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  • General Zod
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    Fighters who left boxing and moved on with their lives

    This thread is in response to the recent Calzaghe revelations of him getting drunk and using *******. Can anyone here tell me about fighters who left boxing and moved on with their life?

    I can think of Foreman doing HBO commentating and selling his Grills
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    Jake La Motta

    Ingemar Johansson

    James Toney

    Oscar De La Hoya

    Floyd Patterson

    Muhammed Ali

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    • BritishBoxing92
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      #3
      Originally posted by Hellboy
      This thread is in response to the recent Calzaghe revelations of him getting drunk and using *******. Can anyone here tell me about fighters who left boxing and moved on with their life?

      I can think of Foreman doing HBO commentating and selling his Grills
      Mike Tyson is Doing Documentaries now and a few film roles here and there nowadays...as long as hes making money im arite with it...

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      • General Zod
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        #4
        Originally posted by Ivansmamma
        Jake La Motta

        Ingemar Johansson

        James Toney

        Oscar De La Hoya

        Floyd Patterson
        James Toney is still fighting dude. Oscar has his promotional company to channel his energies into. What did Floyd and Ingemar do after they left the Sweet Science?

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        • General Zod
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          #5
          Originally posted by BritishBoxing92
          Mike Tyson is Doing Documentaries now and a few film roles here and there nowadays...as long as hes making money im arite with it...
          Thanks for posting this

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            #6
            De La Hoya is doing well in retirement. It helps when you're heading one of the top 2 promotional companies in the sport.

            One of DLH's victims was Rafael Ruelas. Rafael and his brother Gabriel, from what I've read, are doing well post-boxing. One of them is a real estate agent.

            Marvin Hagler had his problems after the Leonard fight with drinking and partying too much (******* rumors), and then his wife filed a restraining order because he messed up her car after an argument. But after that initial adjustment period I guess he's doing alright.

            Max Schmeling was in the German military after fighting, and had money problems. But after he did that endorsement with Coke or Pepsi he ended up being really rich.

            Lennox Lewis was able to walk away as the HW champ. Now he's a crappy commentator.

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            • BritishBoxing92
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              #7
              Originally posted by Hellboy
              Thanks for posting this
              no offence but are you being sarcastic?

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              • General Zod
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                #8
                Originally posted by BritishBoxing92
                no offence but are you being sarcastic?
                No. Im a fan of Iron Mike he got me into boxing.

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                • BritishBoxing92
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Hellboy
                  No. Im a fan of Iron Mike he got me into boxing.
                  oh arite then...

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                  • NChristo
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                    Frank Bruno did It's A Knockout! for awhile, not sure what he's doing now.

                    Tommy Morrison has been in several programs, obviously he was in a Rocky film as well and he is opening a Summer Camp for terminally ill children.

                    Ernie Terrel has did alot of singing and was a record producer, he now has his own janitorial company now, seems to be living very happily.

                    Buddy Baer went into acting of course as did Max.

                    Will update when I can remember others.
                    Last edited by NChristo; 03-30-2010, 03:32 PM.

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