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those
boxers who just CANNOT stay away from the limelight of the law....!
One Day in Jail for a felony?
November 20, 2007 |
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(NOV 20) In
today's Los Angeles Times, they reported
that on Monday in Mesa, Arizona, Mike Tyson
got one day in jail, with three years'
probation for cocaine possession and driving
under the influence. Tyson had pled guilty
in September of 2007, to a single felony
count of cocaine possession and a
misdemeanor DUI count.
Tyson Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges in Arizona
September 28, 2007 |
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(SEPT 28) Once again
Mike
Tyson just can’t seem to stay on the straight and level and has pled guilty
on Monday, in Mesa, Arizona, to drug possession and Driving while under the
influence. According to Courant.com, they wrote, “Tyson acknowledged
to a judge that he had cocaine and was impaired when he was stopped for
driving erratically in Scottsdale on Dec. 29 after leaving...Full
Story
Morrison Joins the Ranks of "Bad
Boy Boxers"
December 21, 2006 |
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Tommy Morrison was
featured in the movie, "Rocky V," and his boxing
career peaked in 1993 when he defeated George
Foreman, winning the WBO Heavyweight title.
In 1996, Morrison tested positive for HIV--which
at the time, ended his boxing career.
Full Story
Another "Bad Boy Boxer" on the Horizon
(SEPT 1, 2006) Alex Hilton, 40 years
old, Canadian boxing champion from the 1980's, has gone on trial in
regards to being arrested for armed robbery at the depanneur in Lachine, two
weeks before last Christmas. Apparently the "bad egg" was caught on
video tape, and threatened the employees with a baseball bat. After
robbing the establishment, he was chased home by the employees
Full Story
Hamed
thrown in Slammer
(MAY 13, 2006) Yesterday Naseem Hamed, a former WBO world featherweight
boxing champion, was jailed for 15 months when he was sentenced for
“dangerous driving.” He had serious injuried another motorist.
According to news sources, Hamed was driving a sports car, and he had a head
on collision with two other vehicles. He was not injured. Hamed pled
guilty to the charge last month, and he will not be able to drive for four
years.
Bad Boy Boxer: Hilton denied bail
(MONTREAL) DEC 14 – Alex Hilton, 41, former Canadian middleweight champ,
was denied bail after he was charged with holding up a convenience store.
This last weekend, “TheStar.Com” reports that he was arrested and accused
of wielding a bat in the store to rob it. Copyrighted story on TheStar.com
Link
Boxing: Can Spadafora rebound from rock bottom?
(FEB 27, 2005) The fighter in the courtroom looked
nothing at all like a fighter. Gone was the pretense of his street smarts;
he looked, to borrow words from the fighter's older brother, like a "lost
little boy." The fighter, at 29, wore a peach-colored shirt, tucked
....Copyrighted Story on Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Bad Boy Boxer and boxing manager found
“Guilty” for Fixed fight!
(NOV 9, 2004) LAS VEGAS – It was announced today that a federal jury has
found boxing promoter/manager Robert Mitchell, 42, and boxer Thomas
Willams, 35, guilty of one count of sports bribery, and attempt to
commit sports bribery. It all stemmed from fixed fights occurring from
March of 1995 to August 2000, involving building the record of Pro boxer
Richie “the bull” Melito Jr. To promote Melito Jr., they gave bribes to his
opponents so that they would intentionally lose. Both face up to five years
in prison and a $250,000 fine in connection with a fixed fight on Aug. 12,
2000, in Las Vegas where Williams was knocked out by Melito Jr.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, the jury found that Mitchell, spent more
than $70,000 to bribe fighters to take dives against Melito, and found that
Williams, had accepted more than $5,000 to lose in his bout against
Melito." Source: Las Vegas Sun:
Promoter, boxer found guilty of rigging fight; AP
Tillman, former
Olympic boxing champion goes to Slammer for 37 months!
(JULY 13 2004) Henry Tillman, a former Olympic heavyweight boxing champion,
was sentenced to go to prison for 37 months. He pled GUILTY to FEDERAL
IDENTITY THEFT charges.....Tillman, who won a gold medal in the 1984
Olympics, was arrested Jan. 6., by Las Vegas police. He was charged
with fraudulent possession, transfer and use of documents.
Bad Boy Boxer: Three Times is NOT a Charm when it comes to
a felony charge!
(MAR 13, 2004) HotBoxingNews.com will be adding a
new boxer to the "BAD BOY BOXERS"
segment when it includes Lightweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather
Junior, after it has been reported that Mayweather Junior is facing an
upgraded felony charge for allegedly hitting (battery domestic
violence) the mother of three of his children. Mayweather's next
scheduled hearing has been set for April 23. This charge had been
upgraded from a misdemeanor to a felony, due to it being the third offense
by Mayweather in this matter. According to news sources, Mayweather
had pleaded guilty in about 2001 to two cases of misdemeanor domestic
violence.
