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RIP Roger Mayweather
Posted on 3/17/20 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 3/17/20 at 2:43 pm
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 2:48 pm to Jamohn
Did he die of Covid 19?
Posted on 3/17/20 at 3:24 pm to BZ504
It seems from the article implied it was too many left hooks and right crosses.
RIP
RIP
Posted on 3/17/20 at 3:35 pm to Jamohn
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"My uncle Roger Mayweather has lost a lot of memory from the sport of boxing," Floyd said ... "He's only in his 50s, but it seems like he's an old man in his 80s."
He really didn’t seem like a guy in his 50s. It’s an absolutely brutal sport and profession.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 3:36 pm to Jamohn
Dang tough couple of weeks for Floyd. Always loved Roger...
Posted on 3/17/20 at 3:50 pm to GeauxHouston
Roger has been declining for a while now.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 6:02 pm to Big Sway
Crack
Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:23 pm to SOCAL TIGER
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Crack
More to do with getting "cracked" on the jaw too many times over his career. He definitely suffered from pugilistic dementia or what old timers called "punch drunk".
Lots of great fighters wind up that way in their lifetime. Greats like Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jerry Quarry, Freddie Roach, Meldrick Taylor, Tommy Hearns, just to name a few.
On the local scene here in N.O., middleweight boxer Tony Licata who campaigned in the 70's to 90's also suffered from this horrible affliction. He fought Carlos Monzon for the Middleweight Title in Madison Square Garden and lost by KO, but went on to have an impressive record of 60-7-4 before retiring.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 7:31 pm to Jamohn
Damn, one of the best trainers to ever sit in a corner. Rip Roger.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 8:34 pm to Jamohn
Damn didn't Floyd just lose his wife. Guy gotta be losing his sanity right about now.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 1:12 am to QJenk
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Mayweather (59-13, 35 KOs), known as the "Black Mamba,"
Not a good 2020 start for "Black Mamba's"...
Just saying!
Posted on 3/18/20 at 1:52 am to QJenk
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Damn didn't Floyd just lose his wife. Guy gotta be losing his sanity right about now.
Didn’t he beat the shite out of her on a regular basis?
Posted on 3/18/20 at 4:30 am to gumbo2176
Football rightly is concerned with head trauma.
In boxing that is an important goal.
In boxing that is an important goal.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 7:55 am to gthog61
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Football rightly is concerned with head trauma. In boxing that is an important goal.
Here's the thing with boxers. Most of the better boxers start early in life in the ring, often boxing many bouts in the amateur ranks before turning pro. Two come to mind for long amateur careers----Lomachanko's amateur record is 396-1 and Rigondeaux's is an impressive 463-12. Seems Eastern European and Cuban boxers often have way more amateur fights than the average American.
Well, to prepare for all those bouts requires hours and hours of round after round of sparring. Even though sparring is done with larger, more padded gloves than what they wear on fight night, and the boxers wear head gear to help cushion the blows, it is still concussive trauma happening every time they get hit in the head, just to a lesser degree.
Even with those precautions, boxers will still sometimes get KO'd sparring, especially against guys in the upper weight divisions. Mike Tyson was notorious for going through sparring partners, as were many heavy handed heavyweight fighters---George Foreman, Ron Lyle, Ernie Shavers, Rocky Marciano, etc.
Who knows how many times a boxer takes punches to the head over the course of his boxing career between sparring the actual boxing matches.
Posted on 3/18/20 at 11:07 am to Jamohn
The Original Black Mamba
Posted on 3/18/20 at 11:35 am to Big Sway
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It seems from the article implied it was too many left hooks and right crosses. RIP
I recently saw a video about Wilfredo Benitez who became the youngest to ever capture a World Title when he won the World Super Lightweight Title at age 17 and beat Antonio Cervantes, a future Hall of Fame boxer. Wilfredo started boxing pro at age 15.
For the past several years he's basically a vegetable, unable to move on his own or even talk. He needs 24 hour care to survive. Sad ending for such a great fighter who was a joy to watch in his prime who is now 61 years old.
This post was edited on 3/18/20 at 11:46 am
Posted on 3/18/20 at 3:08 pm to Jamohn
Floyd will probably be the only boxer that will not decline late in his life because he never got hit
Posted on 3/18/20 at 3:29 pm to Jamohn
Loved watching Roger on 24/7
Posted on 3/18/20 at 4:33 pm to Coach Buzzcut
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Floyd will probably be the only boxer that will not decline late in his life because he never got hit
Don't know about that. There's a bunch of boxers out there who are still sharp and have been retired for years.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Oscar De La Hoya
Marvin Hagler
Roberto Duran
Larry Holmes
Mike Tyson
Lennox Lewis
Ricky Hatton
Naseem Hamed
Both Klitschko brothers, and many more
I can see Manny Pacquaio being OK and he was in some wars
Posted on 3/18/20 at 10:33 pm to Coach Buzzcut
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Floyd will probably be the only boxer that will not decline late in his life because he never got hit
He will have to have knee replacements from all of that running.
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