I still miss Chico

[Thread Stealer]

Corrales was a favorite of mine.

As a fan, I guess it's better than he's not fighting (of course retirement would've been nice, not death), because he was on the way down as a fighter and it's never fun to watch one of your favorites get beat up.

The Clottey fight was rather tough to watch.

[Thread Stealer]

For some reason reading this reminded me of what Chris Rock said about rappers. About all the good rappers dying young, and the bad ones sticking around forever.

"Biggie? Dead. Tupac? Dead. Vanilla Ice? Still alive."

The same can be said about boxers who go before their time.

"Monzon? Dead. Corrales? Dead. Cory Spinks? Still alive."

Monzon was a piece of ****. From what people tell me, Cory is a decent and likeable person, who goes out of his way to take care of his brain-damaged father who was a poor father to him growing up.

He is usually painful to watch though.

I would replace the Monzon with someone like Salvador Sanchez. Boxing fans missed out on what he could've done in the future. We already saw all the great things Monzon did as a fighter.

[abadger]

Do you know, I rewatched his fight with Mayweather today and his tearful interview almost brought a tear to my eye too. He just wanted to finish the fight, man.

[Thread Stealer]

A lot of fighters say "you'd have to kill me in the ring", but usually I think they're just saying that.

Corrales was someone with the type of heart and craziness that I actually believed he was willing to die in there.

[Don Johnson]

man I was crushed when I heard the news, i couldn't beleive it. It sounded like a sick joke being played on me or somethin. My friend texted me sayin he died and I told him to **** off cuz that **** aint funny but, then I checked the news and it was true. I still ponder about the possible matchups b/t him and today's LWWs but then I remember he's dead.

[Miburo]

He was at the end of his career in boxing terms. He could no longer make the lighter weights and had no chance mixing it up at welterweight against any name fighters as the Clottey fight showed. One or two more fights at most (and perhaps immediately at best) and he should have retired. Retirement would of course have been preferable to what befell him.

[williamhvx1]

i remember when he die i feel like a friend of mine die, even though i dont know him. **** motorcycles ...

[Viktor777]

RIP Chico.

[HotSizzle]

i remember when he die i feel like a friend of mine die, even though i dont know him. **** motorcycles ...

You should hate alcohol not motorcycles.

[Talon]

i remember watching him fight clottey.. he showed huge heart. a lot of fighters do in losing, but when i came on here nobody was name calling or disrespecting him. we all loved and respected him.. remember his voice? he was such a nice guy. i loved how close him and castillo were. that video in this original post made me wanna cry

on the subject of fighters i feel connected to: i was really depressed when roy jones got knocked out. that just wasnt even a possibility for me, its like seeing your dad get shot or something. i believe in his comeback very much and rejoice when he wins