R.I.P Vernon Forrest

Another boxer dead

Fmr. World Champion Boxer Murdered in Atl. - WSB News on wsbradio.com

 

link disnae work mate

 

They have taken it down. I wonder why?

Has anyone else heard anything about this? He was supposedly shot in the head after a car jacking

 

also heard he died yesterday mate!!!

 

* cant believe this, he was in a lot a big fights through the years beating mosley twice and look he was still rated no2 in his division http://www.ringtv.com/ratings/jr_middleweight/

R.I.P

 

found this about it R.I.P.

WSB News

Fmr. World Champion Boxer Murdered in Atl.

By Jay Black @ July 26, 2009 6:40 AM Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

(WSB Radio) Former boxing champion and U.S. Olympian Vernon Forrest was shot and killed in an attempted carjacking in Northwest Atlanta, a police spokesperson said.
Lt. Keith Meadows with the Atlanta police department told WSB Radio, Forrest was putting air in the tires of his Jaguar around 11 p.m. Saturday at a gas station on White Hall St. at McDaniel Blvd. Investigators said at least two men jumped out of a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo and tried to steal Forrest's car. The boxer had a gun and started running after the suspects.
"The victim and suspect became involved in a brief foot chase," Lt. Meadows said. "At some point, gunfire was exchanged between the two of them. The victim was shot at least once in the head."
Lt. Meadows said Forrest was shot 7 or 8 times by two semi-automatic weapons. Investigators said they are talking to several witness.
"At this point we have a general description of at least two black males driving a red Monte Carlo." Lt. Meadows said.
Police don't think the suspects knew Forrest was a professional boxer. His girlfriend's young son was in the car at the time of the shooting. Family members are flying in from Texas to pick up the child, Lt. Meadows said.
Forrest, who lived in Atlanta, was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team in Barcelona, Spain. He was a three-time champion with two WBC welterweight wins against Sugar Shane Mosley in 2002. Forrest, nicknamed the Viper, beat Sergio Mora for the WBC junior middleweight title in September.
The Augusta, Ga. native was stripped of his WBC belt in May because of a rib injury. He was supposed to fight Sergio Martinez on August 1st. His career record was 41-3-1 with 29 knockouts.

He was 38 years old.

 

Yeah, he's been up there in the Ring Rankings for yonks.

In fact the only guy with a winning record against him was Mayorga.

If only he'd just chased these guys off and headed back to the car...

RIP.

 

is it just me or isnt that like 4 or 5 boxers dead in 2 months or so?

 

boxing is turning into wrestling now

 

Tragic news.

By all accounts Vernon was a great guy - he was heavily involved with helping adults with learning disabilities (I believe he ran a group called Destiny's Child or something similar) and regularly brought them along to his fights.

He was an excellent * as well as a pro - aside from Shane Mosley he never got the mega-fights he desired, but he would have been a tough fight for anyone.

A terrific fighter and a great guy. R.I.P.

Unfortunately another fighter passed away over the last few days. Marco Antonio Nazareth died as a result of injuries he suffered in his fight with Omar Chavez, son of the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez.

Nazareth was a local club-fighter and by no stretch of the imagination was he a good fighter but that doesn't mean his death should be mourned any less. R.I.P.

 

is there a serial killer killing boxers