Boxers in accidents

V8mak1
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Johnny Famechon , a french born Australian world titlist who campaigned at feather weight during the 60's , got struck by a car in 1991 , immobile with brain trauma after coming out his coma he then suffered a stroke. Johnny Famechon one the swiftest smoothest movers ever in the ring was in a bad way, whilst not fully recovered some alt therapy has him mobile and able to carry on with his life .

Interesting read about the therapy and the Guru who trailed it.

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/pr ... ry/7155214

Watching this clip you realise how good Fammo was !!

AntonioMartin
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V8mak1 wrote: 01 Feb 2021, 22:38 Johnny Famechon , a french born Australian world titlist who campaigned at feather weight during the 60's , got struck by a car in 1991 , immobile with brain trauma after coming out his coma he then suffered a stroke. Johnny Famechon one the swiftest smoothest movers ever in the ring was in a bad way, whilst not fully recovered some alt therapy has him mobile and able to carry on with his life .

Interesting read about the therapy and the Guru who trailed it.

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/pr ... ry/7155214

Watching this clip you realise how good Fammo was !!

Heart breaking..
gilgamesh
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SteveO wrote: 29 Nov 2020, 14:24 Young Stribling died as a result of a motorcycle accident.
Just imagine what his record would've looked like had he lived on? His record is already absolutely phenomenal in spite of dying at the young age of I believe 28? As much as he had fought he was probably past his prime, but he still probably would've fought another 100 times or so.
gb
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No mention of Pernell Whitaker?
AntonioMartin
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gb wrote: 04 Feb 2021, 17:52 No mention of Pernell Whitaker?
He was mentioned..:)
AntonioMartin
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gilgamesh wrote: 03 Feb 2021, 20:17
SteveO wrote: 29 Nov 2020, 14:24 Young Stribling died as a result of a motorcycle accident.
Just imagine what his record would've looked like had he lived on? His record is already absolutely phenomenal in spite of dying at the young age of I believe 28? As much as he had fought he was probably past his prime, but he still probably would've fought another 100 times or so.
Crazy how those guys fought...all the way to the 1960s you had people with 200 fights and even Peter Buckley and Buck Smith more recently...can you imagine how their bones probably hurt after their careers?
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