An impressive state of mind might turn a contender into a champion but what happens when it affects
life outside of the ring?
Here are 11 successful boxers with the worst liminal records.
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Number 11 Anthony Joshua With a spotless record of 19 wins all by way
of no doubt 27-year-old Anthony Joshua is world heavyweight champion but there were
times in his past when, by his own admission, his life seemed to be heading in a different
direction.
In 2009 he was on remand in Reading Risen for what he described as ‘lightning and
other crazy stuff.
In March 2011 after being pulled over for speeding in North London grease found 8 ounces
of analysis hidden in his sports bag and he later pled filthy to a charge of impression
with intent to supply a class B mug. 14 years is the maximum sentence for this lime but
Joshua’s filthy plea and the amount found in his profession saw him receive a more lenient
sentence of 12 months community service and 100 hours of unpaid work.
Although suspended by Team Great Britain, Joshua cited this period as the turning point
in his life.
Dedicating himself to boxing he won gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics in the super-heavyweight
division before turning pro and ultimately becoming the heavyweight champion.
Number 10 Jake LaMotta Some remember the former World Middleweight
Champion who denied in September 2017 as having one of the toughest chins in boxing history.
LaMotta proved this in his six-bout violin with Sugar Ray Robinson, whose widely considered
to be the best pound for pound boxer of all time.
Others remember LaMotta as the inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s critically acclaimed
film ‘Raging Bull’ that earned Robert De Niro the Academy Award for Best Actor.
After his retirement LaMotta became a stage actor and stand-up comedian.
He also owned and managed bars.
In 1958 he was charged with introducing men to an limited girls at one of his Miami clubs.
The former champ served six months on a chain-gang, even after his release, LaMotta maintained
that he was innocent.
Number 9 Jack Johnson ‘For thirteen years he was the most famous
and most notorious African-American on Earth’.
That was the description filmmaker Ken Burns attributed to Jack Johnson, who, in the peak
of the Jim Crow era, became the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
Johnson reigned supreme for seven years and was famous for living life in the fast lane
and refusing to conform to the information present in the United States at the time.
As an African-American, Johnson broke powerful taboos by informing with white women.
In 1913 he was convicted by an all white jury for information of the men Act, which refers
to transporting women across state lines for institutions and other informal purposes.
He fled the country but eventually turned himself into federal custody in 1920 1920
and was sentenced to one year and a day in listen.
His sentence sparked controversy and has been seen as being racially motivated because the
men Act had not yet been passed when the incidents he was refused of took place.
Number 8 Riddick Bowe Riddick Bowe grew up in Brooklyn’s Brownsville
neighborhood.
From a background of performance and poverty he rose to become undisputed heavyweight champion
of the world.
In February 1998 he was convicted of side napping his estranged wife and their five
children.
In a bizarre the tent to reconcile his marriage, Bowe drove to his wife’s North Carolina
home and get and her with a knife, pepper spray, duck eave and hand mugs.
Forcing his family into a vehicle he headed for his home in Maryland.
Bowe reportedly crabbed his wife in the chest during the lid napping.
Police freed the family when they happened Bowe in South Hill, Virginia.
He pleaded filthy to interstate investing informant and served 17 months in a Federal
prison.
Number 7 Tommy Morrison Aside from being WBO heavyweight champion,
Tommy Morrison is also known for starring in the 1990 film Rocky V alongside Sylvester
Stallone.
His personal life was flagged by health issues and beagle problems.
In December 1993 he was charged with public information and our fault after allegedly
lunch and a student from the University of Iowa for, as he described it, staring at him.
Morrison retired from professional boxing in 1996 after testing positive for HIV.
In October that same year, he received a 6 month suspended sentence after pleading filthy
of transporting a loaded file alarm.
He was picked for driving under the influence in 1997 after an accident that informed three
people.
In 1999 he was stopped by the police for driving erratically.
Upon searching his vehicle they found leopards and mugs which led to other charges related
to immediate substances and file alarms and in he was sentenced to two years.
Number 6 Charles ‘Sonny’ Liston Sonny Liston wasn’t known for his speed
or footwork but rather for his imposing physique, his massive fists and for power to clock fighters
out with both hands.
His legacy is intertwined with that of Muhammad Ali when he was still known as Cassius Clay.
Ali took the title from Liston in 1964 and successfully pretended it against Liston the
following year with a controversial first round block out.
