The_Bringer's Vernon Forrest Tribute

wow great vid tribute man! Thanks man. I plan on extending the length if anyone ever uploads more of his fights in the trading block. There's a thread in there with 6 of his fights for download, and the links were down on half of them. I almost feel like I didn't do Vernon justice because it's so short. :(

Just got this finished and uploaded, and wanted to share it with everybody here. I wish I could've made it longer ; but there are only a small handful of Forrest fights available for download in the trading block, and even a few of those I couldn't use because they weren't in AVI format. (I've been up all night and didn't feel like taking the time to convert them right now.) Aside from that, the song I picked is only 2:15 long, and I absolutely could not come up with a song good enough to follow that score. Anyways, here it is ; still being processed so quality will improve once it's finished the cycle. Leave comments, feedback, and ratings here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwxgZ6w8Sps R.I.P. Vernon ; It didn't fully set in on me that you were gone until I got about halfway through making this video. :( wow great vid tribute man!

lol, mosley always has that im gettin my ass kicked look, then next second he comes back harder, he aint no quitter, no way..... Nobody in their right mind would call Shane a quitter. But I've never seen him hunched over like a crippled up freak from bodyshots like that before, either. You could hear the audibles on those things as clear as you could hear the commentary.

Indeed. Though he clearly had the look of a man that wanted to quit, especially when Forrest was murdering him at close range with bodyshot after bodyshot. He got a small break when the mouthpiece came out and Smoger called a time out. Even then though, when he was in the corner getting his mouthpiece rinsed off ; he couldn't even stand up straight for it. He was hunched over like a freak. Balls of steel though, no doubt. Me? I would've quit after that barrage in the 2nd. That was brutal. I'd just pull a Seldon and call it a night. :lol1: lol, mosley always has that im gettin my ass kicked look, then next second he comes back harder, he aint no quitter, no way.....

what ****ing toughness by mosley........... Indeed. Though he clearly had the look of a man that wanted to quit, especially when Forrest was murdering him at close range with bodyshot after bodyshot. He got a small break when the mouthpiece came out and Smoger called a time out. Even then though, when he was in the corner getting his mouthpiece rinsed off ; he couldn't even stand up straight for it. He was hunched over like a freak. Balls of steel though, no doubt. Me? I would've quit after that barrage in the 2nd. That was brutal. I'd just pull a Seldon and call it a night. :lol1:

