Trevor Berbick dead

[Baby Lee]

Just being reported.

[Eleazar]

"murdered in Jamaica by an assailant wielding a hatchet or possibly a chainsaw"

[Baby Lee]

"murdered in Jamaica by an assailant wielding a hatchet or possibly a chainsaw"
Tony Montana identified as a person of interest.

[JBucc]

That's too bad. He was my favorite...um, who is he again?

[Dave Lane]

I thought Tyson killed him...

Dave

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Where is Larry Holmes for questioning?? Holmes drop kicking Berbick from the roof of a car was all-time comedy.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Here it is:

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[2112]

This is the fight between Trevor Berbick and a relatively unknown Mike Tyson..that put Tyson on to stardom..a severe ass beating

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[Rain Man]

Eh, he's taking a dive.

[2112]

Eh, he's taking a dive.
Whats up with the trial your honor???

[FAX]

The Drama In Bahama.

Somebody count to 10!!!

FAX

[Frazod]

Tony Montana identified as a person of interest.

He buried that cock-a-roach.

[Rain Man]

Whats up with the trial your honor???

The court appreciates your interest. Jury selection has now begun, and Trevor Berbick has been released from the jury pool.

[Bwana]

Former Heavyweight Champ Trevor Berbick Found Dead, Police Say
By Dan Bollerman

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) --
Boxer Trevor Berbick, who held the world heavyweight championship in 1986, died of head wounds in his hometown in Jamaica this morning, police said. He was believed to be 52 years old. Berbick was pronounced dead after being found around 6 a.m. local time in a churchyard near his home in Norwich, Portland Parish police spokesman Duane Campbell said in a telephone interview. Berbick had two wounds to the side of his head and two to the back, Campbell said. One of them appeared to be made with a sharp instrument and the others by a blunt one, he said.

Berbick, who'd returned to his native country several years ago after being deported from the U.S. for the second time, had been seen by friends coming from a party around 2:30 a.m., Campbell said, adding that he wasn't sure who found Berbick's body. Berbick was the last boxer to beat Muhammad Ali in 1981, and gained the World Boxing Council heavyweight title from Pinklon Thomas on March 22, 1986.

Berbick lost the title to 20-year-old Mike Tyson exactly eight months later, after being knocked down twice in the second round. He boxed for Jamaica in the 1976 Olympics and had a 50-11-1 record with 33 knockouts as a professional through 2000. He lived in Canada and the U.S., where he served 15 months in prison in the early 1990s after legal troubles that included raping a family baby-sitter, grand theft and misdemeanor assault, according to the Associated Press.

[KcMizzou]

He lived in Canada and the U.S., where he served 15 months in prison in the early 1990s after legal troubles that included raping a family baby-sitter, grand theft and misdemeanor assault, according to the Associated Press.Sounds like a quality guy.

[Bwana]

Sounds like a quality guy.

My thoughts exactly. :shake:

[2112]

He lived in Canada and the U.S., where he served 15 months in prison in the early 1990s after legal troubles that included raping a family baby-sitter, grand theft and misdemeanor assault, according to the Associated Press.
What a ****ing loser..I never heard about the babysitter thing before :shake:

[HemiEd]

A real loss to society.

[L.A. Chieffan]

This is the fight between Trevor Berbick and a relatively unknown Mike Tyson..that put Tyson on to stardom..a severe ass beating

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ted lily got hammered the day the person recorded this fight

[Rain Man]

The announcer in that Tyson-Berbick fight was perhaps the most biased announcer in the entire history of sports, other than Bill Walsh during his short career as a football analyst. The guy was talking about Berbick being a goner before the fight even started.

[BigOlChiefsfan]

Clearly the work of a voodoo Chupacabra.

[boogblaster]

Maybe quality personiona Tyson will be next.....

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I just watched the Hagler-Hearns fight on YouTube. Goddamn, that's some intense shit.

[2112]

I just watched the Hagler-Hearns fight on YouTube. Goddamn, that's some intense shit.
I watched that fight on closed circuit in 1984 when I was 19..I paid $35.00 to get in the place..$5.00 for my first drink..and it was over in the first round!!

