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By Cliff Rold - On the evening of July 25, 2009, 38-year old former World Champion Vernon “The Viper” Forrest was murdered in an apparent botched car******* in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. In the wake of yet another tragedy in sports and entertainment during this deadly summer of 2009, the boxing world shakes its head at the senselessness and yet this tragedy carries with it something the apparent suicide of Alexis Arguello and murder of Arturo Gatti did not.
The death of Forrest carries an air of nobility.
Details are still being fleshed out. Early accounts relayed an armed Forrest chasing off the assailants while the child of his girlfriend sat inside his car. If that was partly the case, and we can never know for sure what Forrest was thinking, but horror stories of children abducted during car*******s have rocked the headlines before. Forrest was notable as much for out of the ring activities with the developmentally disabled as he was for ring accomplishment. Risking his life to protect a child would have been well in line with the character he displayed in his adult life. [details]
The death of Forrest carries an air of nobility.
Details are still being fleshed out. Early accounts relayed an armed Forrest chasing off the assailants while the child of his girlfriend sat inside his car. If that was partly the case, and we can never know for sure what Forrest was thinking, but horror stories of children abducted during car*******s have rocked the headlines before. Forrest was notable as much for out of the ring activities with the developmentally disabled as he was for ring accomplishment. Risking his life to protect a child would have been well in line with the character he displayed in his adult life. [details]
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