Worse case of word slurring.. who says you??

[Bigcat]

I would say that the worst that i have seen in the last 8 -9 years is either Riddick Bowe, Terry Norris or Joseph Kiwanuka.. or even a cruiserweight that used to be quite handy called Franco Wanyama..

[Claypole]

Rocky Balboa

[BoxingGuru]

Leon Spinks by far is the worst.

[peter5]

Holyfield aint exactly great either!

[Brickhaus]

Iran Barkley is pretty darn bad. Spinks is worse though.

[Lampley]

I assume we are excluding Meldrick Taylor?

[jsimps]

Meldrick is terrible. Couldn't understand a word he said when he was on FNF.

[SteveO]

Riddick Bowe
Iran Barkley
Leon Spinks
Tommy Hearns

[Danny Ocean]

sweet pea

[ChampionsForever]

Muhammad Ali ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

[Archie_Moore]

Meldrick Taylor takes this hands down probably.

[brooklyn1550]

Meldrick Taylor by far - I don't like to listen to him talk...it's too sad

[chimba]

Alis the worst, Meldrick also, sad thing because it was really mainly caused by that one fight. Could have made more money

[Punisher33]

Taylor is the easy pic here, Toney will be real bad in a couple years.

[FlatNose]

Leon Spinks by far is the worst.
Leon was never understandable.I remember his interview after the 1976 olympics.I was like, "what?" And Leon was mumbling away.
Its hard to say if he's gotten worse, who can tell?:smoke

[Hatesrats]

JC. Chavez should be behind bars for what he did to Meldrick Taylor.
That was a beating in every aspect of the word.

[unclepaulie]

toney is already pretty bad

[fadeintobolivia]

joe frazier is really sad to watch.

[allenko1]

Floyd Mayweather Sr.

[Lampley]

The worst part is you know guys who have gone on too long these days are going to end up the same way. Gatti, Holyfield, Toney, just too much. I hope Roy Jones hangs it up ASAP as well.

[jsimps]

:oops: Leon was never understandable.I remember his interview after the 1976 olympics.I was like, "what?" And Leon was mumbling away.
Its hard to say if he's gotten worse, who can tell?:smoke

Leon was born with this disability. Nobody was EVER able to understand him.

[unclepaulie]

how bout yoel judah

[ChampionsForever]

I think sparring is a major contribution to brain damage in a fighter, just because the padding is there doesn't stop the fact that the brain still rattles around in the skull when you are hit, and because it doesn't hurt as much it doesnt become a big deal. and you spar way more than you fight. I think its somewhat overlooked. ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

[Rollo]

LOL!

:-(

[TRUEBELIEVER 66]

James Toney-After the Jirov fight he started sluuring terribly, :nut he's at the point now to where it's a struggle to understand him, but considering all of the garbage that comes out of his piehole who gives a DAMN:(

[Slicknick56]

how come its so common in black fighters? not to say its not in white fighters or latinos but when you see guys like Juan Laporte who was in ALOT of wars, he still talks very clear. the onyl latino i can think of who doesnt talk clear is Wilfredo Gomez, he sounds like Ali. but fighters like chuvalo, fullmer and others still talk clear. Even Basilio, thought not THAT understandable, talks clear, but that can be attributed to the fact that hes old.

???

[istmeno]

how come its so common in black fighters? not to say its not in white fighters or latinos but when you see guys like Juan Laporte who was in ALOT of wars, he still talks very clear. the onyl latino i can think of who doesnt talk clear is Wilfredo Gomez, he sounds like Ali. but fighters like chuvalo, fullmer and others still talk clear. Even Basilio, thought not THAT understandable, talks clear, but that can be attributed to the fact that hes old.

???

i guess this is where this thread goes to hell.

benitez, camacho, cooney, quarry, laguna. any fighter who takes too many blows to the head is suceptible to this problem. race has nothing to do with it.

[SteveO]

i guess this is where this thread goes to hell.

benitez, camacho, cooney, quarry, laguna. any fighter who takes too many blows to the head is suceptible to this problem. race has nothing to do with it.

Unless if certain genetic components (i.e. the APOE epsilon 4 protein) is more prevalent in black fighters.

[TRUEBELIEVER 66]

how come its so common in black fighters? not to say its not in white fighters or latinos but when you see guys like Juan Laporte who was in ALOT of wars, he still talks very clear. the onyl latino i can think of who doesnt talk clear is Wilfredo Gomez, he sounds like Ali. but fighters like chuvalo, fullmer and others still talk clear. Even Basilio, thought not THAT understandable, talks clear, but that can be attributed to the fact that hes old.

