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  • General Zod
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    #11
    Originally posted by Thread Stealer
    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.
    I think it was losing to Leonard that sent Hagler over the cliff, but he did get his life back on track. I heard his acting is a bit dodgy though, lol

    lol at the Lewis comment, absolutelyx1000

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    • General Zod
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      #12
      Originally posted by NChristo
      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.
      cool, thanks for the info

      Bruno got into Coke and was sectioned under the mental health act for a while though

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      • Ivansmamma
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        #13
        Originally posted by Hellboy
        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?
        James Toney left boxing he is fighting in the UFC now

        Floyd became president of some boxing organisation or something.

        Ingemar was pretty much set for life endorsing products and stuff like that in Scandinavia as he still is the only Scandinavian HW champ in history.
        Last edited by Ivansmamma; 03-30-2010, 03:33 PM.

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        • General Zod
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          #14
          Originally posted by Ivansmamma
          James Toney left boxing he is fighting in the UFC now

          Floyd became president of some boxing organisation or something.

          Ingemar was pretty much set for life endorsing products and stuff like that in Scandinavia as he still is the only Scandinavian HW champ in history.
          Thanks for this, lol

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          • NChristo
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            #15
            Ah and how could I forget to mention Eubank lol >.<

            He's done hella lot since he retired boxing,
            Featured in alot of adverts for Nescafe, Royal Mail, McDonald's, Jaffa Cakes.

            He had his own radio talk show for awhile which was called Eubanks People, was good while it lasted he had alot of sports people on including Linford Christie, Naseem Hamed and Lennox Lewis (only ones I can think of of the top of my head)

            At Home With The Eubanks was a kind of reality show he did where they had cameras around his house for a week.

            He was on Celebrity Big Brother and was the first person to be evicted lol.

            He is now the 'Ambassador' of a ******** charity called GamCare.
            Last edited by NChristo; 03-30-2010, 04:01 PM.

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            • edgarg
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              #16
              Larry Holmes. Also we have, Benny Leonard, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jack Dempsey, jack Johnson, Dana Rosenblatt, Jim Jefferies, Gene Tunney, Carmen Basilio, Henry Cooper, and.........

              ROCKY.

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              • fight_professor
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                #17
                Originally posted by Hellboy
                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?
                Not immediately, but as per King of the World, Patterson became an official and later NY Boxing commissioner.

                Lennox Lewis made a clean break.

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                • Sweet Jesus
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                  #18
                  Hagler..........

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                  • Sutekh uvdabrix
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                    #19
                    Originally posted by The Impaler
                    Hagler..........
                    lol @ your sig

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                    • catalinul
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                      #20
                      Zelijo Mavrovic opened up a natural healthy food branch of food restaurants.It's the same food he eats to treat his illness that made him retire.
                      He's doing good in Croatia.

                      Fernando Vargas has made some movies,has a promotional company,clothes line,gyms,etc.

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