What Boxers had their careers sidetracked or ended because of alcohal or drugs?

[joeytrimble]

i'd say tony tucker im wanting to say terrel biggs had a problem as well but i may be wrong ..mccall had a problem as did bert cooper

[mokele]

Michael Nunn & Kirkland Laing

Michael Nunn is in jail right now for selling *******, but he had a problem with using it too years earlier. When the judge read the sentence to Nunn in the courtroom he was reported to have said to the judge "you ain't showed me nuthin'". Unfortunately he's been shown the inside of a small room with metal bars at the entrance.

A little while ago I read about Kirkland Laing and also saw a segment on TV about him. He was a gifted boxer whose claim to fame is winning a close fight with Roberto Duran when Duran was 31 years old and regarded as a great fighter. Laing had intermittent drug problems during his career and they continued after he retired.

[oliverlt]

Oliver McCall takes the cake
Actually Hector Macho Camacho is facing poss of E

[!! AI-Holmes!!]

Johnny Tapia and Pernell Whitaker come to mind.

[USA4LIFE]

SRL had a ******* problem.

Wasn't that after he retired the first time? I remember watchingsomething where he missed boxing too much and hung around the bad crowd because he was bored and got inot *******.

Aaron Pryor def. His only lost was to a ****y fighter he should have easily destroyed but had bad cocain problems.

[Verstyle]

Wasn't that after he retired the first time? I remember watchingsomething where he missed boxing too much and hung around the bad crowd because he was bored and got inot *******.

Aaron Pryor def. His only lost was to a ****y fighter he should have easily destroyed but had bad cocain problems.

speakin of aaron pryor.Alexis Arguello had a huge problem with ******* also

[grayfist]

Barney Ross: given daily doses of morphine for wounds and ailments suffered as a Marine on Guadalcanal (where he won a Silver Star--acclaimed as the second highest military honor in the US Armed Forces), he subsequently became addicted. His life story was captured in the book, No Man Stands Alone. The book gave birth to the movie, Monkey On My Back. A 30-second scene in the movie where Cameron Mitchel (portraying Ross) injected himself with morphine was ordered removed under the film industry's then applied production code. But Ross insisted that it be retained, arguing that the scene was, "...a moment of despair and this is one that a potential addict needs to see to discourage him."

Barney's drug problem did not affect his career as a fighter as it came after he had hung em up (his last fight was vs. Hank Armstrong where he pleaded with the ref not to stop the bout because he wanted to end his career like a true champion: on his feet).

Barney died at age 57 of throat cancer; he had taken to chain smoking after having been weaned from morphine.

Rolando Navarrete: partied long and hard after winning the WBC Jr. Light belt, which he lost to "Bazooka" Limon after only a single successful title defense (Choi Chung Il). Even after losing his title, Navarrete carried on with his ways and found himself behind bars in Honolulu on a **** conviction in 1984. He went back to boxing after his release in 1988, and at first seemed to have learned his lessons as he avenged his defeat to Limon and racked up a number of wins. But then, the habit soon came back.

He is reportedly now back in his hometown of General Santos City on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines where he survives on gifts from people, particularly, his homie, Manny Pacquiao. About 50 years old now, he still deludes himself that he can stage a successful comeback although he can barely see.

On the other hand, there was Carlos Monzon whose idea of times off between fights was to spend them all in bars and motel rooms, but nonetheless ended his career as champ.

[Smashing]

Kirkland Lang...i havent heardabout him for a couple of years but the guy is a chronic alcholic the last i heard,its a sad thing to say but i know cos he used to go round my uncles flat who is also a chronic alkie. my uncle has moved now doesnt see him no more.my uncles place was an alkies den and the stories he told me about Kirkland were sad. its a shame cos he was such a gifted boxer with a unique style.

[King Koyle]

Rydell Booker!Although,who really cares?

[jabsRstiff]

Aaron Pryor is the first guy I think of who never reached his full potential because of drugs.