what ****ing toughness mosley has...........those were some vicious shots

I thought it was a one time thing.. Where the celeb visit some lesser fortunate people to promote themself and gain some fame out of it you know.. Countless of famous people does this. A bit of a pessimistic view I know. But if he worked with these people on a regularly basis and it was a passion of his to help these people and make them feel better then I just got a whole lot of respect for Forrest as a person.. With some guys you meet in boxing, or in life for that matter, a sad end doesn’t come as a shock. Vernon Forrest was not that kind of person. He never should have ended up face down in the street with a gun in his hand, which was where he was lying when he breathed his last breath Saturday night in Atlanta. He never should have ended up with his back riddled by bullets, his 11-year-old godson standing stunned, with a candy bar in his hand, as he came out of a gas station convenience store after walking away from his godfather’s Jaguar to get some sweets while Vernon put air in one of his tires. While the boy was mercifully gone, Atlanta police say two suspects walked up and tried to rob Forrest of his wallet and possibly his car, which he’d bought with his own blood during a 16-year boxing career that saw him win world titles at 147 and 154 pounds. Perhaps he might have given up the money, but not the wallet and certainly not the car and so Vernon Forrest did one of the two things that came naturally to him. He fought back. Forrest chased the men, pulling his own gun out at some point and firing at them. Witnesses say he gave up the chase, turned to walk back to his car when his assailants, assassins really, saw their chance. They opened fire and shot him in the back seven or eight times, police later saying they believed more than 20 shots were fired in all before it was over. As they fled in a red Monte Carlo, the suspects had no idea they had left behind one of the kindest souls and sweetest men God ever made. A man who fought for a living because if you came out of the poverty he’d known as a kid in Augusta, Ga., what other option did you have? Once he’d had success, but frankly before he’d made big money, he started Destiny’s Child, which housed young adults with mental disabilities and helped them earn respect by taking care of themselves with a little help from their friends. They never had a more loyal friend than Forrest, who spent endless hours there with “my guys,” as he used to introduce them if someone came by to say hello and maybe write a few lines about what they were doing together. That was the other thing that came naturally to him: Vernon Forrest gave more than he took, in the ring and out of it. You do not make the Olympic team, as Forrest did in 1992, or win two world titles, as Forrest did, or become the first man to beat Shane Mosley by knocking him half loopy, as Forrest did, without being a great fighter. But he was more than what he did. He was someone who cared about people who were asked to walk a difficult road, perhaps because he’d walked one himself. He was a man who took care of his mother, his siblings, his 12-year-old son, Vernon Jr., not because it was his obligation but because it was right and that’s what he wanted to be. He wanted to be on the right side and most often he was. “The world was a better place with him in it,” said a grief-stricken Al Haymon, who first got into boxing as Forrest’s adviser and stayed there as his friend. It’s a lesser place today with him gone. Boxing has suffered another loss with his savage, sad passing, a man robbed while putting air in his car tire and shot down because he was too much of a fighter to let someone take what was his. The irony is if they’d just asked he very likely would have given them every penny he had, but try to take something from him and, well, you were in for a fight. Shane Mosley learned that at the Olympic Trials and twice as a professional. Sergio Mora, 10 years the junior of the 38-year-old Forrest, learned it a year ago in a rematch for the 154-pound title he’d won from Forrest in a close decision. Vernon won the rematch by a landslide. He missed two years of his prime due to shoulder and elbow problems and was battling age and nagging injuries again. But he had a fall comeback planned, one last run at a world title before he went off to his life’s work, which seemed to always involve giving. And then one night he needed air in a tire and his godson wanted some sweets and now he’s dead, his 12-year-old son without a father and Destiny’s Child without its heart. It leaves us with a sad question Vernon Forrest used to ask whenever he came upon someone like the kids he supported with his heart and his hands: “Why’s it got to be like this?” Good question for which there never seems to be a good answer. Ron Borges and I usually don't see eye to eye but he did a great write up on this one I thought.

Damn, I didn't know that.. People who knew him did, however, say he was one of the nicest people they ever knew.. It's just ****ed up with these boxers dying at the moment.. And now the bullshit about Gatti and the purse strap suicide bullshit. The people in my video that he's shaking hands with and hugging? Those are the mentally disabled patients whom he helped take care of. He wasn't just giving money either, he genuinely cared about them and was hands on with them. There's an excellent clip that I saw somewhere, sometime when they did a piece on Forrest ; where he's wiping something off this one patient's face with his hand. And you can see the bond he had with them in the highlight. I can't imagine what they must be thinking right about now. Maybe they don't know he's been murdered. But they damn sure can sense something ain't right, since Vernon's not there with them.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z1ZJ11GH That's the version I used for my footage of the Mosley beatdown. thanks man, much respect :fing02:.

hey bringer, do you have the first fight against mosley in HQ? :luvbed: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z1ZJ11GH That's the version I used for my footage of the Mosley beatdown. Very nice work Bringer. Solemn and uplifting at the same time. Appropriate musical choice. Almost had me going for a sec... I wouldn't mind it being longer though. I would've loved to have made it longer but there's not much up for offer around here in way of Vernon fights, unfortunately. :( I looked for highlight videos of him on youtube to take a clip or two from to make it longer, but there were none of those either ; just slideshows.

hey bringer, do you have the first fight against mosley in HQ? :luvbed:

damn, that left hook to the body right uppercut he landed against mosley looks so damn deadly :luvbed:

Another great video by The Bringer. Shiiiiiiit. I keep it nice and simple ; I've seen cats on here who slay me when it comes to video making skills. But I've never really cared for all the bells and whistles ; crisp quality video and a track is all it takes to please me.