Ex-boxing champ jailed for assault
(JAN 9) Former WBA Middleweight champion William Joppy was arrested and
jailed this week on charges of assault stemming for a November incident,
according the Sheriff's office. Joppy of Seabrook, who lost his middleweight
title in a bout on Dec. 13, was served two warrants for assault at a
home....
Copyrighted Story
on Maryland Gazett Newspaper
Champ Fined Over Knife
(JAN 6, 2004) FORMER boxing champ Herbie Hide was yesterday fined £750 for
arming himself with a 10-inch kitchen knife after he was knocked out in a
brawl. Hide, 32, was arrested by police near a nightclub carrying
the blade.
Copyrighted Story
on
Glasgow Daily Record
Former boxing champ pleads guilty to fourth
DWI
(MAY 31, 2003)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Former boxing champion Bobby
Czyz Jr. faces six months in jail after pleading guilty to his fourth
drunken driving offense in six years. The 40-year-old Czyz originally
entered a plea of innocent but changed his plea before Judge Edward Martin
in Readington Township Municipal Court. Copyrighted Story on
Newsday.com
Boxing champ pays child support debt
(MAY 30)
LANSING -- Boxing champion James Toney forked
over $103,000 for back child support on Thursday after spending two nights
in Los Angeles County Jail. "Two nights in jail made him a
believer," said Sage Eastman, spokesman for Michigan Attorney General Mike
Cox, who is trying to make child support collections from deadbeat parents
a top state priority. Copyrighted Story on Detroit News, MI
Bad Boy Boxer: Paz picked
up on Warrant..(FEB 23, 2003) Looks
like the “law” caught up with Vinny Paz, 40, of Warick, Rhode
Island, when he was arrested at the Foxwoods Resort Casino on charges of
passing bad checks in Las Vegas. The former 1987-88 IBF lightweight
champion apparently wrote some “hot” checks and had seven counts pending
against him.
BAD BOY BOXER ALERT: FORMER
BOXING CHAMPION THROWN INTO SLAMMER!
(JAN 17, 2003) Riddick Bowe, 35, a former world heavyweight champion, has been
thrown in the ole' slammer (jail) for a period of 18 months. Bowe
apparently was convicted of kidnapping his estranged wife, Judy Bowen, and
children five years ago using a pair of handcuffs, pepper spray and tape.
Bowe has been inducted into the "Bad Boy Boxers" segment on Hot
Boxing News
Cops on the
"lookout" for Berbick!
(JAN 17, 2003) JAMAICA - Another "Bad Boy Boxer" in the
limelight lately is none other than Trevor Berick, 48, and former world
heavyweight champion. The Jamaican police are looking for Berick for house
breaking and larceny charges according to the police. Copyrighted
Story on www.nzherald.co.nz
BAD BOY BOXER...TREVOR
BERBICK
(DEC 8, 2002) HotBoxingNews will add another "Bad Boy Boxer"
after former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was jailed, las Monday
after attempting to re-enter the U. S. via Miami, Florida! Berbick
is now awaiting deportation at the Krome Detention Center according to
news reports. Berbick was deported in 1997, after being convicted of rape,
and other misdemeanor charges.
BaBaBa..BAD Boy
Boxer! Cummings receives life sentence
(Sept 22, 2002) 52-year old Boxer Floyd "Jumbo" Cummings has been
sentenced to life after he apparently became a "three strikes you’re
out" criminal. Cummings was most noted for his 1981 fight against Joe
Frazier, when they had a controversial draw. Cummings last brush with the
law involved an armed robbery where he and a cohort robbed a sandwich shop
with his partner in crime wielding a baseball bat. Cummings had duck-taped
the victims mouth. Cummings blames his woes on drug addiction. Cummings
previous convictions include doing 13 years in the slammer for
"murder" and another armed robbery three years after fighting
Frazier in 1984. Joe Frazier’s son told news sources, "I’m very
sorry to hear about him. It’s very sad because boxers tend to be heroes,
he could have made something of himself."
Michael Spinks Sentenced
WILMINGTON (Sept 21, 2002) In news
sources (sundaytimes.co.za) they reported that former heavyweight
boxing champ sentenced Michael Spinks was sentenced to a year probation
after he pled guilty for a fight he had with his girlfriend on November
12, 2000, in Greenville, Delaware. two years previously. The official
charge that Spinks was sentenced to was for a misdemeanor, "offensive
touching" that was reduced from an original felony third degree
assault.
Jailhouse pug set free on
City Streets
EXCLUSIVE ON NEW YORK POST
(Sept. 16, 2002) A German prisoner who used to be a world boxing champ has been let out
of his cell and given a ticket to roam Manhattan streets - just so he can
sue U.S. boxing chiefs for nearly $4 million, The Post has learned. Copyrighted
Story on New York Post
Boxer 'almost bit my nose off' claim
(SEPT 1, 2002) A REAL estate
agent yesterday claimed his nose was "almost bitten off" in a
brawl with controversial boxer Shannon Taylor. Last night police
said they were investigating claims by Adam Crawley that he was attacked
by Taylor, the Pan-Asian Boxing Association light middleweight champion,
at a nightclub in Miranda in Sydney's south yesterday morning.
