Did any Boxing Promoter ever box himself?

[raskat]

Don King and Bob Arum never boxed as far as I know. DiBella also not, did any boxing promoter ever box himself?
I know there was a Promoter in MMA (the boss of Affliction - Tom Atencio) who once stepped into the cage himself and had a fight.....no disrespect to him, but the fight looked fixed to me. But still he took real punches...


EDIT: I am asking which old school promoters boxed themselves. Of course I know De la Hoya and Hatton boxed and now they are promoters.

[D-MiZe]

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...5029&cat=boxer

This geezer promotes in the UK, Hard Knocks is his promotional outfit.



De La Hoya, Hatton, Hayemaker, Khan etc are the obvious ones.

[bravestone]

Delahoya obviously.

[raskat]

sure guys, I mean, I wasn't talking about the obvious ones. Of course I know in the last 10 years we have Oscar, Hatton, etc. But I mean basically before those guys.
By the way, now that I think of it, british promoter Frank Maloney boxed himself early in his life.

[New England]

quite a few, actually. klitschkos, and oscar de la hoya have made the most money, i believe.

cotto and mayweather also promote.


joe deguardia still looks like he can go 6 rounds

he was a golden gloves champion in new york.

[chaposinaloa]

quite a few, actually. klitschkos, and oscar de la hoya have made the most money, i believe.

cotto and mayweather also promote.


joe deguardia still looks like he can go 6 rounds

he was a golden gloves champion in new york.

50 cent was a golden gloves champion also.

[New England]

50 cent was a golden gloves champion also.

i have yet to see that information verified, but he did box evidently. have you seen anything concrete to verify it?

[elfag]

Theres this one guy, forget his name. Oscar something or other. Hes a promoter now but I heard he boxed before. Probably amateur and a few club fights.

[thesenuts]

50 cent was a golden gloves champion also.

BULL ****!!!!!!

I grew up in the exact same neighborhood as Curtis. He was NEVER a boxer. I can confirm he has been in a few street fights. Ask him about the time he was beat to a pulp by a dude named Ricky who only stood 5'3 back in 92

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Joe DeGuardia won the Daily News (NYC) Golden Gloves in the 1980's...