Vernon Forrest Shot and Killed in Atlanta

[Gareth Ivanovic]

Another tragic situation. RIP Vernon.

[boxingp4p]

Oh man , this is deep..... i feel so sorry for what his family must be going through now . My most sincere condolences to them and i hope and pray they will make it through this tragic incident . Whats wrong with the world today, no one deserves to die for materialistic gain.

[Dynamite Kid]

I like watching Forrest fight he was a pure Boxer. His recent performance against Mora was the definition of a pure Boxing.

[NeXt In Line]

The Viper, RIP champ. This is just crazy with all the deaths lately, most recently Gatti and Forrest both of which appear ro be murders.

[Mr. Philadel]

see thats why I HATE jealous broke muh****as!!!......I HATE this **** my dudes!!!......RIP Viper!!

The Real Dudes Die And The Worms Live
Thats Real ****ed Up But Thats How **** Is!!!!

[flyest1]

I'm going to watch my Forrest career set today. I have 24 fights of his and will start at the bottom

[flyest1]

see thats why I HATE jealous broke muh****as!!!......I HATE this **** my dudes!!!......RIP Viper!!

The Real Dudes Die And The Worms Live
Thats Real ****ed Up But Thats How **** Is!!!!

Co-sign and the sad thing about it, is that the recession is really making people robbed folks. I'm just suprised it happen to an athlete like Forrest who is well known in Atlanta. This is to damn sad, man

[Grimmer]

No need to argue with fools. There is a reason wy we carry guns and if my daughter was in a car, while this **** happened, I would probably snap to. You should always protect your family. Plus alot of people never been in a city like that before. So they don't understand the environment

But who did he protect? He got himself killed and left his girlfriend's son vulnerable to the attackers, if they wanted to kill the kid, they would have done. They didn't. Why? Because all they probably wanted was a Jaguar and not to kill someone. Vernon could have protected his girlfriend's son and himself by standing aside, and letting them get off with the car. Then go to the police, get them to hunt down the car and the people who did it. Of course without the full facts being present this is speculation. I just think carrying a gun is more of a liability than protection, to me it sounds in this instance that Vernon pulling a gun is what triggered (no pun intended) the attackers to shoot back because at that point the attackers are thinking about their own lives and protecting themselves. Where as if Vernon didn't have a gun they might have just driven off in his Jaguar (the reason they instigated the attack if reports are to be believed) leaving Vernon and the kid unharmed.


Anyway, I hope they both get caught and get a life sentences.

RIP Vernon.

[Fenix]

Sad news but it sounds like it was his fault in the first place.

If someone attempted to carjack him I'm sure they were strapped and he chose to chase them, gun in his hand or not. He also apparently left his young stepson alone in the car to do so. I know all too well about "snapping" as I have a pretty heated temper but now that I have a 2 year old of my own I've learned the importance of things like patience, level headed thinking & how to better control my temper. Vernon evidently didn't.

Easily could've been prevented in my opinion.

[xAUGUSTUSx]

WTF is going on. I seriously can't even handle this ****. Gatti's death was really hard for me to handle. I followed his whole career it felt like I knew the guy personally. Now Forrest too? All these guys are stand-up guys. This **** should'nt be happening. R.I.P Vernon you were one of the best to still be in this game. I never thought he got enough respect from the boxing world.