...and who died in the ring.

April 11, 1983



http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120728/index.htm

November 22, 1982



http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126122/index.htm



25 years Later

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2007/11/18/2007-11-18_boom_boom_mancinis_life_changed_after_tr.html

Quote :

"Kim collapsed in his corner after getting knocked out in the 14th round and later died from a brain injury. The referee, Richard Green, committed suicide seven months later. Kim's mother committed suicide four months after that. Mancini remains tormented by the events of that day."

[Edited on April 6, 2010 at 11:36 PM. Reason : .]

4/6/2010 11:21:39 PM

Those three players were all from went to high school in Maryland.

4/6/2010 11:25:02 PM

boxing is gay

4/6/2010 11:25:53 PM

^^I thought Lowe was from Washington DC?

^I will watch a fight when I am really bored, but I would never box, or do MMA. You're nuts if you do that. It causes brain damage.

[Edited on April 6, 2010 at 11:28 PM. Reason : .]

4/6/2010 11:26:22 PM

Those three players were all from Maryland Washington, D.C.

4/6/2010 11:27:07 PM

My crews greedy, like Boom Boom Mancini

4/6/2010 11:28:28 PM

Quote :

"boxing is gay"

Huh?

a sport that involves trying to beat the shit out of your opponent?

what is your idea of a MANLY SPORT?

4/7/2010 12:07:14 AM

so what were you wondering exactly?

4/7/2010 12:14:15 AM

I always wondered why you were such a stalker

4/7/2010 12:15:34 AM

oh i get it now.. the very top line.. it took SI like 6 months to put that on it's magazine?

4/7/2010 12:15:45 AM

^^^Who died.

^It took 9 days, but the article on the NCSU cover was a follow up article about boxing deaths, inspired by the November 13, 1982 fight.

It's still a pretty sweet SI cover though.

[Edited on April 7, 2010 at 12:22 AM. Reason : .]

4/7/2010 12:21:10 AM

oh ok, i never noticed the top line

[Edited on April 7, 2010 at 12:24 AM. Reason : 82, 83]

4/7/2010 12:22:00 AM

^The Suicides came after the 1983 NCSU cover.

4/7/2010 12:24:20 AM

the guy that died that was on the 83 team was lorenzo charles

4/7/2010 9:54:27 AM

^ rofl

4/7/2010 12:53:54 PM

^^No, it was Quinton Leonard who died of a heart attack in 2006 and of course Jim Valvano died of cancer.

4/7/2010 5:12:20 PM

but V wasn't even on the cover

4/7/2010 5:25:14 PM

^Yeh, but the post above said, "The guy that died that was on the team..." He didn't say cover.

4/7/2010 5:34:17 PM

Big4Country's Sports Talk posts are kind of like if Earl was real.

4/7/2010 5:49:09 PM

Reminds me more of dnl

4/7/2010 5:52:38 PM

I watched a documentary on HBO called "Assault in the Ring" about some guy that plastered his gloves, took all the stuffing out, and beat the other guy so badly, he ended his career.

The guy then proceeded to commit suicide becuase his career was over.

Sad stuff

/story

4/7/2010 6:01:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThQFPJpVtK8

Duk Koo Kim meets his death.

4/7/2010 7:51:56 PM

So John Scheyer is now on the cover of SI since Duke won the national title. The headline at the very top of the cover says, "TIGER: Truth or Consequences." Duke fans will now forever be reminded that Tiger bwnd a lot of women.

4/11/2010 11:53:52 PM

4/11/2010 11:59:01 PM

What the fuck is an Asian guy doing trying to box anyways?

4/12/2010 12:01:56 AM

He wanted to be the Bruce Lee of boxing. And in some ways succeeded.

4/12/2010 12:05:58 AM

I actually saw the Korean movie about this guy. I think it was called "Champion".

It was pretty slow.

4/12/2010 12:22:08 AM

Quote :

"Quinton Leonard"

lol oops

4/12/2010 11:06:00 AM

Quote :

"I watched a documentary on HBO called "Assault in the Ring" about some guy that plastered his gloves, took all the stuffing out, and beat the other guy so badly, he ended his career. The guy then proceeded to commit suicide becuase his career was over. Sad stuff /story"

Actually he died in a car crash while driving drunk. I just watched it myself

[Edited on July 10, 2010 at 3:08 AM. Reason : .]

7/10/2010 3:08:19 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpdkbo-_co

7/10/2010 9:11:46 PM

^^Some speculate that his one-car accident was a suicide.

7/10/2010 9:56:30 PM

^Yeh it did say something about him making a comment about how he was going to die behind the wheel, or something like that.

7/10/2010 10:46:45 PM

RIP Oscar Gonzalez

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/10400497/mexican-featherweight-oscar-gonzalez-dies-two-days-knockout

A new study is going to be done on the brains of combat sports athletes.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/10402924/boxing-mma-representatives-meet-head-research

Quote :

""You want to know the risks," Hopkins said. "God forbid if I was diagnosed with something 10-15 years ago, then I got a choice to make. Do I want to enjoy the rest of my life with my kids or do I want to continue to fight for myself and to walk around the rest of my life as a vegetable?""

I'm pretty sure most people already know the risks.

2/9/2014 1:13:43 AM

because gays can't be manly

2/9/2014 3:05:10 AM

Pretty sure vegetables don't walk around.

2/9/2014 12:55:23 PM