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By T.K. Stewart - It’s not always easy being the former heavyweight champ of the world.. For most of them, the time spent at the top is short. Sometimes it’s a rags to riches and back to rags story. When they’re the king of the world, the highs are exhilarating. But when it’s all over, when the title and the money and the friends are gone - things can be bluer than blue and sadder than sad.
Michael Moorer knows all about the highs and he knows all about the lows..
"Double M" had two brief runs as the heavyweight champion of the world in 1994 and again from 1996 to 1997. His two title reigns lasted a total of only 72 weeks, but during that time he went from the highs of upsetting Evander Holyfield to the lows of being knocked out by a 45 year-old semi-retired preacher named George Foreman.
By the time Michael Moorer turned 30 years old his time holding what was once known "as the greatest prize in all of sports" would be done.
Within a very short span of time, Moorer collected paychecks that had more zeroes than most men will see in a lifetime spent working. He would go from headlining for the high rollers at Caesars Palace and the MGM Grand to grinding out nights against no-name pugs in places where the lights don’t glitter. Places like Burlington, Iowa and Concho, Oklahoma. [details]
Michael Moorer knows all about the highs and he knows all about the lows..
"Double M" had two brief runs as the heavyweight champion of the world in 1994 and again from 1996 to 1997. His two title reigns lasted a total of only 72 weeks, but during that time he went from the highs of upsetting Evander Holyfield to the lows of being knocked out by a 45 year-old semi-retired preacher named George Foreman.
By the time Michael Moorer turned 30 years old his time holding what was once known "as the greatest prize in all of sports" would be done.
Within a very short span of time, Moorer collected paychecks that had more zeroes than most men will see in a lifetime spent working. He would go from headlining for the high rollers at Caesars Palace and the MGM Grand to grinding out nights against no-name pugs in places where the lights don’t glitter. Places like Burlington, Iowa and Concho, Oklahoma. [details]
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