Boxing
| Name | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Ayala, Jr. | burglary and rape | 35 years | paroled after 16 years, returned to prison for an additional ten-year sentence after parole violation. |
| Trevor Berbick | sexual assault | 5 years | served 15 months, subsequently murdered by kin in Jamaica |
| Riddick Bowe | kidnapping | 18 months | released after serving 17 months for kidnapping his wife and children |
| Rubin "Hurricane" Carter | murder | life | conviction set aside and released after serving 19 years |
| Dereck Chisora | assault | 12 week suspended for 2 years and 150 hours community service | had previous convictions for public order offences, assaulting a police officer and possession of an offensive weapon. |
| Dale Crowe | convicted in 2006 of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery, and engaging in corrupt acts | 20 years | scheduled release date February 11, 2026 |
| Evangelos Goussis | See entry on Martial Arts section | ||
| Esteban De Jesús | murder | life | pardoned after 7 years due to failing heath, died 1 month later |
| Clifford Etienne | attempted murder, armed robbery, grand theft auto, and two counts of child kidnapping | 150 years without possibility of parole | incarcerated |
| Naseem Hamed | Dangerous driving | 15 months | served 16 weeks |
| Bernard Hopkins | strong-arm robbery | 18 years | served 56 months (before boxing career) |
| James Kirkland | Armed robbery | ? years | served 6 months, released on 8 years probation. Currently arrested for breach of probation and federal weapons charge. |
| Panama Lewis | assault, criminal possession of a weapon, conspiracy, tampering with a sports contest | six years in prison | served 4 years |
| Sonny Liston | robbery | 5 years | served 2 years |
| Michael Nunn | conspiracy to distribute cocaine | sentenced 292 months in Federal prison | incarcerated at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas, scheduled release date June 16, 2024 |
| Dwight Muhammad Qawi (formerly Dwight Braxton) | armed robbery | ? | served more than two years |
| Floyd Mayweather, Sr. | Drugs trafficking | 5 year | |
| Tommy Morrison | Drugs and weapons | 10 years | served 14 months |
| Luis Resto | assault criminal possession of a weapon (his hands) conspiracy |
3 years | served 2 years, 6 months |
| Harry Simon | culpable homicide | sentenced to two years in prison on August 5, 2005. Lost appeal and began serving sentence on July 9, 2007. | release in 2009 after serving sentence. |
| Mike Tyson | rape | six years | served 3 years |
| road rage | one year | served 9 months | |
| possession of narcotics and DUI | 24 hours in jail, 360 hours community service and 3 years probation | ||
Read more about this topic: List Of Professional Sportspeople Convicted Of Crimes
Famous quotes containing the word boxing:
“... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.”
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)
“I can entertain the proposition that life is a metaphor for boxing—for one of those bouts that go on and on, round following round, jabs, missed punches, clinches, nothing determined, again the bell and again and you and your opponent so evenly matched it’s impossible not to see that your opponent is you.... Life is like boxing in many unsettling respects. But boxing is only like boxing.”
—Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)