From Boxer to Bankrupt: Evander Holyfield

[The Hammer]

From the BBC:

"It appears even multi-millionaire fighters are feeling the biting effects of the credit crunch.

Evander Holyfield is once again facing foreclosure on his Georgia mansion and the news has sent a wave of disbelief and dismay through British boxing.

The sprawling, 109-room house on Evander Holyfield drive, south of Atlanta, was due to be auctioned last June but Holyfield struck a deal to remain in the property."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/8124417.stm

[the_blueprint]

109 rooms!!!!!! WHAT??!!

[beez721]

109 rooms!!!!!! WHAT??!!

well,,,he has 109 kids from 109 different women

[MANGLER]

Damn. I hate seein fighters come to bad ends like this.

[keepthemhandsup]

well,,,he has 109 kids from 109 different women

i was thinking that

he got so many kids it bound to make them bankrupt

[Deja_Vous]

well,,,he has 109 kids from 109 different women

That'll break anybody.

[street bully]

109 rooms!!!!!! WHAT??!!

You ever seen that house. It's amazingly huge.

[gingeralbino]

I wonder out of all the big time boxers that went broke, how many were ****** with their money (i.e. blowing it all), and how many of them were ripped of by promoters or financial consultants.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

These guys just don't think man, they spend their money on the dumbest things and then wonder why they are broke once their career's are over.

[F l i c k e r]

Damn. I hate seein fighters come to bad ends like this.

That's what happens when you don't continue school after high school. The potential is there, look at De La Hoya.... enough said.

Floyd is venturing into the same area as Holyfield. That lifestyle flashy comes back to bite you in the ass sooner or later.