Exclusive: Nicky Booth addicted to crack

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 11:02

very sad but i still say he has got what he deserved for robbing.
freakinell this country is going tits up.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 27 May 2004, 11:06

Wow what a story, never liked him to be fair but wouldn't have expected something like this to be going on

DIRT SUGAR · Post by **DIRT SUGAR** » 27 May 2004, 11:45

Man, no joke. My 34-year-old cousin was found dead in his flat last year. He was a nice lad, wouldn't hurt a fly but just fell on hard times. Before he died I'd seen story in a local rag saying he'd been caught nicking pens in WHS. I'd seen him and he looked ill so I put two and two together. Seems he took too much of some gear he'd bought which was pure. fornicating dreadful. Found dead, on his own in his flat. No joke and though I've never warmed to the Booth brothers I wish him all the best. You don't have to be a tosspot to be hooked on drugs.

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 11:48

sorry to hear that lost two mates to skag myself, but they never robbed anyone.
I dont care if people have habits as long as its not to the detriment of other peoples lives.

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 27 May 2004, 11:55

The way prisons are run these days, he will end up back on the crack inside.

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 11:57

thats half the problem mate.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 27 May 2004, 11:57

Exactly, prison won't cure him it will just make it easier for him to get crack.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 27 May 2004, 11:58

Unfortunately I think that some people are just doomed to get addicted, a lot of it is merely genetic, the people who fornicate up on drugs would always have fucked up on something, booze, whores, gambling etc, the unfortunate difference is that drugs can kill you a lot quicker than a life of pissing it up, shagging whores and gambling.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 27 May 2004, 12:00

It makes you wonder how the Board didn't pick up on this. I thought they did a dope test after every championship fight?

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=014940

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 12:01

wouldnt matter crack / coke dont take long to get out of your system.

Which makes it even more incredible tony oakey cokey got caught he must have been on it within 3 days prior to his fight.

good training regime then.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 27 May 2004, 12:03

J wrote:wouldnt matter crack / coke dont take long to get out of your system.

Which makes it even more incredible tony oakey cokey got caught he must have been on it within 3 days prior to his fight.

good training regime then.

Cheers, J. It certainly explains Oakey's abysmal showing against Barney.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 27 May 2004, 12:05

I think when people are training really hard they figure they can afford to put coke into their bodies,

To be honest cocaine isn't particularly hard on the system, it's only regular usage which fucks people over, provided people have long enough breaks between a session there are little or no deleterious long term effects, although there is always the minor risk of a stroke or heart attack.

However, battering it every day or every other day results in looking like your own dad....

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 12:05

actually yeah i didnt put one and one together, but then again im a bit thick at times.

Twinkle Toes · Post by **Twinkle Toes** » 27 May 2004, 12:06

Well if he was addicted, like what is being said, surely he would be hitting it very regular, and if that's the case it does make ye wonder why the board didn't catch him at some point.

By the way, do the board carry out random drug tests or is it only after certain fights?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 27 May 2004, 12:09

Twinkle Toes wrote:Well if he was addicted, like what is being said, surely he would be hitting it very regular, and if that's the case it does make ye wonder why the board didn't catch him at some point.

By the way, do the board carry out random drug tests or is it only after certain fights?

Good question. I'm not sure how they test to be honest. I'm sure we'll get an answer soon.

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 12:09

dpeends when was the last time he fought you can blow a fornicate of a lot of money on crack / skag in a short time. 3-4 months even would be enough.
seen it with my own eyes, sadly.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 27 May 2004, 12:11

Excuse my continued ignorance: what is the difference between crack cocaine and cocaine?

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 27 May 2004, 12:15

Well that explains it - must have been something serious to cause him to resort to breaking into an OAP's house.
Coke can age you pretty fast. The lifestyle it requires to keep up a habit like that will send you rapidly downhill.
Up all night, not bothering to eat, going cold turkey every few weeks when you run out of money...or start training for your championship fight in this case.
He must have been quitting before each of his previous 2 years fights. What a nightmare existance he must've had - probably glad to be in prison at the moment.
Coke traces stay in the brain for months at a time, but I guess they're quick to leave the blood/urine. Sounds like the Board might need a new testing system.
Aaron Pryor was ravaged by crack in just a few short years. Booth might have one last chance now.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 27 May 2004, 12:16

Crack cocaine is basically 'washed up' in acetone and then mixed with bicarbonate of soda, which bulks it up and makes it smokable. Cocained generally doesn't smoke well because of it's crystalline nature.

The nature of crack is that the high is much briefer and the hit a lot more intense. This means that whereas a cokehead might sniff their way through 4-5 grammes in a mammoth session, spending about 200 odd quid, a crackhead can smoke away a grand over the course of a day, and really fornicate themselves up to boot.

Cocained when smoked in whatever form recrystallises in the lungs, causing them to bleed, and crackheads can go on benders lasting days on end, laying waste to their bodies, finances and relationships. I've seen a few people really lose themselves on crack.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 27 May 2004, 12:16

bennie wrote:Excuse my continued ignorance: what is the difference between crack cocaine and cocaine?

Crack is even more addictive - it's like a distilled version of coke - much stronger.

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 12:17

crack cocaine is refined or" washed up coke" that involves a purifying and treating process that makes it stonger and harder hit that you smoke, its muc more addictive than the sniffable stuff cocaine, which is bad enough in itself.

The high lasts about 2 mins and then starts to subside which is why people go mad for it constantly.

I would place coke while as a hard drug as more of recreational substance (hence a lot of celebrities use it) wheareas Crack is much more like skag (heroin) a real dirty drug that becomes a way of life wandering from one hit to another .

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 12:21

and you live in catford bennie?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 27 May 2004, 12:34

J wrote:and you live in catford bennie?

No, I have relatives in Catford, J. I live in the Midlands. Fortunately, I'm a product of the 70's. It's all beer with me.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 27 May 2004, 12:39

Nicky Booth is a right scrot, could tell that the first time I clocked him on the telly.

J · Post by J » 27 May 2004, 12:40

mate me too 1972.

aaah fair eough gone the opposite wat to me then born in mansfield not that I remember any of it was only there 9 mths but thats muy place of birth.