FORMER BOXING CHAMP FORREST KILLED
Former world champion boxer VERNON FORREST has been killed during a robbery at a petrol station in Atlanta, Georgia.
The sports star was caught up in the heist at a service station on Saturday night (24Jul09) when a group of men robbed him at gunpoint while he was putting air into the tyres of his Jaguar sportscar.
He was then shot in the back nearly a dozen times as he chased one of the thieves.
Forrest was also armed and exchanged fire with his assailants, according to Atlanta police spokesman Keith Meadow.
The star, 38, was travelling with his girlfriend’s 11-year-old son, who was in the car at time of the attack and was able to give a description of the robbers to cops.
Forrest competed for the U.S. in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain before turning professional, winning the International Boxing Federation welterweight title in 2001 and becoming the World Boxing Council’s middleweight champion.
He finished his career with a record of 41 wins, three losses and 29 knockouts.
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