Boxers who are/were smart with their money/didnt wind up broke

[MOREBASS]

George Foreman made more off of his grills than he ever made from boxing.


Residual income is grand.



He's still cashing those Lean Mean Fat Reducing Machine checks!

[DarchinyFAN]

Buddy McGirt does well by conning today's fighters into thinking he is a good trainer.

[deemo]

we all know george foreman is the richest off his boxing career because if he didnt have the name he wouldnt have sold any grills. oscar is probably right behind him and might catch him before long those are the two that i couldnt ever imagine being broke. i think fighters like mayweather that like to flaunt there cash will always end up broke.

[Derranged]

Vitali must have been. He was able to afford not boxing for 4 years.

[Scott9945]

Fernando Vargas invested most of his money in good property (parking lots) and should be set for life.

[MOREBASS]

we all know george foreman is the richest off his boxing career because if he didnt have the name he wouldnt have sold any grills. oscar is probably right behind him and might catch him before long those are the two that i couldnt ever imagine being broke. i think fighters like mayweather that like to flaunt there cash will always end up broke.

Wrong.

George made around 150 million for the use of his name for the grills. That alone is more than all of his boxing purses combined.

Not to mention the residual income he recieves every time someone buys a George Foreman Grill.

[MOREBASS]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the obvious:


Oscar 'Dollar' Hoya by far the wealthiest man in the sport's history.

[deanrw]

George Foreman is super rich

In 1999, he signed a 5 year deal with the makers of the grill for US$ 137.5M

He signed another deal in 2004, for most likely much more money. Added to the money he made on the grills from 1994-1999 and you then get an idea of how much money he has made.

Add to that the muffler commercial endorsements. The man is envied by Oscar and Floyd.

[Miburo]

According to Ring magazine Jack Dempsey made about 7 million but most of it was lost when wall street crashed in 1929. He later supported himself in the restaurant business.

Actually the way he made his money back was by fighting dozens of exhibition matches in the 30s. He opened up the eponymous restaurant afterward.

[Miburo]

In answer the initial question, Hagler has done quite well for himself.