The ugly ends

[Dropanuke]

Lol I think u have ur bases covered man!!
Would like to c mike nunn fight again.

[marbleheadmaui]

Lol I think u have ur bases covered man!!
Would like to c mike nunn fight again.

Nunn really was special wasn't he? IIRC he beat Frank Tate, Sumbu Kalambay, The Blade, Juan Roldan, The Cobra and Marlon Starling in a row!

He was dominating James Toney, DOMINATING him, for ten rounds. Then a single left hook...

[generalbulldog]

Billy Collins is another one.

[marbleheadmaui]

Billy Collins is another one.

Geeze, how did I leave Poor Billy out? May God Damn Panama Lewis. I struggle right now to condemn Louis Resto. He has become such a pitiful figure. I think he is serving his time in hell here on earth.

[Mars_ax]

Good work Marble Here's a few of my thoughts:

I remember that Jack Dempsey had 2 championship fights with Bill Brennan, and from reading one of Dempsey's bios, I recall him mourning the death of Brennan, the two had become friends.

I didn't know that Eddie Machen had committed suicide, I can recall him giving Clay/Ali a hell of a test, in one of Clay's early fights as a pro.

In re: Zora Folley, i'd always thought he'd died of cancer or some terminal illness, and was sick when he fought Ali for the HW title in 1967.

I didn't recall Stanley Ketchell being killed at age 24, it's funny, but still tragic that he was shot by a jealous husband, he was still really young, no telling what he could have gone on to accomplish with his boxing career.

Out of all the "ugly ends" you mentioned, the one that affected me most was the death of Arturo Gatti, that got to me, I really liked that kid.

[marbleheadmaui]

Good work Marble Here's a few of my thoughts:

I remember that Jack Dempsey had 2 championship fights with Bill Brennan, and from reading one of Dempsey's bios, I recall him mourning the death of Brennan, the two had become friends.

I didn't know that Eddie Machen had committed suicide, I can recall him giving Clay/Ali a hell of a test, in one of Clay's early fights as a pro.

In re: Zora Folley, i'd always thought he'd died of cancer or some terminal illness, and was sick when he fought Ali for the HW title in 1967.

I didn't recall Stanley Ketchell being killed at age 24, it's funny, but still tragic that he was shot by a jealous husband, he was still really young, no telling what he could have gone on to accomplish with his boxing career.

Out of all the "ugly ends" you mentioned, the one that affected me most was the death of Arturo Gatti, that got to me, I really liked that kid.

Brennan's last fight was also the famous last fight of Billy Miske. Miske was dying of kidney disease (and would be dead a month later) but somehow he KO'd Brennan.

Machen had a long history of mental issues.

The Zorra Folley one is weird. He was supposedly just horsing around in a pool and yet the autopsy found multiple places where his skull had been cracked.

Gatti. Geeze. I never thought I'd see the spiritual descendant of Bobby Chacon. But Arturo sure was.

[Spicoli]

Rocky Lockridge. He's still with us but man, sad sad sad for a true champ.

Remember when Top cruiser Sergey Kobozev was killed. Pissed off the Russian mafia and promising career-life was snuffed out.

Tim 'doc' Anderson. Hapless club heavy who crushed Mark Gastineu, was dupped and refused to be a pawn to crooked promoter and throw rematch. So he shot promoter who reportedly drugged him in that fight....SJC

James Hughes. All balls to the wall brawler who earned a big payday only to get murdered after party life caught up. Check his fight with Stone and Stephans, solid raw grit!

Cody Koch yng top hvy killed in a street brawl....why does that particular list run on so long