Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
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Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Jonathan Guzman has lost his $70,000 purse from the Shingo Wake fight.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/undefeated ... html?nhp=1
Guzman returned home to a hero’s welcome in the Dominican Republic on Monday and was greeted by a large crowd of fans and a convoy accompanied him to his home. But after hours of celebration, the boxer found that the luggage that he stored the cash in had been opened and all $70,000 of his purse had been stolen.
Guzman’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, confirmed the news with Yahoo Sports. According to Lewkowicz, Guzman attempted to carry on his recently won world title and luggage, but he was informed by airline staff that he needed to check one of his bags. Guzman decided to check in the bag with the money in it for the flight from Miami to Santo Domingo and, when he arrived, he realized that the money was gone.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/undefeated ... html?nhp=1
Guzman returned home to a hero’s welcome in the Dominican Republic on Monday and was greeted by a large crowd of fans and a convoy accompanied him to his home. But after hours of celebration, the boxer found that the luggage that he stored the cash in had been opened and all $70,000 of his purse had been stolen.
Guzman’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, confirmed the news with Yahoo Sports. According to Lewkowicz, Guzman attempted to carry on his recently won world title and luggage, but he was informed by airline staff that he needed to check one of his bags. Guzman decided to check in the bag with the money in it for the flight from Miami to Santo Domingo and, when he arrived, he realized that the money was gone.
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Why the hell did he check in the bag with the money in it? I would've been holding onto that one like grim death.Like a Boss wrote:Jonathan Guzman has lost his $70,000 purse from the Shingo Wake fight.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/undefeated ... html?nhp=1
Guzman returned home to a hero’s welcome in the Dominican Republic on Monday and was greeted by a large crowd of fans and a convoy accompanied him to his home. But after hours of celebration, the boxer found that the luggage that he stored the cash in had been opened and all $70,000 of his purse had been stolen.
Guzman’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, confirmed the news with Yahoo Sports. According to Lewkowicz, Guzman attempted to carry on his recently won world title and luggage, but he was informed by airline staff that he needed to check one of his bags. Guzman decided to check in the bag with the money in it for the flight from Miami to Santo Domingo and, when he arrived, he realized that the money was gone.
Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Why did he take 70k in cash?
Come on, it's 2016, not 1976.
Come on, it's 2016, not 1976.
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Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Crazy stuff!gilgamesh wrote:Why the hell did he check in the bag with the money in it? I would've been holding onto that one like grim death.Like a Boss wrote:Jonathan Guzman has lost his $70,000 purse from the Shingo Wake fight.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/undefeated ... html?nhp=1
Guzman returned home to a hero’s welcome in the Dominican Republic on Monday and was greeted by a large crowd of fans and a convoy accompanied him to his home. But after hours of celebration, the boxer found that the luggage that he stored the cash in had been opened and all $70,000 of his purse had been stolen.
Guzman’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, confirmed the news with Yahoo Sports. According to Lewkowicz, Guzman attempted to carry on his recently won world title and luggage, but he was informed by airline staff that he needed to check one of his bags. Guzman decided to check in the bag with the money in it for the flight from Miami to Santo Domingo and, when he arrived, he realized that the money was gone.
I remember a similar thing happened to Roberto Duran years ago. From memory Duran lost a million dollars. Or at least he claimed he did anyway.
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Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Could only be a lack of trust thing. Crazy none the less.TheDarkDestroyer wrote:Why did he take 70k in cash?
Come on, it's 2016, not 1976.
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Wow! Straight BANANAS!!! It's like
he went to work and didn't get paid
for all the hard work he put in.
he went to work and didn't get paid
for all the hard work he put in.
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Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Old saying : A fool is easily parted from his money.GotNextTV wrote:Wow! Straight BANANAS!!! It's like
he went to work and didn't get paid
for all the hard work he put in.
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If you don't value it, someone else just might. I'm not sure howLike a Boss wrote:Old saying : A fool is easily parted from his money.
the airline will handle this. What's the process to actually recover
his purse? Would it be the full amount?
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Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Even if he took out travel insurance I hardly think they will believe he had $70,000 in his baggage. Let alone actually pay out on his claim.GotNextTV wrote:If you don't value it, someone else just might. I'm not sure howLike a Boss wrote:Old saying : A fool is easily parted from his money.
the airline will handle this. What's the process to actually recover
his purse? Would it be the full amount?
Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
My thoughts exactly.Like a Boss wrote:Even if he took out travel insurance I hardly think they will believe he had $70,000 in his baggage. Let alone actually pay out on his claim.
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This probably means Guzman will be eager to get back in the ring and make some money.
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Incredibly stupid if he chose to keep a different bag with him on the flight.
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Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
The banks in the Dominican Republic really that untrustworthy?
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Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Tough lesson. Can't steal the win from his luggage though!
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Like a Boss wrote:Jonathan Guzman has lost his $70,000 purse from the Shingo Wake fight.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/undefeated ... html?nhp=1
Guzman returned home to a hero’s welcome in the Dominican Republic on Monday and was greeted by a large crowd of fans and a convoy accompanied him to his home. But after hours of celebration, the boxer found that the luggage that he stored the cash in had been opened and all $70,000 of his purse had been stolen.
Guzman’s promoter, Sampson Lewkowicz, confirmed the news with Yahoo Sports. According to Lewkowicz, Guzman attempted to carry on his recently won world title and luggage, but he was informed by airline staff that he needed to check one of his bags. Guzman decided to check in the bag with the money in it for the flight from Miami to Santo Domingo and, when he arrived, he realized that the money was gone.
What an idiot
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GotNextTV wrote:Wow! Straight BANANAS!!! It's like
he went to work and didn't get paid
for all the hard work he put in.
No, it's like he did the stupidest thing he could possibly do.
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Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Dominican republic is almost 3rd world, I'll bet lots of people still deal in cash regularly.
I know people in the UK who don't have a bank account, though that's another story.
I know people in the UK who don't have a bank account, though that's another story.
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And what line of work are these people injamesmcdonnell wrote:Dominican republic is almost 3rd world, I'll bet lots of people still deal in cash regularly.
I know people in the UK who don't have a bank account, though that's another story.
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Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
Stuarty30 wrote:And what line of work are these people injamesmcdonnell wrote:Dominican republic is almost 3rd world, I'll bet lots of people still deal in cash regularly.
I know people in the UK who don't have a bank account, though that's another story.
They sell rare.......um items.
Re: Jonathan Guzman loses $70,000 purse from luggage
jamesmcdonnell wrote:Stuarty30 wrote:And what line of work are these people injamesmcdonnell wrote:Dominican republic is almost 3rd world, I'll bet lots of people still deal in cash regularly.
I know people in the UK who don't have a bank account, though that's another story.
They sell rare.......um items.