Professional sport players or celebs boxing

[sevenofgeorge]

Besides football players Mark Gastineau and Alonzo Highsmith and celeb Mickey Rourke, who else from their "elite" ranks have tried to have a legit boxing career? I wished Gastineau or Highsmith would have fought Tyson, that would have been amusing.

[Deno1986]

Former English U-21 football international, Curtis Woodhouse is now a professional boxer. He had a decent enough football career and is doing alright as a boxer.He is due to fight on the Haye-Ruiz undercard in a few weeks.

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

[raylawpc]

Besides football players Mark Gastineau and Alonzo Highsmith and celeb Mickey Rourke, who else from their "elite" ranks have tried to have a legit boxing career? I wished Gastineau or Highsmith would have fought Tyson, that would have been amusing.

Ed "Too Tall" Jones comes to mind immediately.

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

Wilt Chamberlain famously challenged Muhammad Ali, but I don't believe Wilt ever had a pro or amateur fight.

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=7095&more=1

[enrique]

Charlie Powell was a pro football player before boxing. I think Jack O'Halloran also had a brief football career.

[St McComas]

Kendall Gill -- NBA basketball player (15 seasons), mostly with the Chicago Bulls. 3-0 as a boxer, hasn't fought since 2005.

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

I ran into him at Jabs Gym in Chicago a couple of years ago. He had a long reach.

[Brutu]

Milton Berle use to take boxing lessons from Mushy Jackson.
Jack Dempsey gave Rudolf Valentino some boxing lessons.

[Brutu]

Is there any fight film of Too Tall Jones boxing?
I remember back in the early 1980's,on the local news
when sports came on,they use to show high lights of his fights
Wasnt he knocked down in one?
If so why isnt it listed on his boxrec fight record?

[Brutu]

Lee Canalito was a star defensive lineman at the University of Houston Texas.
He hurt his knee and took up boxing,had 7 amateur fights and won the Houston Golden Gloves.
He turned pro in 1977,and Angelo Dundee was his trainer.
his pro career was from 1977-1987.
(21 -(19 by KO)-0-0.
He was ranked 9th in 1985.
I think I saw one of his fights on television,but cant remember which one.
He was being managed by Sylvester Stallone at that time and that brought him a lot of attention.

[raylawpc]

Bob Hope had an undistinguished and brief professional career.

[Jaywheel]

Tony Danza and Billy Joel.

[zojo]

Here is a bunch listed


http://www.amiannoying.com/%28S%280pyyd ... llection=3

Interesting people on the list:
William Demarest
Johann Wilhelm Trollmann
Melvin Burkhart (0-6) but must have been able to take a punch
Robert Mitchum
Christopher Robin Milne
James Jones (cigs must have impacted his cardio)
Joe Rollino
Danny Trejo
Kirk Kerkorian
Rod Blagojevich




Oh, and Joe Gans had big pecs for back then

[enrique]

Jack Palance fought pro under the name Jack Brazzo, claimed 12-2 pro record and one of the losses was to Joe Baksi who went on to become a top contender.

Bob Hope (Packy East) fought as an amateur, never a pro. Errol Flynn had a few documented amateur fights and Dean Martin claimed a 2-1 record.

Mushy Callahan who trained actors for boxing films for the studios -Flynn, Kirk Douglass, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond- claimed that the one with most talent was Elvis Presley.

[dberry]

that guy that did the pantomimes, what was his name again? Oh that's right Frank Bruno.

[wouter]

Here's the list from Boxrec's encyclopedia:

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Categ ... pro_sports