Boxers who have been most successful after retiring

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bennie wrote: 10 Sep 2021, 05:10 Promoter Mickey Duff said that George Walker was the best negotiator he ever encountered in his decades in the sport.
No silver spoon either. Started off as a fish Porter and villain. Sadly he cast Billy aside when he moved on to bigger things.
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Yes, the two brothers were never close because Billy was only a boy when George left the family home.
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bennie wrote: 11 Sep 2021, 01:08 Yes, the two brothers were never close because Billy was only a boy when George left the family home.
BrentWalker was a big FT100 company back in the 80s. Didn't George end up in Moscow running a string of betting offices/gambling establishments after being caught naughty eventually?

Billy was obviously from a different kettle of fish.
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JamesPhilips wrote: 09 Sep 2021, 16:22 Tyan Booth?

Hasn't Scott Welch got a load of old people's homes?

Gene Tunney
I know he had a reputation for a scholar etc during and for a time after his boxing career. But didn't Gene Tunney end his days as a alcoholic?
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tonyevs wrote: 11 Sep 2021, 02:20
JamesPhilips wrote: 09 Sep 2021, 16:22 Tyan Booth?

Hasn't Scott Welch got a load of old people's homes?

Gene Tunney
I know he had a reputation for a scholar etc during and for a time after his boxing career. But didn't Gene Tunney end his days as a alcoholic?
I hadn’t heard that. I don’t know - someone bought me a book about him, never finished it shamefully
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Tony Jeffries seems to be doing well for himself in America
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Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Mickey Rourke
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Billy Joel boxed as a decent amateur?
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KiwiRider wrote: 09 Sep 2021, 15:26 Floyd Mayweather?
he'll end up skint. bet you.
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Steveh583 wrote: 12 Sep 2021, 15:38
KiwiRider wrote: 09 Sep 2021, 15:26 Floyd Mayweather?
he'll end up skint. bet you.
Nope, no bet, I called it 10 years ago. These pathetic post Berto matches have been keeping him afloat.
I would like to have Berto under the same banner, but it was a boxing match, although a low quality opponent for an ATG to go out on.
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Technicaly you could count all the ex pros that became successful trainers / promoters like Freddie Roach, Mayweather snr, Brendan Ingle, John David Jackson, and Mickey Duff (I think mentioned)...

Also Jake Paul once he retires from Boxing
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Froch does very well out of property. His brother Lee & his best mate do the work on the houses as well so I imagine they’re well looked after.
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so many boxers making dat bank off property
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Muhammad Ali was wealthy, which helped him to spend the rest of his life good despite the horrible health issues.
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Yusaf Mack loooooool
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David Haye..

He has made a killing since his second retirement.. the 2 Bellew fights and now Billionaire Joe..
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