Did these fighters damage their legacy?

[El Manos]

It's an amazing list when you look up fighters who hung around too long and many ended up broke and in poor health. I must say that these fighters didn't handle their careers in an intelligent manner


Ali-punch drunk
Ray Robinson-broke, punch drunk
Pernell Whitaker-punch drunk
James toney-punch drunk
Jimmy Young-punch drunk
John Tate-punch drunk
Shane Mosley-punch drunk, steroids, damaged legacy
Roy Jones jr-damaged legacy?
Joe Louis-broke, punch drunk
Thomas Hearns-broke, punch drunk
Riddick Bowe-broke, punch drunk
Mike Tyson- broke
Sonny Liston-damaged legacy
Meldrick Taylor-broke, punch drunk, damaged legacy
Joe Frazier-broke,punch drunk
Michael Dokes-broke, punch drunk
Floyd Patterson-punch drunk
Jack Johnson-broke, hung on too long

There are many more but I think I made my point that boxing can be tragic and these fighters are an example. Not smart enough to walk away when they should have and many could not handle their finances correctly. Boxing needs a solid pension plan and hopefully we'll see that in the future.

However, some fighters were intelligent enough to walk away with their money and health. They deserve accolades.

Carlos Monzon
Ricardo Lopez
Rocky Marciano
Joe Calzaghe
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney


The question remains: When a fighter hangs on too long, does it damage their legacy?

[The Gambler1981]

Pretty much no, in the here and now it effects a guy like Roy Jones but as soon as he stops fighting and we move away from his career it will go back to people remembering him as Superman again.


Mosley and Taylor were never "greats" in the first place they only got at closest to the cusp of greatness, so I would say people are just being real about them in hindsight.

[Kagami Taiga]

Lol, who's alt is this

[Jloro]

lol Mosley is punch drunk?

[Jack Napier]

losing when you're shot doesn't count against you
you aren't credible anymore, so you're losses aren't credible
if you're simply past it, it's different, you can still fight
but as a shell of yourself, nobody gets credit for beating you

[U_TALKING_2_ME?]

Carlos Monzon deserves accolades? In the ring yes but out side of the ring Hell no, Carlos was a notorious woman beater who beat a woman so bad he killed her and was given a 11 year prison sentence for the crime! Talk about the ultimate in damaged legacy's. I would rather be punch drunk and broke than a woman killing ****ing coward, at least Edwin Valero had the decency to take his own life after his cowardly act

[Barn]

racisttttttttttttt

[Weebler I]

Is defensive specialist Pernell Whitaker really punch drunk?

[thuggery]

It's kinda weird how the so called defensive/slick or technical boxers were the ones that ended up punch drunk. It's pretty sad, but still odd.

Anyway I agree with the list. A lot of those guys made a fuckton of money in their careers and blew it all away.

The thing is, the ones that went punch drunk didn't know it was gonna happen to them, that they had no control over it but going broke is their fault. No sympathy for that.

[U_TALKING_2_ME?]

racisttttttttttttt

Exactly! Something tells me that Elbosshogg is in the building