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Devon P asked in SportsBoxing · 1 decade ago

R.I.P. Vernon Forrest?

Two time 147lb champion and 154lb champion Vernon "Viper" Forrest was shot and killed during a attempted carjacking yesterday night. He was 38 yrs old!

This is a man who beat a PRIME Sugar Shane Mosley twice!

He will be missed!

The boxing world has taken enough sadness this year! Please lets not suffer not more!!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I really can't believe he's dead, this is crazy

  • 1 decade ago

    Oh my God! That is terrible news and so sad my friend. First it was Arguello, then Gatti, and now Forrest. It's like a dark cloud hanging over boxing at this time. Vernon Forrest was an outstanding fighter and a fan favorite too. R.I.P. Vernon Forrest.

    Who ever killed him, I hope they meet their just reward. Carjackers are the scum of the earth.

  • Sean G
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Im 38...so I think it's nuts. We aren't suppose to be dying now. He was avery good champion and I will always remember him fro shocking the boxing world with his mastery of the then undefeated Sugar Shane Mosley, then doing it again to prove it was no fluke. RIP Viper.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Another black day over the boxing community, it is so deeply saddening to me and so many other fans of the sport to have so many great fighters die so close together. Vernon was a good man and an excellent fighter and he is in a better place now. I am praying for his fmily in these hard times.

    R.I.P. Vernon, thanks for the memories.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's been a sad year for boxing, first Arguello's murder, then Gatti's murder, now Forrest's. They say death comes in threes, hopefully the boxing community has suffered enough. God be with all three, they will be missed. RIP.

  • 1 decade ago

    I knew Vernon well from his training at the USOEC in Marquette Michigan. Great guy, wonderful work with kids.

  • 1 decade ago

    RIP Vernon Forrest, we lost another champ.

  • 1 decade ago

    Don't let Vernon die in vain. Be nicer to people starting today. Do it now before it's not to late.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    God bless Vernon and his family in this difficult time. May he rest in peace.

  • Denz
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Yeah sucks.And the way he was killed is just horrible.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Was a very good fighter

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