???
Have you ever heard of Bobby Chacon, he's got dementia and he's Mexican, Wilfred Benitez has the mind of a 10 year old and he's a Puerto Rican.
Jerry Quarry was White and couldn't even dress himself before he passed.
Don't even go there:deal race has nothing to do with it...

[Punisher33]

I think sparring is a major contribution to brain damage in a fighter, just because the padding is there doesn't stop the fact that the brain still rattles around in the skull when you are hit, and because it doesn't hurt as much it doesnt become a big deal. and you spar way more than you fight. I think its somewhat overlooked. ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) 100% true, you take way more abuse to brain in sparring. If you do countless rounds of sparring like a fighter like Toney, you are more succeptable to developing some form of brain dammage.:good

[Slicknick56]

i guess this is where this thread goes to hell.

benitez, camacho, cooney, quarry, laguna. any fighter who takes too many blows to the head is suceptible to this problem. race has nothing to do with it.

wtf are u talking about, i was saying what i thought and to me it just seems more prevelant and black fighters. i could care less if your offended.

[joe33]

Joe frazier,and as a brit,its kind of sad to see nigel benn talk sometimes,he seems pretty bad now.

[Slicknick56]

It is very odd though that Mexican fighters very rarely show dementia or any signs of damage. Look at JCC, he was in over a 100 fights and countless wars, and he still speaks completely clear. Lots of Mexican ATGs dont have any problems later on, and most of them fought more than 60 fights

tahts what im saying but these faggots take offense once race is mentioned.

fuck you and accept it, it seems alot more prevelant in black fighters than white or spanish fighters.

[GazOC]

sweet pea

Is Whittaker bad? I havn't heard an interview for years.

[Zakman]

Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe

[Slicknick56]

Is Whittaker bad? I havn't heard an interview for years.

hes not horrible but you can hear it in his voice. which is wierd considering he rarely got hit.

and then someone mentioned Benitez as an example of a guy who is so fucked up righ tnow, the guy was fighting since he was 10. fighting wars, nonstop. his dad put him in with pro's at 13 and if you dont remember he was fighting for the title at 17. his head was getting fucked up for some time and it was only natural that would happen.

dont use benitez as an example. ill say it again, it seems more prevelant in black fighters.

[GazOC]

hes not horrible but you can hear it in his voice. which is wierd considering he rarely got hit.


Yep, thats very strange.....

[Rollo]

Most of you probably don´t understand danish, i guess - but that would make no difference if you heard former middlewight contender Tom Bogs talking!

[Dr Gonzo]

James Toney is getting worse and worse

[Toopretty]

James is getting bad. He sound worse and worse after the Peter fights. Especially the second one. I thought I had his language figured out but he threw curve ball after that fight. He is still sharp but he slurrs very bad.

[Vantage_West]

JC. Chavez should be behind bars for what he did to Meldrick Taylor.
That was a beating in every aspect of the word.well people say that jc finished taylor...but taylor did become welterwieght champion..

it was the terry norris - meldrick taylor fight that really destoyed mels career...norris just kept throwing 6 hit combo's each time mel kept getting hit.

it was more the terry norris fight than the jc- mt fight

[divac]

Meldrick is terrible. Couldn't understand a word he said when he was on FNF.

How long ago was he on FNF?

Having seen him speak a few years ago on legendary nights the tale of Chavez-Taylor, I could'nt imagine him trying to make himself understood.:?

[standing 8]

Riddick Bowe
Iran Barkley
Leon Spinks
Tommy Hearns


I dad was friends with Tommy Hearns back in the 70's and 80's and to tell you the truth he never was really good at speaking. My aunt used to tease him and say ah Tommy, you can't talk.

[divac]

well people say that jc finished taylor...but taylor did become welterwieght champion..

it was the terry norris - meldrick taylor fight that really destoyed mels career...norris just kept throwing 6 hit combo's each time mel kept getting hit.

it was more the terry norris fight than the jc- mt fight

The Chavez fight was only the beggining, then came brutal and prolonged beatdowns at the hands of Terry Norris and Ernesto Espana.

If anybody should be put in jail, its the Main Events promotional team who put Meldrick in with the much bigger offensive destroyer in Terry Norris.

The Duva's absolutely are responsible for how poorly they guided Meldrick after he got beatdown by JC Chavez!

[TheGrimReaper]

kali meehan didnt sound too great after his win at the garden

[chesh]

I hope I'm wrong, but I think I can detect a slight slurring in the speech of Shane Mosley. I've read that his wife has been keen for him to retire for some time and hope that his fight with Cotto isn't one too many.

[theunderdog]

roach