Careers Cut Short & Fighters Burnt Out

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 29 May 2007, 02:11

Note- This list does not include ring deaths or deaths or even injuries from the 'fall out' of fights with fighters in or near their primes, though honorable mentions are Gerald McClellan, Carmine Vingo, Bennie Kid Perret, and Luther McCarty.

Life-Style Choices:

Lew Jenkins- alcoholism
Pinklon Thomas- drugs
Tyrell Biggs- drugs
Michael Dokes- drugs
Aaron Pryor- drugs
Benny Lynch- alcoholism
Leon Spinks- drugs
Riddick Bowe- gluttony
James Buster Douglas- gluttony

Accidents:

Andrew Murray- car crash
Marcel Cerdan- air plane crash
Salvador Sanchez- car crash

Training and Dieting Choices:

Wilfred Benetiz- laxatives

Health and Disease:

Zeljko Mavrovic- muscular degeneration
Ike Ibeabuchi- mental illness
Pancho Villa- surgical complications
Tiger Flowers- surgical complications
Harry Greb- surgical complications
Mitch Green- mental illness*
Tommy Morrison- contracted HIV
Esteban DeJesus- contracted HIV
Harry Simon- mental illness (?)

Murders & Executions:

Stanley Ketchell- murdered
Oscar Bonavena- murdered
Cody Koch- murdered
Henry 'Snow' Flakes- executed

*Green could very well fit into the 'Lifestyle' category as well considering his life was full of drugs and alcohol problems.

I would also have added Jose Bonilla under 'health and disease' considering he died after an asthma attack in 2003, but I personally do not know if having asthma ever played a part in his career or affected it any at all.

m1kee50 · Post by **m1kee50** » 29 May 2007, 09:04

Ibeabuchi and Harry Simon go in the 'bird' category surely?

Borinken25 · Post by **Borinken25** » 29 May 2007, 11:16

What about Esteban "Vita" De Jesus, drugs and AIDS.

Flump · Post by **Flump** » 29 May 2007, 12:09

livingstone cole wrote:There should be a murdered section too.
There's been quite a few, Cody Koch for one.

Indeed, Stanley Ketchell and Oscar Bonavena spring to mind.

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 29 May 2007, 23:53

..and a murderer section.....henry "snow"flakes"...electric chair.

generic screen name · Post by **generic screen name** » 29 May 2007, 23:59

I got two for lifestyle choices

James "Buster" Douglas - gluttony/food
Riddick Bowe - gluttony then going normal then gluttony again

HomicideHenry · Post by **HomicideHenry** » 30 May 2007, 02:35

I added ur names to the list. Keep em coming peoples.

dr_devious · Post by **dr_devious** » 30 May 2007, 07:59

Scott Harrison - alcoholism (likely candidate)

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 30 May 2007, 08:08

Mathew Hilton - alcohol and inherent self destruct gene

J · Post by J » 30 May 2007, 09:35

ONE OF THE BOOTH BROTHERS NICKY I THINK - CRACK

Hagler2002 · Post by **Hagler2002** » 30 May 2007, 09:40

Should they not be a "Brutal Fights" section?

Fernando Vargas fits nicely into the above.

oliverfennell · Post by **oliverfennell** » 30 May 2007, 10:07

Add a jail section. Then again, that will take up half of Boxrec's bandwidth...

J · Post by J » 30 May 2007, 10:11

yup true, Freddie mills been mentioned yet?

And of course Diego. :(

bobbyd · Post by **bobbyd** » 29 Jun 2007, 01:45

James"jesse james" Hughes-Murdered....... :(
This one really ticked me off back in 1995 cause,this son of a gun was one heck of a fun fighter to watch.Would've been an ideal opponent for either Gatti or Ward,cause he himself was exactly that type of fighter.There to fight and fight only.No holding or huggin with that Fella!

Zack Padilla-?????????? :x
What the heck DID happen with The Zack Attack?Remember the punch output that son of a gun used to put out?Would've made an absolutely incredible matchup with someone like Marco Antonio Barrera.

Thunder and Lightning · Post by **Thunder and Lightning** » 30 Jun 2007, 05:17

Ingemar Johansson probably could have gone on for a few more years had he not been so lazy with his training.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 30 Jun 2007, 08:04

Cody Koch's death was tragic, but to be brutally honest his career wasen't going anywhere. Old fat and little 5-7 Roscoe T Word dropped him twice in the 1st round and then only lost because he was so out of shape he just punched himself out. Then Koch totally outboxed Ed Mahone for most of the first 10 rounds before going down for the count to Mahone's first significant punch of the fight.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » 30 Jun 2007, 08:08

Correction, Booker T Word. Just woke up and I must have been thinking about the sherriff on the Dukes of Hazzard.

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » 30 Jun 2007, 23:00

Zack Padilla-?????????? :x
What the heck DID happen with The Zack Attack?Remember the punch output that son of a gun used to put out?Would've made an absolutely incredible matchup with someone like Marco Antonio Barrera.[/quote]

During a sparring session with Shane Mosley, Padilla was hit with a hard punch which caused a brain injury. Padilla's boxing license was then suspended indefinitely, and he never fought again.

barry · Post by **barry** » 01 Jul 2007, 00:03

>>>and a murderer section.....henry "snow"flakes"...electric chair.<<<

Al "Bummy" Davis....Murdered
Yankee Sullivan....Murdered in jail?
Trevor Berbick....Murdered
Tue Bjørn Thomsen....murdered
Del Fontaine.....Hanged in England.
Kid McCoy.....murder/suicide
Billy Papke....murder/suicide
Dixie Kid....Heroin
Bob Murphy....Car Accident
"Barbados" Joe Walcott....Missing
Jack Johnson....Car Accident
Battling Siki...murdered
Chuck Wiggins....Suspicious death
Zora Folley....Accident
Joe Gans.....TB/Consumption
Bill Brennan....Murdered
Rip Randall....Killed in Vietnam
Victor "Young" Perez....After being forced to fight regularily for the amusement of the Nazi's at Auschwitz Death Camp Perez was later shot and killed in 1945 by the Nazi's when the camp was evacuated!
Julian Letterlough....Murdered
Carlos Monzon....Car crash
Al Singer....murdered
Robert Quiroga...murdered
Mzukisi Sikali....murdered
Edwin Rosario....drugs

Glassjaw · Post by **Glassjaw** » 01 Jul 2007, 10:24

Laxatives for Benetiz? Can you explain?

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 01 Jul 2007, 16:12

..laxatives indeed....ali is said to have used them in preparing for his fight with larry holmes....

Victor*KC · Post by **Victor*KC** » 04 Jul 2007, 23:53

Harry Simon was in a car crash and broke both his legs not sure about arms though..

Brich1930b · Post by **Brich1930b** » 06 Jul 2007, 11:00

I READ SOMEWHERE THAT SIMON DID 2 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THW CAR CRASH. DON'T REMEMBER WHERE I READ IT THOUGH.

ebeneezer · Post by **ebeneezer** » 07 Jul 2007, 18:55

Gerry Cooney - drugs/alcohol and shitty management

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 08 Jul 2007, 00:47

..while writing on another thread..(tony pellone) i thought of a fighter who belongs here.....vince foster. a comet who made a big splash....then got kayoed in one round...and then killed in a car wreck. he might have had some good fights left in him....but we'll never know..

Careers Cut Short & Fighters Burnt Out

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