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"Bad Boy Boxers" is dedicated to those  boxers who just CANNOT stay away from the limelight of the law....! Bad Boy Boxers Segment on HBN: Mayweather Jr. Plans to plead Guilty on Wednesday in Las Vegas December 21, 2011 (DEC 21) According to an AP article on the net, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is planning to plea guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charges, and $3,000 in fines, in a plea bargain that will keep the felony charges off the books, in regards to allegations concerning Mayweather's ex-girlfriend. According the the Clark County District Attorney's office, he can face anywhere from two days to 18 months in the Clark County jail after he pleads. In another criminal case, Mayweather is to plead a "No Contest" and pay a $1,000 fine in a misdemeanor crime against a security guard when Mayweather had a confrontation with the homeowner association security guard.  Source/AP and Las Vegas Review Journal           Bracero Set to fight for first title - But his career was put on hold after 5-0 when he was convicted and went to Prison for six years October 17, 2011 (OCT 17) This Friday, Gabriel "Tito" Bracero (17-0, 3KO's) will be fighting for this first boxing first title when he faces Daniel Sostre (11-4-1, 4KO's) for the vacant NABF belt. Bracer-Sostre is set to open up the DiBella Entertainment promoted ShoBox: The road to this point for Bracero has been anything but easy. A stellar amateur, the New York native turned pro in 2001 and ran his record to a perfect 5-0. While Bracero was experiencing success inside the ring, trouble on the outside was brewing all along and soon the young Puerto Rican prospect was arrested and incarcerated to spend the next six years of his life behind bars.   After being released in January 2009, Bracero wasted little time in getting his boxing career back in line behind well-respected trainer and manager Tommy Gallagher. Since his return Bracero has rung together 12-consecutive victories including his most impressive to date back in April of this year when he won a dominate eight-round decision over previously undefeated 2008 U.S. Olympic alternate Danny O’Connor (14-0) also on ShoBox. If Bracero can capture the NABF title against Sostre, he will be one step closer to fulfilling a life-long dream.  “I have been waiting for this for a long time,” said Bracero. “I am truly blessed and so grateful for what my team, and everyone at DiBella Entertainment has done for me.”   Story of his background when he was in trouble with the law James Kirkland is Back in action--- but things went bad for him in 2009! March 23, 2011 [Huge photo of James Kirkland] (MAR 23)  The boxing career could not have been going better for undefeated James Kirkland, 25 years old at the time, and living in Texas, until in April of 2009!  Ju before Kirkland was set to fight Michael Walker in a 10 rounder on a huge card that featured Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao on an HBO PPV card in Las Vegas---that he was arrested on a weapons charge.  Unfortunately for Kirkland----he apparently knew better as he was on probation for a 2003 "armed" robbery charge.  Kirkland got nailed by the Po-Po, during a traffic stop in Austin, TX.  He was charged with "unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon". It was terrible timing on Kirkland's part to have this happen, although it was his doing to put himself in this prediction. Kirkland has made a successful comeback and in a recent interview that took place on March 22, 2011, on a media conference call he talks about his boxing career.  [March 22, 2011 - Media Conference].

You Can't Fix Stupid June 9 , 2009

(JUNE 9) As comedian Ron White say many times in some of his skits, "You can't fix stupid." And nothing could be any more true than in Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead's situation.  In 2002, "Wimpy"  was arrested for vehicular manslaughter charges when he rolled his car while driving drunk and killed his wife.  Maybe one would learn after such a traumatic and lifelong tragic incident.  Well, apparently "Wimpy", was arrested again for DUI a couple of months ago. According to myhighplains.com he was bailed out on Friday after being arrested on a warrant.  Can you say "L - O - S - E - R....."

Tyson Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charges in Arizona September 28, 2007

(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

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

Shibata charged for hit-and-run!
(JUNE 13, 2006) Some surprising news came into WBAN, that Japanese female boxer and kickboxer Sachiyo Shibata, 26 years old,  was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of injuring a -year-old woman in a hit-and-run traffic accident.  In the local news, they reported that Shibata was arrested by police on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in injury and violating the Road Traffic Law.  The accident occurred on February 2^nd.  

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

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 1, 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 champion Paul Spadafora sought in shooting (OCT 27, 2003) PITTSBURGH  - An arrest warrant was issued for former lightweight champion Paul Spadafora in the shooting of a woman in or near his car Sunday morning, police said. Spadafora is charged with shooting his girlfriend, Nadine Russo, 20, in the chest. Allegheny County Police say he became enraged at her when she wrecked his Hummer truck outside a McKees Rocks gas station just before 6 a.m. last Sunday. She was driving because Spadafora had lost his license for a year over traffic violations, one alcohol-related. For his part, Spadafora first told police he had no idea how or why Russo was shot. Then he gave a different account to a friend, saying a robber stole Russo's purse and shot her. Copyrighted on AP

Boxing star's 'bid to beat' drugs charge
(SEPT 17, 2003) A DOUBLE world boxing champion facing a drugs charge offered cash to a man to take the blame for the crime, a court heard yesterday.  Former WBO mini-flyweight and light-flyweight title holder Paul Weir, 36, offered to pay "a wage" to another man, also arrested in a police swoop in May last year, a jury at the High Court in Glasgow was told. Copyrighted Story on The Scotsman

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

Boxer Bobby Czyz faces resentencing for drunken driving offenses (FEB 28, 2003) TRENTON, N.J. — Two-time world champion boxer Bobby Czyz Jr. faces resentencing next month on two drunken driving convictions, one of which under New Jersey law would carry a sentence of six months in jail. But a former lawyer for Czyz said Friday it is not clear whether the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Famer should face the jail time because of issues that were raised when a 1999 DWI conviction in Bridgewater was resolved. Czyz was allowed to be sentenced as first-time offender then because a prior drunken driving plea, in 1998 in Old Bridge, did not conform to court rules, said John Bruno, who represented the boxer in 1999 and on a 2000 DWI charge in Bound Brook.....Copyrighted on Newsday

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.

Former Canadian boxing champion Berbick turns himself in to Jamaican Police
(JAN 20, 2003)  Jamaica Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick turned himself in to police and was arrested for breaking into a neighbor's home and stealing several items. Berbick, charged with breaking and entering and theft, surrendered in eastern Port Antonio on Saturday, officer Glenford Miller said Sunday. Police issued an arrest warrant for Berbick on Tuesday, after a search of his home turned up items that were reported stolen by a neighbor _ including an electric drill, a pickax and some clothes. Copyrighted on Canada.com

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

Trevor Berbick is Jailed
(DEC 8, 2002) HotBoxingNews will add another "Bad Boy Boxer" after former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick was jailed, last 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 

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. 

Where are they now?  (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 Ali.