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Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 22 Dec 2019, 15:59
by AntonioMartin
Controversial wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 12:06
Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 09:03
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"
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 22 Dec 2019, 17:24
by gilgamesh
AntonioMartin wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 15:53
gilgamesh wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 13:02
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.
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 22 Dec 2019, 18:35
by hhaehre
Former WBO cruiser champ Magne Havnaa drowned, boating accident.
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 23 Dec 2019, 03:21
by bennie
Davey Moore died in a freak accident involving his car on his own drive.
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 23 Dec 2019, 08:29
by polecateddy
Brett Flournoy, found buried in a burnt out van on farmland;
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... ns-3370251
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 23 Dec 2019, 10:14
by Tuan_Jim
Controversial wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 12:06
Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 09:03
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!
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 23 Dec 2019, 10:22
by Controversial
Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑23 Dec 2019, 10:14
Controversial wrote: ↑22 Dec 2019, 12:06
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 !!
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 23 Dec 2019, 11:48
by 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
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 23 Dec 2019, 12:12
by Duran1970
Pernell Whittaker.
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 24 Dec 2019, 09:03
by 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...
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 24 Dec 2019, 15:41
by gerryd77
Controversial wrote: ↑23 Dec 2019, 10:22
Tuan_Jim wrote: ↑23 Dec 2019, 10:14
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.
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 24 Dec 2019, 16:44
by Controversial
gerryd77 wrote: ↑24 Dec 2019, 15:41
Controversial wrote: ↑23 Dec 2019, 10:22
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.
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 27 Dec 2019, 11:41
by 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.
Re: boxers tragic deaths outside ring
Posted: 29 Dec 2019, 01:51
by AntonioMartin
Darren Sutherland, suicide.