No doubt. If there's an eye of the tiger Forrest had it that night.. He had an answer for everything Mosley threw at him. He really wanted it, and got it when no one expected him to win.. How Forrest could go from that to the tired/lacy fighter who faced Mora in their first fight is beyond me.. :ugh: How come Forrest is one of your fav fighters? Not everyday you hear people mention him as one of their favourites.. The first Mosley fight is what made me a fan of his. But the little piece they did on him and his work with the mentally disabled really made me much more than a fan ; I genuinely admired his kindness. I was happy to see him make his "comeback", even though I felt Ike clearly won that fight. But I always just kept rooting for him. I remember having discussions with Dwiens about what may have been with Vernon more than once because we were both big fans and we felt that the injuries really railroaded his career. Mayorga too, obviously. But I think he could've bounced back from those losses had it not been for his shitty shoulder.

By the way, since the user "Sox8055" just asked me what the name of the song was, I figured I'd post it in here if anybody else wanted to know. The song is titled "long long time ago" and the composer is Javier Navarrete. It was on the soundtrack to "Pan's Labyrinth" ; one of my all time favorite movies.

thanks bro, it just really hit me that he is gone when i watched that video. it brought a tear to my eye. R.I.P Vernon Forrest I can relate. I've been bummed out about his death ever since I heard the news, but it wasn't until I got halfway through making the video that it really set in ; he's dead. I shed a few tears when it finally sank in, and I don't give a shit who says I'm a homo because of it either. And it has nothing to do with his skills as a fighter, or me watching him box on TV so many times. Vernon took time out of his life, and money out of his pocket to help the kinds of people that most assholes who walk this Earth poke fun at. And if losing him because some bitch wanted his Championship ring isn't a tragedy ; I don't know what is.

Appreciate it, sorry about Mosley, but Vernon put on the performance of his career that night. You could tell he just wanted it so bad. Not only did he beat Shane ; he beat the living shit out of him, and that was prime Mosley. That's no easy task for any man. I haven't been able to watch the video since I made it because of how fucked up it is that he's dead. I do remember feeling very eerie when I got to the Mosley parts in the video, right when the melody intensifies. If you look closely you can see the passion on Vernon's face as he has Shane trapped on the ropes in the 10th and is going to work on his body with body shots that had Mosley doubled over in pain. Vernon wanted it so badly that night. And despite the hostile intent behind all of his punches, in the post fight he went right up to Shane, and hugged him very closely and he was the one consoling Mosley. All of that just made me feel something. thanks bro, it just really hit me that he is gone when i watched that video. it brought a tear to my eye. R.I.P Vernon Forrest

Good work Bringer.. Of course I don't like to see my man Mosley get his ass handed to him in the Vid but it was a good win for Forrest. Keep up the good work. 5 Stars! R.I.P Champ Appreciate it, sorry about Mosley, but Vernon put on the performance of his career that night. You could tell he just wanted it so bad. Not only did he beat Shane ; he beat the living shit out of him, and that was prime Mosley. That's no easy task for any man. I haven't been able to watch the video since I made it because of how fucked up it is that he's dead. I do remember feeling very eerie when I got to the Mosley parts in the video, right when the melody intensifies. If you look closely you can see the passion on Vernon's face as he has Shane trapped on the ropes in the 10th and is going to work on his body with body shots that had Mosley doubled over in pain. Vernon wanted it so badly that night. And despite the hostile intent behind all of his punches, in the post fight he went right up to Shane, and hugged him very closely and he was the one consoling Mosley. All of that just made me feel something.

Good stuff Bringer.....

And the whole purpose of it is to be sad. It's a tragedy. As much as I love and miss Corrales, I didn't even feel this horrible when he died. Because Chico made the decision to drive drunk and unfortunately he paid the ultimate price for it. Whereas Vernon would still be with us today if it wasn't for a fucking punk who wanted his money and his "4 time Champion" ring. :(