What's The Worst Single Event To Happen In Boxing Over The Last Decade?

The Murders of Vernon Forrest and Alexis Arguello were the worst things that happened hands down. Arguello didnt commit sucide he was murdered for political reasons and Forrest was murdered in the gas station. We hear so many negative things about boxers. But Forrest and Arguello were two great gentleman. Forrest did alot of charity work with kids with disability and Arguello helped people in Nicaragua. Arguello was very kind to his opponents just look at the end of the mancini fight. I wish more boxers would act more like those two fighters.

jeff lacy getting branded the next big thing

and I forgot prince naseem NOT training really hard and NOT going after Barrera for a rematch but being a lazy bum and getting fat and going to jail

anybody who has watched boxing for more than 5 or 6 years (which I realize is maybe 20 people on this entire forum) will tell you the one and only answer to this question: Jones vs. Hopkins II not happening in 2002 when Jones was ranked #1 in the world and Hopkins was #2. How the hell could a fight this big and this important not get made? We're headed down the same F U C K I N G road with Mayweather and Pacquiao, so tell Manny to take the blood test and prove he's a clean fighter and get this shit on. although it should of happened but it aint really the same , really cus they had a fight and jones won, a peak jones would always beat a peak poppa hopkins, why didnt he fight steve collins when he was calling him out left right and centre, he waited until he was retired...

Gatti's suicide was pretty crushing...

Britney Spears shaving her head and mentally breaking down Man none of the boxers could concentrate.

anybody who has watched boxing for more than 5 or 6 years (which I realize is maybe 20 people on this entire forum) will tell you the one and only answer to this question: Jones vs. Hopkins II not happening in 2002 when Jones was ranked #1 in the world and Hopkins was #2. How the hell could a fight this big and this important not get made? We're headed down the same F U C K I N G road with Mayweather and Pacquiao, so tell Manny to take the blood test and prove he's a clean fighter and get this shit on. **** I forgot that one. Also RJJ vs DM was pretty important too

Castillo not making weight AGAIN for Corrales 3. I know the deaths and stuff are probably ahead of this, but I'd thought I'd mention one that hasn't been mentioned. this is definitely up there, so good call. I would also say Lewis not fighting Vitali in the rematch the heavyweight division needed was a big one too.

anybody who has watched boxing for more than 5 or 6 years (which I realize is maybe 20 people on this entire forum) will tell you the one and only answer to this question: Jones vs. Hopkins II not happening in 2002 when Jones was ranked #1 in the world and Hopkins was #2. How the hell could a fight this big and this important not get made? We're headed down the same F U C K I N G road with Mayweather and Pacquiao, so tell Manny to take the blood test and prove he's a clean fighter and get this shit on.

Castillo not making weight AGAIN for Corrales 3. I know the deaths and stuff are probably ahead of this, but I'd thought I'd mention one that hasn't been mentioned.

Enzo Maccarinelli winning a world title.

1. the boxers who died Arturo Gatti,Diego Corrales , Vernon Forrest & Darren Sutherland 2. boxers who cheat, margarito with his loaded gloves, tim bradley with his headbutts, b hop with his faking of low blows 3. Roger Mayweather and Yoel Judahs behaviour in the Floyd Vs judah fight 4. all the robberys by bad judges 5. floyd mayweather overhyping his fight with a super featherweight at Welterweight and charging PPV what a joke.

Tough one. Between the tragic deaths of Gatti, Corrales and Forrest, the string of disgraceful judges decisions and Margacheato.

obviously biased, hometown decision, judging makes me have the want to vomit feeling everytime it happens

The deaths of Arturo Gatti,Diego Corrales & Vernon Forrest were horrible!!Seeing Roy Jones go from maybe the greatest fighter to just trying to rekindle some fragment of his former self!!Watching fighters like the Punisher,Winky Wright & Clottey struggle to get fights,Mosley of late can't get a big event!!Just witnessing fight fans willing to accept so little risk from their fave fighters is also heart breaking!!

A well respected, very likeable, blue collar, top 5 or 6 P4P fighter being caught trying to load his gloves. Margarito was so easy to like, and was great for the sport. In terms of what he does in the ring, he still is. But that was a REALLY bad scandal.

Bernard Hopkins entire career. Disgrace to boxing.

Since the years 2000 - 2009, what would you consider to be the very worst, most unfortunate event to happen within the boxing world? Was it the untimely death of any particular fighter, or watching your favorite boxer getting defeated in a bout? Perhaps it was realizing the apparent impossibility of immediate heavyweight title unification, or maybe an announcement of retirement from any specific boxer. It might have been the discovery of a cheat within the sport or witnessing a highly disputable decision from the ringside judges.. What's the worst thing to happen in boxing over the last decade from your perspective? If you are talking from a personal perspective for me it would have to be the death of Arturo Gatti. Though we lost a lot of familiar loving faces in our sport (more so last year) Gatti struck me the most personally because I watched his career actually revolve from back on his “USA Tuesday Night Fights” days. I mean that shit really got me. Peace.