Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 30, 2016 Comments in this Facebook thread seem to imply Errol Christie is currently hospitalised and has been for some time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 8, 2016 ^^^ latest comment says 'out and doing well'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,932 Posted September 8, 2016 Super featerweight legend Bobby Chacon is dead at 64 following a fall and years of severe dementia. Too many shots to the head. http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-sn-boxing-bobby-chacon-obituary-dead-20160907-snap-story.html Gets Italian obits as well. http://www.quotidiano.net/sport/pugilato-addio-a-bobby-chacon-1.2492902 http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/media/Bobby-Chacon-pugile-campione-pesi-piuma-morto-per-demenza-a-64-anni-33e41407-662f-4a52-99a9-b407a573453b.html http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/sport/altrisport/2016/09/08/pugilato-addio-a-bobby-chacon_306a1fe1-8f4f-437c-8277-33f4f4d5f7f0.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 8, 2016 His wife topped herself afore a fight didn't she? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted September 10, 2016 Fuck, took me a couple of days but Chacon was the one in the Zevon song about Mancini. https://youtu.be/7vthkpcW8a0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MightyMoose 10 Posted October 1, 2016 Boxer counted out http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-37526636 Rather oddly his death was announced quite a few hours ago then he "was still fighting" and finally definitively over. I can almost picture Michael Buffer saying "We go to the scorecards, Judge 1 says "Dead", Judge 2 has it "Alive" and Judge 3 for the winner by Majority Decision....and still undefeated.... DEATH! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted October 1, 2016 Boxer counted out http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-37526636 Rather oddly his death was announced quite a few hours ago then he "was still fighting" and finally definitively over. I can almost picture Michael Buffer saying "We go to the scorecards, Judge 1 says "Dead", Judge 2 has it "Alive" and Judge 3 for the winner by Majority Decision....and still undefeated.... DEATH! I believe the term is that they threw in the towell 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,932 Posted October 1, 2016 Boxer counted out http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-37526636 Rather oddly his death was announced quite a few hours ago then he "was still fighting" and finally definitively over. I can almost picture Michael Buffer saying "We go to the scorecards, Judge 1 says "Dead", Judge 2 has it "Alive" and Judge 3 for the winner by Majority Decision....and still undefeated.... DEATH! Zsa Zsa defeated Death in at least three different matches. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weebl 216 Posted October 1, 2016 Boxer counted out http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-37526636 Rather oddly his death was announced quite a few hours ago then he "was still fighting" and finally definitively over. I can almost picture Michael Buffer saying "We go to the scorecards, Judge 1 says "Dead", Judge 2 has it "Alive" and Judge 3 for the winner by Majority Decision....and still undefeated.... DEATH! I believe the term is that they threw in the towell So wrong, but too funny! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 6, 2016 Barry McGuigan may be out to spoil our fun - but he has a point about needing organised mental health support for boxers Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/37570429 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted October 9, 2016 Aaron Pryor at 61 http://www.boxingscene.com/aaron-pryor-hall-fame-legend-passes-away-61--109593 Missed out the big fights v Leonard & Duran through sheer greed/stupidity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted November 9, 2016 Former British and Eurpean heavyweight champ Jack Bodell has died aged 76. He had been suffering from dementia. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-3920948/Former-British-heavyweight-champion-Jack-Bodell-dies-aged-76-long-battle-dementia.html Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bodell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted November 11, 2016 Perico Fernandez, a handy enough super lightweight who became world champion during the 70s, dead at 64.He'd been in a care home for the past four years. Most interestingly though, he was on the losing end of a fight in 1975 to Saensak Muangsurin, which saw the Thai boxer become a world champion in just his third fight, less than eight months after turning pro. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 25, 2016 Alex Stewart, a heavyweight contender who fought Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield and nearly beat George Foreman, died on Nov. 16 in Mount Vernon, N.Y. He was 52. His death was confirmed by Mike Gilberg, a friend, who said Stewart had had a blood clot in his lung. SC http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/sports/alex-stewart-dead-heavyweight.html?ref=topics&referer=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/d/deaths_obituaries/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,129 Posted November 25, 2016 Alex Stewart, a heavyweight contender who fought Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield and nearly beat George Foreman, died on Nov. 16 in Mount Vernon, N.Y. He was 52. His death was confirmed by Mike Gilberg, a friend, who said Stewart had had a blood clot in his lung. SC http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/sports/alex-stewart-dead-heavyweight.html?ref=topics&referer=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/d/deaths_obituaries/index.html Just think, if he HAD beaten George Foreman he'd be one of the greatest and we'd have reported his death on 16th Nov and not a week later. Fame is so fickle..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 5, 2016 Christie update.. https://m.facebook.com/errol.christie.10/?locale2=en_GB A 1 min video about how he fought bigotry in the 70's , and now he's fighting it and cancer. Still images only and no audio from him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted December 5, 2016 27 days, Errol, that's all we who gambled on you lasting one more year ask for... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted December 5, 2016 27 days, Errol, that's all we who gambled on you lasting one more year ask for... Add to that the 20 plus Advent Avalanchers who don't have you 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted December 5, 2016 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/14943135._Silly__Blackwell_couldn_t_resist_the_urge/ Nick Blackwell back in hospital last week after sparring resulted in another brain injury, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted December 5, 2016 http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/14943135._Silly__Blackwell_couldn_t_resist_the_urge/ Nick Blackwell back in hospital last week after sparring resulted in another brain injury, I'm with his dad, WTF was he thinking and... if he's truly that gormless are the DL C'tee up to speed on him? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted December 23, 2016 Blackwell now out of coma... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted December 29, 2016 Ricky Hatton's suicide attempts discussed this morning on Radio Four http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38401353 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exu 250 Posted December 29, 2016 Blackwell now out of coma... Wonder if he is sensible enough not to try sparring in the future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chopped Liver 53 Posted February 6, 2017 m.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/dingko-singh-former-asian-games-gold-medallist-battles-cancer/story-5HpxbP2XhgJTAxDKi4zMxK.html Dingko Singh, former Indian boxer, has apparently lost 70% of his liver to cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 18, 2017 Michael Watson and his carer both maced/or worse and hospitalised after a failed carjack in Laandan Town. Can't believe how long ago 'that' fight was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
