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Police: Former heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick killed in Jamaica
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Posted on 10/28/2006 11:17:40 AM PDT by malamute
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boxing; gapingheadwound; trevorberbick
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:17:43 AM PDT
by
malamute
To: malamute
Comes in threes...
Marlin McKeever
Joe Niekro
Trevor Berbick
RIP
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:21:18 AM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
("Journalislam" - reporting about murderous extremists as if they are moral equivalents.)
To: malamute
Berbick, 51, suffered a gaping head wound in the attack in his native Norwich village, 146 miles (91 km) east of Kingston, and was pronounced dead at the Port Antonio Hospital, police said. They said the assailant was carrying a weapon such as a machete or hatchet that cut a deep “chop wound.”
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:22:09 AM PDT
by
steveo
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To: malamute
"Trevor Berbick (August 1, 1955 - October 28, 2006) was a Heavyweight boxer whose professional career spanned from 1976 until 2000. He briefly held the WBC version of the Heavyweight title in 1986, before losing it to Mike Tyson in his first defense. He is also noted for being the last man to fight Muhammad Ali, winning their 10-Round contest in Nassau, the Bahamas on December 11, 1981, by unanimous decision."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Berbick
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:22:41 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: malamute
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:24:24 AM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Global Warming Fears will do for the world what over population fears did for Europe.)
To: malamute
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:24:33 AM PDT
by
Types_with_Fist
(I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
To: malamute
AP only reporting that police found him dead.
I suspect more info will follow very soon.
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:24:52 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: malamute
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:26:53 AM PDT
by
montag813
To: malamute
To: steveo
They said the assailant was carrying a weapon such as a machete or hatchet that cut a deep “chop wound.” Imagine that. Jamaica is a nice place if you never leave the confines of a resort. As soon as you leave, watch out!
No more banana republics for Barnacle.
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:39:57 AM PDT
by
Barnacle
(Where's the fence?... Where's the fence?!)
To: montag813
To: Tall_Texan
It's actors who's deaths come in threes.
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posted on
10/28/2006 11:47:43 AM PDT
by
em2vn
To: malamute
To: REDWOOD99
Uppercut? Perhaps the machete-wielder was a southpaw.
To: malamute
Trevor Berbick had a crazy, mixed up life. I recall several allegations of physical and sexual assault in his past. He WAS a big, strong raw talent.
His two best hi-lite tapes:
- Tyson knocking him down three times with a single punch (The look on Berbick's face was unlike anything I have seen on a boxer before or since)
- Berbick's KO win over John Tate when Tate was trying to come back from his 15th round KO loss to MikeWeaver (Berbick hurt Tate and literally chased Tate across the ring, raining punches down on the back of Tate's head)
Maybe you could add the video of Larry Holmes chasing Berbick out of a building back in the mid '80s with Holmes jumping across the hood of a car.
Like I said, Berbick had a crazy, mixed up life.
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posted on
10/28/2006 12:35:22 PM PDT
by
Ghengis
(Alexander was a wuss!)
To: Ghengis
Like I said, Berbick had a crazy, mixed up life. Seems to the the fate of most boxing -- heck, sports -- champions, once their moment in the sun has passed.
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posted on
10/28/2006 12:53:33 PM PDT
by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
To: Barnacle
They dont have Machete or Hatchet control laws in the Jamaica?
Maybe was this a licensed Machete operator?
The UN could start enforcing some Machete control laws.
First the Hootsies, Tootsies, and now Jamaicans. Where will this end?
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posted on
10/28/2006 1:29:06 PM PDT
by
PA-RIVER
To: PA-RIVER
First the Hootsies, Tootsies, and now Jamaicans. Where will this end? Machetes are no joke. They are a very affective weapon. The Spaniards coerced the Filipinos to use them against the American forces 100 years ago.
A friend of mine just got back from doing missionary work in Haiti. He said one of the most disconcerting parts of being there was that the population in general wanders around toting machetes.
I'm glad that I didn't see that in Jamaica.
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posted on
10/28/2006 5:52:11 PM PDT
by
Barnacle
(Where's the fence?... Where's the fence?!)
To: Barnacle
I'm glad that I didn't see that in Jamaica.They do up in the hills - or "The Bush" as they call it. At least they did when I was there in the '70s.... Mon. But really, what's the difference between that and packin' heat? None. When we hit the bush the first thing we did was purchase machettes.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:41:43 PM PDT
by
Musket
(The last major culture shift took about 2 years 1968-69 -- so why is this one taking so long?)
To: Barnacle
I should add - Why? 'Cause everybody else had them.
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posted on
10/28/2006 6:48:35 PM PDT
by
Musket
(The last major culture shift took about 2 years 1968-69 -- so why is this one taking so long?)
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