BoxRec

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

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

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 ?)

JC wrote: ↑30 May 2026, 10:23 Andre Agassi’s Dad boxed for Iran at the 1948 and ‘52 Olympics.

That one I heard about. Good call.

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

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

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.

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