boxers tragic deaths outside ring

[AntonioMartin]

No. Even the author of that book couldn't defend his claims in the BBC Freddie Mills documentary. It was complete fiction and he was obviously ashamed of himself!

I can’t say I know too much about it, only heard the rumours. How did the serial killer thing all come about then?

He was thought to be "Jack the Stripper"

[gilgamesh]

In my time as a fan Vernon Forrest and Arturo Gatti's deaths seemed particularly tragic.

Corrales was terrible as well given that he was only a month removed from a fight, and 2 years to the day from the fight that defines his career.

How bout Arguello's?

Also a damn shame.

[hhaehre]

Former WBO cruiser champ Magne Havnaa drowned, boating accident.

[bennie]

Davey Moore died in a freak accident involving his car on his own drive.

[polecateddy]

Brett Flournoy, found buried in a burnt out van on farmland;

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... ns-3370251

[Tuan_Jim]

No. Even the author of that book couldn't defend his claims in the BBC Freddie Mills documentary. It was complete fiction and he was obviously ashamed of himself!

I can’t say I know too much about it, only heard the rumours. How did the serial killer thing all come about then?

The mysterious nature of his death left sufficient space for charlatan authors to spin whatever ridiculous solution they liked. The author of the 2002 Freddie Mills/Jack the Stripper book is interviewed in a 2018 BBC documentary. He admits there is no evidence for his claims and he is clearly deeply embarrassed by what he did. He all but disowns the book!

[Controversial]

I can’t say I know too much about it, only heard the rumours. How did the serial killer thing all come about then?

The mysterious nature of his death left sufficient space for charlatan authors to spin whatever ridiculous solution they liked. The author of the 2002 Freddie Mills/Jack the Stripper book is interviewed in a 2018 BBC documentary. He admits there is no evidence for his claims and he is clearly deeply embarrassed by what he did. He all but disowns the book!

Really, blimey that’s slander, I’m surprised Mills family didn’t sue him !!

[scartissue]

Pierre Fourie and Arnold Taylor - both in road accidents

Jackie Paterson - knifed in a bar in South Africa

Wallace 'Bud' Smith - unintended victim in a drive-by

[Duran1970]

Pernell Whittaker.

[AntonioMartin]

Not pro boxers but...

Paulie Palomino and the rest of the US Amateur boxing team, LOT Polish Airlines 1980 Warsaw crash...what was particularly weird and made this more tragic was that a conference on aviation safety was being held across the street from where the plane fell at that same moment...

[gerryd77]

The mysterious nature of his death left sufficient space for charlatan authors to spin whatever ridiculous solution they liked. The author of the 2002 Freddie Mills/Jack the Stripper book is interviewed in a 2018 BBC documentary. He admits there is no evidence for his claims and he is clearly deeply embarrassed by what he did. He all but disowns the book!

Really, blimey that’s slander, I’m surprised Mills family didn’t sue him !!

They can’t. You cannot defame a dead person.

[Controversial]

Really, blimey that’s slander, I’m surprised Mills family didn’t sue him !!

They can’t. You cannot defame a dead person.

Of course, that rings a bell now you’ve said that.

[Ambling Alp II]

A couple that I don't believe have been mentioned:

Stanley Ketchel- Shot to death. He was only 24.

Billy Miske -Brights Disease. He was only 29.

[AntonioMartin]

Darren Sutherland, suicide.