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Friends, fighters mourn loss of Forrest

By Kieran Mulvaney
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, July 26, 2009

In popular imagination, boxing is full of snakes, back-stabbers and thieves. Personal observation lends credence to the caricature, but also reveals another side of the sport that outsiders often miss: It is also full of kindness and consideration, an admittedly dysfunctional extended family whose members look out for one another in times of need. People are almost invariably surprised to hear me say this, but some of the nicest people I have ever met are professional fighters. Even by that st ...

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