Boxing most tragic figures.

[0james0]

I actually find Jones Jr quite tragic now, Tyson is a train wreck.

[Pavlik]

Filipino Rolando Navarette

[milmascaras1]

meldrick taylor comes to mind.

[THE THIRD MAN]

They found Mickey Walker lying in a gutter once believing he was an alcoholic mess, he suffered Parkinson's disease and died a lonely death in 1981. Walker was one of the toughest and hardest hitting middleweights of all time and to put him into context with the modern era, he would have have given both Monzon and Hagler very tough fights!

When i saw Joe Frazier as a guest on Friday night fights a few years ago i nearly cried as the once great Smokin Joe was barely able to string two words together.


Johnson, Louis, Tyson, Gatti, Valero, Arguello, boxing has a history of letting it's heroes down! Some let themselves down by fighting way past their used by date : Roy Jones jr?

Watching Paul Briggs a couple of weeks ago highlighted the lengths some old fighters go, just to survive when their career is over.

[Spicoli]

Saad Muhammed , Rocky Lockridge, Wilfred benitez, Bobby chacon, Jerry Quarry, Joichiro tatsuyoshi, Frankie Randall, Kid Akeem ,Serqui Kobazov, Frank Fletcher, Masao Ohba......Tony Ayala not tragic,just a fawking fool !

[holmcall]

Daz Suttherland

[generalbulldog]

Rubin Hurricane Carter. Getting robbed of a life and career for a crime he did not commit.

[rjj tszyu]

Rubin Hurricane Carter. Getting robbed of a life and career for a crime he did not commit.

I'm not so sure he did not commit the crime to be honest though. Fair enough if you watch the film he didn't but he was never proven innocent and even after reading 2 different books (one of which he wrote himself, another which was written on his behalf) I'm not sold.

In fact there were so many lies in the film, I think that is what has made me so dubious as to whether or not he really is innocent.

[Phil]

Rubin Hurricane Carter. Getting robbed of a life and career for a crime he did not commit.

I'm not so sure he did not commit the crime to be honest though. Fair enough if you watch the film he didn't but he was never proven innocent and even after reading 2 different books (one of which he wrote himself, another which was written on his behalf) I'm not sold.

In fact there were so many lies in the film, I think that is what has made me so dubious as to whether or not he really is innocent.

yeah man, I read up alot on it as well, I'd be pretty sure he had something to do with it...

[Zelley]

Rubin Hurricane Carter. Getting robbed of a life and career for a crime he did not commit.

I'm not so sure he did not commit the crime to be honest though. Fair enough if you watch the film he didn't but he was never proven innocent and even after reading 2 different books (one of which he wrote himself, another which was written on his behalf) I'm not sold.

In fact there were so many lies in the film, I think that is what has made me so dubious as to whether or not he really is innocent.

Back in the day, I remember writing to one of the boxing magazines to give my reasons why RUBIN "Hurricane" CARTER WAS INNOCENT. Well my friend it was
very clear to me based on some of the original evidence concerning the description of
the shooter. It was based on size, little Rubin did not match the description and that
is all I have to say about that.

[Andre]

Rubin Hurricane Carter. Getting robbed of a life and career for a crime he did not commit.

I'm not so sure he did not commit the crime to be honest though. Fair enough if you watch the film he didn't but he was never proven innocent and even after reading 2 different books (one of which he wrote himself, another which was written on his behalf) I'm not sold.

In fact there were so many lies in the film, I think that is what has made me so dubious as to whether or not he really is innocent.

A chat with someone he knew at the time has always had me wondering too.

[holmcall]

maseo ohba

[armyash]

Johnny Owen, if he was fighting today he would have failed medical checks and his life saved

[THE THIRD MAN]

Rubin Hurricane Carter. Getting robbed of a life and career for a crime he did not commit.

Carter has never been exonerated by the courts, he was released due to procedural errors only. His story is like swiss cheese, there are a lot of holes in it. Dylan hasn't played the song live for decades, he now believes Carter did it! Carter's credibilty is very dubious.

[Chino]

Gerald McClellan