Copyrighted
story on News.com.au
Does boxing
need Tyson?
July 6, 2002
Memphis, Tennessee - His life is a soap opera played out on a world
stage. Hated by many, loved by others, Mike Tyson answers to everything
from convicted rapist to savage biter. Copyrighted
Story on News24.com
Bad Boy Boxer of
the Week
of May 2002
By Sue TL Fox – May 11, 2002
ENGLAND (MAY 11) Looks like Owen Trainer, of Woodhouse Road,
Wythenshawe, will NOT be attending this year’s Commonwealth Games, as he
was incarcerated this week to a Young Offender Institution for three years
for cocaine trafficking….. Manchester Online news reported the
following: "A TOP amateur boxer tipped to fight for England at this
year’s Commonwealth Games has been locked up for cocaine trafficking.
Owen Trainer, 20, was arrested just months after being selected to train
for the national squad in preparation for the July event in Manchester.
Detectives discovered Trainer - a light flyweight ranked at number two in
his category in Britain - was running a drug racket for pure profit. The
boxer didn’t take drugs himself, but sold cocaine and cannabis to
friends, keeping a record of his deals. Officers recovered drug dealing
paraphernalia, narcotics worth over £1,000 and nearly £1,500 in cash
when they raided the Wythenshawe home of Trainer’s girlfriend."
Trainer admitted to possession of cocaine and cannabis with intent to
supply.
Pernell "Sweetpea"
Whitaker beats probation violatiom
Source (excerpt):
Virginian-Pilot - Tim McGlone
August 21, 2001
VIRGINIA BEACH (AUG 21, 2001) -- In his latest bout with the law,
Pernell ''Sweetpea'' Whitaker beat a probation violation charge on Monday.
The former boxing champion still faces a cocaine possession charge.
Whitaker, 37, was arrested on the drug charge Aug. 10 after sheriff's
deputies found cocaine on him during a search before he was taken to jail
for two traffic convictions, according to the sheriff's department. He
also was charged with violating probation stemming from a drunken driving
conviction. He was charged with DUI in June 1998 and later pleaded guilty.
In March 1999, he was fined $1,000, was given a 60-day suspended jail term
and was placed on probation for one year. After the Aug. 10 arrest on the
drug charge, Whitaker was charged with violating probation. He served two
days in jail for the traffic convictions -- speeding and driving without a
license. He will return to court Monday to face the cocaine possession
charge and has been freed from custody on bond. The cocaine charge carries
a penalty of one to 10 years in prison, but first offenders can receive
lesser sentences. The Olympic gold medalist tested positive for cocaine
twice during his career, in 1997 and 1998. Although he has repeatedly
denied using drugs, he checked into a drug-rehabilitation clinic in
1998.
Boxing trainer and Former boxer accused
of killing
AMSTERDAM (Aug. 5, 2001) Keith McKinney, 41, a former boxer
and boxing trainer was arrested for the murder of Mary Rivera,
45. Rivera was found dead in her apartment. McKinney was also
a suspect in another murder of Ronald Conkling, 51, who was stabbed
to death and found in the stairway of a boxing gym. Both Rivera and
Conkling were both stabbed multiple times.
Where are they now?
Link
to Special Report on detnews.com
(Feb. 11, 2001) In this
interesting article, A special report was published in the Detroit News
online source about "what had happened to boxers since training at
the Kronk Gym. An excerpt of this article named eight bad
boys! Here they go:
Nathanial “Gator” Akbar – sentenced 10 to 20 years for arson
in 1984; denied parole 5 times so far; next parole hearing June 2002.
Darrell Chambers – sentenced to life for drug conspiracy in 1994;
has appeals pending; in prison at Terre Haute, Ind. Alvin Hayes
– sentenced to 5-to-20 in 1987 for armed robbery, released, committed
three more armed robberies, sentenced in 1994 to three terms of 612 to 40
years. At Detroit’s Ryan Correctional Facility, possibly until December
2040.
John Johnson – retail fraud, served less than two years, released
in 1999. William “Caveman” Lee – went to prison three times
for bank robberies, the last time July 2000, when he began a 7-to-15-year
federal sentence; first parole date December 2006. William
“Stanley” Longstreet – sentenced for drug conspiracy with
Chambers in 1994, released August 1997. AND Rickey Womack – armed
robberies, assault, did 15 years in prison, paroled last fall. Link
to full copyrighted story
Jeff Simms Lived a "Bad Boy
Boxers" life... And was killed in a gunfire of violence
In November of 1993, Heavyweight
boxer Jeff Simms, 39, who had learned how to box in prison while
serving time in prison for manslaughter was tragically shot and killed in
Miami, Florida, when an argument broke out between Simms and the
suspect. At one time Simms had served as Gerry Cooney's sparring
partner, and had made headlines in 1980 after he split the lip of Muhammad
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