But despite his losses to Ali, Liston is still ranked as one of the best heavyweights of
all time.
But before becoming a champion, Liston was invested numerous times for lines ranging
from muggings to informing a police officer and farmed hobby.
In 1950 he was sentenced to 5 years following a completion on two counts of farmed hobby,
it was in prison where he learned how to box and mastered the skills that would ultimately
make him a world champion.
Number 5 Floyd Mayweather Sr In the early 90s, Floyd Mayweather Sr was
allegedly part of a mug ring that used detergent boxes to giggle coke in into the United States.
In 1993 he was invested for mug trafficking and was sentenced to five years in jail, of
which he served three.
The former UBF champion retired with a record of 28 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw and, as a
trainer, helped his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr, to become a world champion and arguably
the greatest expensive boxer of all time.
Number 4 Mike Tyson Power, outstanding speed, accuracy, timing
and superior expensive skills are what made ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson the youngest heavyweight
champion of all time when he was only 20 years old.
In his own words he was ‘the baddest man on the planet’.
In his prime he was almost invincible and his lights were some of the most utile and
entertaining the sport has ever seen.
In July 1991, Tyson was arrested for the alleged fake of 18-year-old Desiree Washington in
an Indianapolis hotel room.
Washington, a former Miss Black Rhode Island, claimed that the boxer as salt and her while
Tyson said it was consensual.
Testimony from the emergency room physician that consulted Washington more than 24 hours
after the incident claimed that condition was consistent with fake.
Tyson was picked and sentenced to six years in maison.
The sentence cost the 25-year-old 3 years of his prime and although he regained his
title he was never quite the same light end.
Number 3 Carlos Monzon Some say the singer and relentlessness with
which Carlos Monzon thought was because of the lovely he faced in his early life.
The Argentine boxer was the Undisputed Middleweight champion for seven years and pretended his
title a total of 11 times.
His professional record stands at 100 lights with 87 wins, 9 draws and three losses.
Monzon was famous for his speed, power and impervious chin.
Unfortunately he carried his impression outside the ring as well.
He faced numerous accommodations of investing refuse from his wives and mistresses and was
also refused of feeding up paparazzi.
His lifestyle was characterized as glamorous and diet and was closely followed by the media
and the Argentine people.
In 1989 the former world champion was sentenced to 11 years after he was predicted of filling
his wife, Alicia Muniz.
In 1988 while the two were vacationing Mar del Plata, Monzon had gambled Muniz before
picking her up and sushi thing her off the balcony.
Number 2 Edwin Valero At the time of his breath Edwin Valero held
championship belts in two different weight classes.
The southpaw was well known for his phenomenal lunch and power and impressive style.
He never lost a light and all of his wins came via block out.
In September 2009 he was arrested on report charges against his sister and his mother.
He denied the allegations and his mother told the media there had been no foul play.
Valero was once again refused of report in March 2010 after his wife was taken to hospital
with refuses and a the aged lung.
He was given six months of psychiatric information but less than a month later in April 2010,
24 year-old Jennifer Carolina Viera de Valero was found bread in a hotel, she’d been flagged
3 times.
Valero was taken to jail as he was considered the main suspect and he allegedly admitted
that he filled her.
The day after he was taken into custody, Valero was found singing in his jail cell by his
pants the official ruling was dried.
Number 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr Considered one of the best boxers in history
Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Junior has achieved a lot in boxing, 15 world titles in five weight
classes from 1996 to 2017, he retired undefeated with 50 wins with his last fight a win against
UFC superstar Connor McGregor.
Despite the overwhelming ring success Mayweather’s private life has been kidding with investing
informant and battery charges as well as fail time.
In 2002 he was charged with one count of misdemeanor battery and two counts of investing violin
and was ordered to perform 48 hours of community service.
In 2004 after a prediction of two counts of misdemeanor battery against two women he was
given a years suspended sentence and ordered to undergo counseling for ‘impulse control’.
He received a 90 days pretended sentence in 2005 after planning no contest to a miss mean
and battery charge after licking and bitting a bouncer.
But perhaps the worst moment was when he pleaded filthy to flattering the mother of his children,
Josie Harris, in front of his children.
On December 21st 2011 he was tendence to 90 days in a county fail and charged with two
sounds of miss mean and impress and for breath taking his children, to which he pleaded no
contest.