boxers with slurred speech

when fighters take some time off, sometimes their speech gets a little better. holyfield sounded better he took some time off. some guys, however, like meldrick, won't ever sound much better.

I used to spar with James.. he spars ALOT.. thousands of rounds over the years with a wide array of good fighters, definitely

I'm a little surprised that James Toney sounds to slurred because I never thought he took a whole lot of punishment as compared to Evander and others on the list. think of how many gym wars he's been part of.

http://detnews.com/specialreports/2001/kronk/sunsuperbad/sunsuperbad.htm Even though I was wrong about how he died I should get a cookie for knowing who he was. Thanks Scully.

http://detnews.com/specialreports/2001/kronk/sunsuperbad/sunsuperbad.htm The article says he had 40 pro fights and lost 1. boxrec says 26-1-1. http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=16459

Superbad Article http://detnews.com/specialreports/2001/kronk/sunsuperbad/sunsuperbad.htm

LOL Not to insult anyone but have any of you guys realised how ridiculous this thread is?

aside from those who have been diagnosed with parkinson's, whose speech is the most slurred and hard to understand? id say james toney thomas hearns meldrick taylor riddick bowe roger and floyd mayweather evander holyfield toney and the mayweathers would talk like that if the were truck drivers

I have to agree w/ who ever said Rocky Balboa. I think he actually liked taking punches to the head and now no one can understand him lol.

Ken Norton's throat was injured in a car wreck I have heard. I believe Norton suffered head trauma in the crash, causing his speech problem. It was a motorcycle wreck.

i guess you mean who stutters bad too. so i'll go with zab judah, james toney, floyd jr does stutter bad at times during interviews promoting his fights, holyfield, and bowe.

He was severly injured I have heard and they problems then arose. Isn't it strange that guys like LaMotta speak pretty clearly. Yeah it is. Real strange. I read an old article on Nigel Benn the other day(Ring March 06) I didn't hear him(obviously)but he looks like he's in healthy condition. And then you look at somebody like James Toney whos a great defensive fighter but sounds worse? I guess every fighter has his limits huh?

Really? I always wondered why he sounded the way he did. I mean, i knew he wasn't born with that voice and i knew it wasn't from fighting. But I thought it was a... whats the right word... a "condition" or something he was diagnosed with. He was severly injured I have heard and they problems then arose. Isn't it strange that guys like LaMotta speak pretty clearly.

Ken Norton's throat was injured in a car wreck I have heard. Really? I always wondered why he sounded the way he did. I mean, i knew he wasn't born with that voice and i knew it wasn't from fighting. But I thought it was a... whats the right word... a "condition" or something he was diagnosed with.

Joe Frazier-he's not as bad as some of the others mentioned. But you can tell boxing along with age have taken their toll on him. Ken Norton- he's always a funny voice. but the last time I heard him speak he slurred a little. Evander Holyfield- I notice his slurring a few years ago. i almost cried. I just pray for the man now. Tommy Hearns-When he was on Ringside w/ Leonard that revealed alot about the toll the sport has taken on him. Aaron Pryor-I think his was more drugs than boxing. I'd like to see how fighters like Phillip Ndou, or Merqui Sosa( in the fights I've seen he took some helacious shots), or even Julio Caesar Chavez( haven't heard him speak) are doing now. Ken Norton's throat was injured in a car wreck I have heard.

Joe Frazier-he's not as bad as some of the others mentioned. But you can tell boxing along with age have taken their toll on him. Ken Norton- he's always a funny voice. but the last time I heard him speak he slurred a little. Evander Holyfield- I notice his slurring a few years ago. i almost cried. I just pray for the man now. Tommy Hearns-When he was on Ringside w/ Leonard that revealed alot about the toll the sport has taken on him. Aaron Pryor-I think his was more drugs than boxing. I'd like to see how fighters like Phillip Ndou, or Merqui Sosa( in the fights I've seen he took some helacious shots), or even Julio Caesar Chavez( haven't heard him speak) are doing now.

Acohol killed SUPERBAD You sure I could have swore it was Aids? He weighed like 100lbs when he died.

aside from those who have been diagnosed with parkinson's, whose speech is the most slurred and hard to understand? id say james toney thomas hearns meldrick taylor riddick bowe roger and floyd mayweather evander holyfield I think it's Meldrick by a landslide idn't it?... Bowe is bad too. Then Hearns, Toney, the Mayweathers, and then Holy.

Acohol killed SUPERBAD

Leavander Johnson.