Damaged Bowe washes up far from Bel Air

No other sport throws up tragic figures quite like boxing.

Leave aside the ‘coulda-been-a-contenda’ variety; too often it’s the champs who finish up like chumps.

The other day we were flicking through the channels when we came across the closing scenes of an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air from 20 years ago. Will, his cousin Carlton and loyal sidekick Jazzy Jeff are on a road trip that lands them in a low-end casino where Carlton becomes addicted to a slot machine. He uses up every dime he has, and just as he leaves it to go round scrambling and begging for more coins, a vaguely-familiar Joe Louis-lookalike figure in a Stetson strolls up to the machine and instantly wins the jackpot.