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Michael Dokes, Former Champ, Passes Away at 54
Boxing Scene ^
| August 12, 2012
| Michael Marley
Posted on 08/12/2012 3:42:45 PM PDT by EveningStar
Former world heavyweight champion Michael "Dynamite" Dokes, blessed by natural boxing talent but cursed by a wicked addiction to cocaine, died early Sunday morning at his family home in Akron, Ohio.
The ex-WBA champ, who served almost 10 years in a Nevada prison for a horrendous assault on a woman he lived with, was born on Aug. 10, 1958, and died on August 12 at the age of 54. Dokes was battered in recent months by cancer.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: boxing; cancer; michaeldokes; obituary
To: EveningStar
Sad tale. I remember him when he first hit the big time--really impressive. I was sure he would be champ.
Boxing is full of sad tales like this.
God rest his soul.
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posted on
08/12/2012 3:46:53 PM PDT
by
Sudetenland
(Member of the BBB Club - Bye-Bye-Barry!!! President Barack "Down Low" Obama)
To: EveningStar
I remember him in the `80s.. when not doing blow, he was as good as any of them.
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posted on
08/12/2012 3:47:56 PM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If Obama is reelected, America will deserve every mockery that follows.)
To: Sudetenland
Dokes vs Big John Tate. God I’m getting old. RIP Michael Dokes
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posted on
08/12/2012 3:52:40 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
To: EveningStar
Sad to hear this. He was a very good fighter in his day. RIP
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posted on
08/12/2012 3:59:19 PM PDT
by
Random_User_250
("Democracy is indispensable to socialism." -- Vladimir Lenin)
To: EveningStar
I remember him bing a fast starter. He could finish you off fast if you weren’t ready. About his personal problems, I only hope he got himself right with Jesus. RIP.
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posted on
08/12/2012 4:19:37 PM PDT
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
To: eyedigress
Dokes vs Big John Tate.Big John wasn't so big after Teofilo Stevenson nailed him in 76.
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posted on
08/12/2012 4:23:38 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: EveningStar
Wifebeaters don’t deserve their own threads.
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posted on
08/12/2012 4:31:02 PM PDT
by
the invisib1e hand
(At what point does an escalated effort to remove this traitor commence, and what form does it take?)
To: EveningStar
His fight with Holyfield is my favorite fight of all time. Even after losing the fight he recieved a prolonged standing ovation. Sad to lose him.
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posted on
08/12/2012 6:16:29 PM PDT
by
JoeRed
To: EveningStar
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posted on
08/12/2012 6:35:00 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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