What are some surprising family ties between boxers?

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It was said that British middleweight champs (brothers) Pat and Les McAteer were uncles of footballer Jason McAteer of Liverpool and Ireland fame.

[JC]

Andre Agassi’s Dad boxed for Iran at the 1948 and ‘52 Olympics.

[Caractacus]

when he was growing up, Muhammad Ali had a cousin who was a boxer but who "wasn't too successful"
(makes you wonder, had they been an amateur or pro ?)

[Ambling Alp II]

Andre Agassi’s Dad boxed for Iran at the 1948 and ‘52 Olympics.

That one I heard about. Good call.

[Team_Tubbs]

Former NBA player John Long of the Pistons is the uncle of 7 foot tall heavyweight Julius Long

[Ambling Alp II]

I remember John Long, he was a decent player. The family must have been surprised that Julius wound up being a boxer.

[scorpio83]

I don't know if is the surprising family ties between boxers that former World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer Sr. and contender Buddy Baer were the father and uncle respectively of actor Max Baer Jr. who played Jethro Bodine from the 1960s sitcom the Beverly Hillbillies.

[Caractacus]

Earnie Shavers wife La Vern was a distant relative of Joe Louis
(his first mother-law's stepbrother to be exact )

[Joson]

1970s middleweight Mike Nixon was the brother-in-law of the Quarry brothers. Nixon, in case you don't know, was a well-known journeyman who may have qualified as a top-20 fighter for a short while.

[Joson]

Gratien Tonna, 1970s middleweight contender, is the cousin of Charlie Magri, who held the WBC flyweight belt.

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1970s middleweight Mike Nixon was the brother-in-law of the Quarry brothers. Nixon, in case you don't know, was a well-known journeyman who may have qualified as a top-20 fighter for a short while.

I remember Mike Nixon well. Saw him fight many times. Held nice wins over Mike Rossman and Gert Steyn and should have had the win over David Love only for it to be turned into a ND. Was married to Wilma Quarry.

On the other hand, did not know Tonna and Magri were related.

[Joson]

1970s middleweight Mike Nixon was the brother-in-law of the Quarry brothers. Nixon, in case you don't know, was a well-known journeyman who may have qualified as a top-20 fighter for a short while.

I remember Mike Nixon well. Saw him fight many times. Held nice wins over Mike Rossman and Gert Steyn and should have had the win over David Love only for it to be turned into a ND. Was married to Wilma Quarry.

On the other hand, did not know Tonna and Magri were related.

Did you see Nixon vs Sugar Ray Seales? Ray took the nod, but I always wondered how competitive the action was.

[scartissue]

1970s middleweight Mike Nixon was the brother-in-law of the Quarry brothers. Nixon, in case you don't know, was a well-known journeyman who may have qualified as a top-20 fighter for a short while.

I remember Mike Nixon well. Saw him fight many times. Held nice wins over Mike Rossman and Gert Steyn and should have had the win over David Love only for it to be turned into a ND. Was married to Wilma Quarry.

On the other hand, did not know Tonna and Magri were related.

Did you see Nixon vs Sugar Ray Seales? Ray took the nod, but I always wondered how competitive the action was.

I did not but here is the write-up on the fight. Sounds fairly comfortable in Seales' favor.

"Sugar Ray Seales knocked Mike Nixon down twice and used a strong rally in the final two rounds to score a unanimous decision in a 10 round middleweight bout Tuesday night and snap the Glendale, Calif., fighter's eight-bout win streak. Seales, from Tacoma, and four pounds lighter than his opponent at 156 1/2, put Nixon on the floor in the 4th round with a left uppercut. In the 9th he tagged Nixon with three straight lefts to the head, the last one sending him down again." -United Press International

Attendance - 2,152
Gate - $10,000 (app.)

Scorecards: 97-90, 98-94 and another 98-94 all for Seales.