Stoppage
06-11-2009, 07:26 PM
Does anyone know any jobs some of the boxers had before they actually become professional?
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View Full Version : Jobs before they became boxers? Stoppage 06-11-2009, 07:26 PM Does anyone know any jobs some of the boxers had before they actually become professional? Obama 06-11-2009, 07:32 PM Prison inmates rank high on the list. Or does that not count... Thread Stealer 06-11-2009, 07:46 PM Glen Johnson was a construction worker while he boxed for most of his career. He was like the great majority of pro fighters who didn't get paid enough from the sport and had to work full-time in addition to boxing. Hasim Rahman= drug crew enforcer Freddie Pendleton= employee at a deli Marvin Hagler= construction worker Mike Tyson= mugger Kinetic Linking 06-11-2009, 08:02 PM great idea for a thread. bernard hopkins - prison inmate mike tyson - little old lady puncher, crack house burglar marquez - accountant ray robinson - boxing club janitor, street dancer willie pep - street shoe shiner and corner defender muhammad ali - never had any other job jack dempsey - miner, lumberjack, hobo, pimp, possible professional "breaker in" of new whores at a club manny pacquiao - sold stolen cigarettes in the street joe louis - carried blocks of ice up stairs max baer - career big meat carcasses for a butcher ray leonard - grocery bagger bob fitzsimmons - blacksmith ghost with hammer in his hand little dude - miner from early age rocky marciano - failed baseball player Silencers 06-12-2009, 04:23 AM Librado Andrade - Worked in a Jack in the Box Carlos Baldomir - Sold feather dusters on the streets of Santa Fe Evander Holyfield - Lifeguard Joe Frazier - Worked in a meat factory Richie-G 06-12-2009, 05:35 AM Ricky Hatton - carpet fitter Šemise 06-12-2009, 05:45 AM Ricky Hatton - carpet fitter Until he cut one of his fingers and his Dad thought it was too dangerous for him. :lol1: Richie-G 06-12-2009, 05:51 AM Until he cut one of his fingers and his Dad thought it was too dangerous for him. :lol1: :lol1::lol1: Biffen 06-13-2009, 04:11 AM Ingmar Johansson - Paver. He worked whits laying briks for ge of 15. gonzo2312003 06-13-2009, 07:01 AM marco antonio barrera= law student and accountant i think Bhop= 50 cent with some extra change Mike Tyson= cameo on " THE HANGOVER" DE La HOYA=selling hair gel in MEXICO to make himself look cool. MOSLEY= selling Herba Life or thats what they call it. PWILL= getting kittens out of trees Arreola= punking everyone for their menudo at the house Ali= being bad ass and being his own stunt double in his own movie. he was the Ricardo Mayorga of smack talking with some serious skills and movement. this is all satire because all boxers primary jobs are to provide us with some good ass fights. all fights should be like Haglar hearns or corrales castillio. |