamed Ali - Long slow deterrioration with Parkinson's

Duk Koo Kim - Dies in the ring vs Ray Mancini

George Chuvalo - Son dies of overdose and wife committs suicide

Battling Siki - shot twice in the back of the head at the age of 28, perhaps by a police officer who saw him drunkenly staggaring down the street.

Joe Louis - Sucker punched by the US Government and made dirt poor for his Golden Years, battled drug and alcohol addiction and died penniless after being one of the GREAT Civil Rights Leaders.

Ray Robinson - battled drug addiction and Alzheimer's

Trevor Berbick - Killed by being beaten to death with a metal pipe

Ezzard Charles - Died at 53 due to ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease


....can you guys think of any more, I am sure I left out a bunch

Kim died in the hospital

Salvador Sanchez died at only 23 yrs of age in a car crash

Rocky Marciano died in an airplane crash, was decapitated died instantly

Benny "Kid" Parret also beaten into a coma in the ring, died a few days later

recent one, Leavander Johnson

[generalbulldog]

Davey Moore dying in a freak accident at 29 when he was crushed by his car and the garage door.

Carlos Monzon dying in a car crash near the prison he was returning to.

[LEGION]

After the deaths of Arturo Gatti and Alexis Arguello and Mike Tyson's daughter, I got to thinking, What tragedies in the boxing world have been the worst or most heartbreaking

Stanley Ketchel - got shot by a jealous husband

Jack Johnson - dies in car crash after being refused service at a Dinner in North Carolina on account of his skin color.

Muhamed Ali - Long slow deterrioration with Parkinson's

Duk Koo Kim - Dies in the ring vs Ray Mancini

George Chuvalo - Son dies of overdose and wife committs suicide

Battling Siki - shot twice in the back of the head at the age of 28, perhaps by a police officer who saw him drunkenly staggaring down the street.

Joe Louis - Sucker punched by the US Government and made dirt poor for his Golden Years, battled drug and alcohol addiction and died penniless after being one of the GREAT Civil Rights Leaders.

Ray Robinson - battled drug addiction and Alzheimer's

Trevor Berbick - Killed by being beaten to death with a metal pipe

Ezzard Charles - Died at 53 due to ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease


....can you guys think of any more, I am sure I left out a bunch

Kim died in the hospital

Salvador Sanchez died at only 23 yrs of age in a car crash

Rocky Marciano died in an airplane crash, was decapitated died instantly

Benny "Kid" Parret also beaten into a coma in the ring, died a few days later

recent one, Leavander Johnson

Another recent one; remembr last year in the fight where they let it go on way too long and he ended up havng surgery to relieve he pressure? Damn I ca't remember his name; Texas kid. He'll never fight again now.

[LEGION]

Oscar Diaz I think it is.

[jon09]

Leavander Johnson dies in ring against Jesus Chavez

Diego Corrales- Motorcycle accident

Jimmy Garcia dies in ring against Gabe Ruelas

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Resto Collins was the first that came to mind. Resto and Panama Lewis are garbage

[generalbulldog]

Another tragedy in boxing is Gerald McClellan who's mostly blind, deaf, and in a wheel chair after his fight with Benn.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Another tragedy in boxing is Gerald McClellan who's mostly blind, deaf, and in a wheel chair after his fight with Benn.

Good call, hommie... That one escaped me.

[DaxxKahn]

Jerry Quarry being found with his brain leaking from his ear due to years of boxing

James Oyebola murder

Greg page

[Spicoli]

Very solid and world ranked Serqui Kobozev was moonlighting as a doorman/bouncer.....and apparently had a fatal run in with the Russian mafia.Took years to solve.Found his remains in some backyard.

'Jesse' James Hughes was pure fire in the ring,world ranked face first all balls battler found murdered in Alabama.

Gilberto Roman excellent spr fly champion claimed in an auto crash

Kid Akeem ...just a damn shame and a story of what might have been.

Tough as nails lt Heavy Victor Galindez killed while racing

Ernie Magdalano

whats sad is they just keep coming .

[LEGION]

Very solid and world ranked Serqui Kobozev was moonlighting as a doorman/bouncer.....and apparently had a fatal run in with the Russian mafia.Took years to solve.Found his remains in some backyard.

'Jesse' James Hughes was pure fire in the ring,world ranked face first all balls battler found murdered in Alabama.

Gilberto Roman excellent spr fly champion claimed in an auto crash

Kid Akeem ...just a damn shame and a story of what might have been.

Tough as nails lt Heavy Victor Galindez killed while racing

Ernie Magdalano

whats sad is they just keep coming .

Some list Spicoli'. I only know 1 of those names

[JazMerkin]

Davey Moore dying in a freak accident at 29 when he was crushed by his car and the garage door.

Carlos Monzon dying in a car crash near the prison he was returning to.

I personally find it a bit hard to consider Monzon's death a tragedy considering he was in prison for killing his wife.

McLellan, Quarry, Corrales, I haven't read through the whole thread but I'm guessing the obvious names are there.

2 local ones I can think of are James Oyebola & John Kacsu Abbey both murdered near the area I live in recent years.

There's also the scores of guys we know nothing about whose lives end in tragedy.

I see Holyfield's desperation as a tragedy in itself, but there's many like him.

Shit, I feel depressed now.

[Diane]

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