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Re: What boxers have been incarcerated?
Posted: 13 Feb 2015, 04:13
by Boxerbeetle
meahdem wrote:there is the fella that spent twenty odd years in jail for a crime he never committed, and all he wanted to do was have one fight, upon his release his dream became a reality he had and won his fight, i cant remember his name off hand.
Didn't B-Hop take it upon himself to make sure that guy had his fight after he was released? Can't remember his name either though.
Re: What boxers have been incarcerated?
Posted: 13 Feb 2015, 15:32
by sucracristo
Boxerbeetle wrote:Can't remember his name either though.
Re: What boxers have been incarcerated?
Posted: 13 Feb 2015, 16:02
by meahdem
Boxerbeetle wrote:meahdem wrote:there is the fella that spent twenty odd years in jail for a crime he never committed, and all he wanted to do was have one fight, upon his release his dream became a reality he had and won his fight, i cant remember his name off hand.
Didn't B-Hop take it upon himself to make sure that guy had his fight after he was released? Can't remember his name either though.
yes, your right he did and his name was dewey bodzilla which was posted by irlangmaid25, thought i should let you know before you get sent out the classroom by sucracrito.
Re: What boxers have been incarcerated?
Posted: 10 Apr 2015, 08:20
by doug.ie
Chuck1052 wrote:
Del Fontaine- After being convicted of a murder of a woman he was acquainted with, Fontaine, a Canadian boxer, was hanged in Wadsworth Prison in London, England on October 29, 1935.
mixed with the likes of Mickey Walker and Tommy Farr he did..
Re: What boxers have been incarcerated?
Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 16:47
by Chuck1052
Chuck1052 wrote:Lonnie Craft- After being convicted of first-degree murder, Lonnie Craft, whose ring name was "Battling Blackjack," was executed in the Arizona State Prison in Florence, Arizona on March 7, 1959.
Del Fontaine- After being convicted of a murder of a woman he was acquainted with, Fontaine, a Canadian boxer, was hanged in Wadsworth Prison in London, England on October 29, 1935.
Two San Francisco boxers, Ed "K.O." Kruvosky and Ed "Spud" Murphy, were convicted of rape along in connection with the Howard Street Gang case with each being sentenced to state prison for 1-to-50 years during the early 1920s.
After being convicted of burglary, Red Watson, a California boxer, was incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison in California beginning in 1919. After being convicted of robbery as a minor, Watson also served a term in a reformatory in Whittier, California during the early 1910s.
- Chuck Johnston
Re: What boxers have been incarcerated?
Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 16:56
by dagilechia
others I can mention from my country are Dawid Kostecki and Tomasz Gargula, started to box again in 2015 after 11 years in prison for drugs-related things.
Re: What boxers have been incarcerated?
Posted: 12 Sep 2017, 18:27
by marvelous marv
Current heavyweight prospect Adam Braidwood is a convicted sex offender.
Re: What boxers have been incarcerated?
Posted: 13 Sep 2017, 20:43
by ldlamb
His name may have gotten thrown out once...but I'm shocked there was no more conversation about James Scott and his nationally televised fights direct from The prison yard.