Comments Thread For: Vladimir Virchis, 49-Years-Old, Found Dead From Suicide

[hitmanjosh]

I agree about the style and unfortunate way they wrote this article in which it has no tack, if I was someone close to the fighter it would cause me to be angry, bitter and broken, they should remove this B.S. really!

[BigZ44]

Damn, sad to hear, recall him having a win over Michael Sprott and lost a close fight to Ruslan Chagaev. RIP

[elfag]

yeah the article is pretty bad, what is the point on ragging on his career, for a boxing website who should be supportive of boxers. for all we know he could have had CTE from boxing contributing to his depression/suicide

[Robertthebruce]

Really sorry to hear this and goes to show suicide really can affect anyone no matter what walk of life.
the article could have been written a lot better considering what has just happened

[1Eriugenus]

I would like it re-written rather than just taken down. The man won the European title twice which is a considerable achievement & you don't beat guys like Sprott or Vidoz, or push Chagaev to a close decision unless you have excellent skills. If he was conned out of his earnings by a 'friend' (& I have no reason to doubt it) then the feelings of betrayal & hopelessness must have been overwhelming. RIP champ.

[b Murphington]

I would like it re-written rather than just taken down. The man won the European title twice which is a considerable achievement & you don't beat guys like Sprott or Vidoz, or push Chagaev to a close decision unless you have excellent skills. If he was conned out of his earnings by a 'friend' (& I have no reason to doubt it) then the feelings of betrayal & hopelessness must have been overwhelming. RIP champ.

Being scammed is already bad enough. Being scammed from an actual so called “friend” would be absolutely heart wrenching.

[1Eriugenus]

This is for Per Ake Persson

When a man dies, do NOT critique his boxing style. Pay tribute to his wins & put into context his losses. If you can't or won't do that, just acknowledge his death but don't try & smear excrement over his corse.

When Rocky Marciano died Frazier was one of the mourners. When he came out of the church a journalist jumped him saying 'Joe, do you think you would've beaten a prime Rocky?'

Joe fixed him with a look & said 'you want to talk about boxing, come to the gym & I'll talk about boxing. Right now, this is about honouring a man'. But then Joe always had that undefinable quality of class.