Boxers who had rough upbringing

[deevel79]

Pacman: lived in extreme poverty. Father once cooked his pet dog because there was no food.

Kassim Ouma: Was dragged out of elementary school, and forced to kill as part of some sort of militia.

Who else?

[SkillspayBills]

Jermain Taylor, father left when he was five and he had to take care of all his sisters while his mom worked two jobs.

You do know that we could go ALL DAY about bad upbringings and boxing.

[deevel79]

Jermain Taylor, father left when he was five and he had to take care of all his sisters while his mom worked two jobs.

You do know that we could go ALL DAY about bad upbringings and boxing.

We needed a change from all the "floyd will beat hatton" , "hatton will beat floyd" threads!

[Tuggers1986]

Edison Miranda

"Edison Miranda has been a fighter his entire life. He was abandoned by his family at one month old and spent the rest of his childhood working hard in the plantain and yucca fields of Tumaco on the southern coast of Colombia. By the age of nine, he was living completely on his own, with no parents, sweeping up for a street vendor in the neighboring town of Buenaventura and by the time Edison was 12, he was already working a grown-man's job in construction. Just two years later, he worked as a cattle butcher in Barranquilla"

I dont think you'll find any pro boxer who had it harder than Ouma though. i made a thread on his entire upbringing once. ill find it now.

[Tuggers1986]

Edison Miranda

"Edison Miranda has been a fighter his entire life. He was abandoned by his family at one month old and spent the rest of his childhood working hard in the plantain and yucca fields of Tumaco on the southern coast of Colombia. By the age of nine, he was living completely on his own, with no parents, sweeping up for a street vendor in the neighboring town of Buenaventura and by the time Edison was 12, he was already working a grown-man's job in construction. Just two years later, he worked as a cattle butcher in Barranquilla"

I dont think you'll find any pro boxer who had it harder than Ouma though. i made a thread on his entire upbringing once. ill find it now.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107497

[deevel79]

Edison Miranda

"Edison Miranda has been a fighter his entire life. He was abandoned by his family at one month old and spent the rest of his childhood working hard in the plantain and yucca fields of Tumaco on the southern coast of Colombia. By the age of nine, he was living completely on his own, with no parents, sweeping up for a street vendor in the neighboring town of Buenaventura and by the time Edison was 12, he was already working a grown-man's job in construction. Just two years later, he worked as a cattle butcher in Barranquilla"

I dont think you'll find any pro boxer who had it harder than Ouma though. i made a thread on his entire upbringing once. ill find it now.

I remember during the countdown to Miranda/Pavlik, they showed how rough Miranda had it growing up. As a child he took buses from town to town in search of his mother, and when he finally found her, she said that she didnt want him. Now thats ****ing sad!

[Eno]

Nard went to jail and his story makes a point that pepople can change since nard went from armed robbery to middleweight kingpin...

[SkillspayBills]

We needed a change from all the "floyd will beat hatton" , "hatton will beat floyd" threads!

True, I guess we can do this all day to get away from those thread,lol.


Oh yeah Edison's upbringing makes anyone want to cry.

Mike Tyson- in and out of school jail and fights

Bernard Hopkins- one of the most gangsta dudes you will eva meet, was in and out of jail alos.

[SpeedKillz]

kofi jantuah - similar to kassim ouma, jus not as intense or dramatic

[Thread Stealer]

I Think A Better Topic Is Which Fighters didn't Have A Rough Childhood.