Damnit Hearns!!!! :cuss: :cuss: :cuss: :cuss:

[Dave Lane]

I watched that fight on closed circuit in 1984 when I was 19..I paid $35.00 to get in the place..$5.00 for my first drink..and it was over in the first round!!

Damnit Hearns!!!! :cuss: :cuss: :cuss: :cuss:


No it went three. I was at the Uptown standing on the railing screaming my fool head off. What a night!

Dave

[2112]

No it went three. I was at the Uptown standing on the railing screaming my fool head off. What a night!

Dave
It was a long time ago..I remember haymakers being thrown from start to finish..it just wasn't long enough!! :cuss:

[2112]

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['Hamas' Jenkins]

Hearns broke his hand in the first and got a leg massage before the fight (which I guess killed his stamina :shrug: ), otherwise a lot of people think he would have won.

[2112]

Hearns broke his hand in the first and got a leg massage before the fight (which I guess killed his stamina :shrug: ), otherwise a lot of people think he would have won.
Hearns was always behind either Sugar Ray Leonard(who he could not beat either)so he moved from welterweight to middleweight for the big payday with Hagler..

['Hamas' Jenkins]

And Sugar Ray beat the Marvelous one, too (although some feel otherwise). Best middleweight of the period, IMO.

[2112]

And Sugar Ray beat the Marvelous one, too (although some feel otherwise). Best middleweight of the period, IMO.
Hagler was the best..Leonard and Hearns gained weight to fight him

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Hagler was the best..Leonard and Hearns gained weight to fight him

That's true, but most people lump Duran, Leonard, Hagler, and Hearns together. Leonard was the first to win a title in 5 weight classes IIRC.

[2112]

That's true, but most people lump Duran, Leonard, Hagler, and Hearns together. Leonard was the first to win a title in 5 weight classes IIRC.
Who are you saying is the best middleweight??Leonard???

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Who are you saying is the best middleweight??Leonard???

I'm saying Leonard was the best fighter of them all, even though he earned most of his bones as a welterweight. A lot of people refer to them all as middleweights for the sake of ease, even though Hagler was the only one who fought most of his career in that division. If you are going to be strict with the definition, then Hagler was the best middleweight, based on the length and dominance of his reign. However, Leonard beat all three men and only lost to one of them (Duran), although he did have a draw with Hearns in 89.

[2112]

I'm saying Leonard was the best fighter of them all, even though he earned most of his bones as a welterweight. A lot of people refer to them all as middleweights for the sake of ease, even though Hagler was the only one who fought most of his career in that division. If you are going to be strict with the definition, then Hagler was the best middleweight, based on the length and dominance of his reign. However, Leonard beat all three men and only lost to one of them (Duran), although he did have a draw with Hearns in 89.


OK..That I agree with..Leonard was the best all around fighter out of the 3

['Hamas' Jenkins]

I would have liked to have seen Roy Jones in his prime against Hagler.

[2112]

I would have liked to have seen Roy Jones in his prime against Hagler.
That would have been a closed circuit deal for sure in the 80's

[greg63]

I don't know my boxing very well; whose ear did Tyson dine on?

[2112]

I don't know my boxing very well; whose ear did Tyson dine on?
Evander Holyfield

[greg63]

Evander Holyfield

That's right; I would have insisted that he eat before stepping into the ring with him.

[2112]

That's right; I would have insisted that he eat before stepping into the ring with him.
ROFL

[kcfanintitanhell]

I thought it rather curious that after the machete-in-the-head, that, after some serious deliberation, the Jamaican police decided that they were treating it as a homicide. I'm just trying to figure out what other avenues a corpse with a bashed in head would lead them-suicide? Accidentally falling face-first on a machete?
Inquiring minds want to know.

[jspchief]

Kingston Jamaica is a seriously nasty city. It makes bad neighborhoods in America look like suburbia.

[cadmonkey]

Thats some pretty scary sh*t. When I was down in Jamaica a few years ago, I had a machette pulled out on me.