Comments Thread For: Michael Dokes, Former Champ, Passes Away at 54

[MASTER1454]

R.I.P. Mike - Salute!

Bad Taste......

And so it ends for Mr. Dokes.
I saw him fight live on four occasions and spent some time with him after his release.
Let it be known that he lived as best his devil's would allow and fought the best fight he knew how.

The fight that won him the title against Mike Weaver was defining.
Gerrie Coetzee gave him hell in Ohio but Mike fought like the pro he was.
He gave Evander his finest hour in the best Heavyweight contest of that decade, the 1980's.

It is my contention that the Dokes who fought Holyfield could have beaten any of the current crop of 200 plus pound charactars who frequent today's scene.

He lived a very hard 54 seasons.
Sleep well my friend.

You will be missed.

Later Champ.

Great post!

How bad did he beat that woman up?

Read the whole article.....

[Tiozzo]

damn... 54............

[Mr. Philadel]

Yeah that fight is awesome, gotta love that last combo Holyfield lands with a huge headbutt.

2 posts and BOTH are negative....learn to love life man!!

[mrpain81]

Bad Taste......

Guess they shouldn't have mentioned his ******* addiction or the fact he almost beat girlfriend to death on his obituary..

Like it or not the ******* addiction was a huge part of his legacy.

3:11

2 posts and BOTH are negative....learn to love life man!!

How is that negative? Other then being a great fight that headbutt is one of lasting memories of the fight for me.

[dan_cov]

Sad news, 54 is no age.

R.I.P Champ

[nycsmooth]

so sad, so young...RIP champ...what I remember of him , aside from his amazingly fast hands, that early in his career, Holmes turned him down 2x...

[MASTER1454]

[QUOTE=mrpain81;12423101]Guess they shouldn't have mentioned his ******* addiction or the fact he almost beat girlfriend to death on his obituary..

Like it or not the ******* addiction was a huge part of his legacy.

It was already mentioned in the obituary - no issue with that, so we know that already. So why bring it up again for a cheap laugh?

[lastrealfan]

Say what you want about him the man could fight. Sad to see fighters die so young.

[mrpain81]

[QUOTE=MASTER1454;12423630]

Guess they shouldn't have mentioned his ******* addiction or the fact he almost beat girlfriend to death on his obituary..

Like it or not the ******* addiction was a huge part of his legacy.

It was already mentioned in the obituary - no issue with that, so we know that already. So why bring it up again for a cheap laugh?

We are getting off topic. The guy died and it's a tragedy for his family, 54 is way too young for anyone.

BTW

I didn't post that for laugh, that was the first thing that came to my mind. I chose the youtube clip that didn't have the extended laugh like this one.



If I would have typed it out it wouldn't have been an issue.

[MASTER1454]

[QUOTE=mrpain81;12424917]

We are getting off topic. The guy died and it's a tragedy for his family, 54 is way too young for anyone.

BTW

I didn't post that for laugh, that was the first thing that came to my mind. I chose the youtube clip that didn't have the extended laugh like this one.



If I would have typed it out it wouldn't have been an issue.

What a douche! It was already in the article, and you still felt the need to reiterate again, SMDH @ hemorrhoidal ******s - karma is a mofo....