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Anybody know of what jobs boxers entered into after their boxing career?

I can name a few Paul "Hoko" Hodkinson opened a sandwich shop
Steve Robinson is now a personal trainer
Ken Buchanan went back to scaffolding

Anyone else got any others?

Micky Ward went back to paving streets a few weeks after the final Gatti fight.

Hoko now woks on the railways

The quiet man 2004 wrote:Hoko now woks on the railways

Selling chinese food hey? Good idea that.

Works on the railways now? Does he still live in the Liverpool area do you know? I find it amazing how thigns turn out for some boxers im sure Hoko had a million dollar payday lined up at MSG if he had beaten Vargas.

u'll find alot of pro's work now days right thruv there career running in the morning training after work n running at night. hard work but if u want it u gotta do it

micky steeds is a locksmith buster keeton works for bt and oj aberham works as a security officer

wrimc wrote:Anybody know of what jobs boxers entered into after their boxing career?

I can name a few Paul "Hoko" Hodkinson opened a sandwich shop
Steve Robinson is now a personal trainer
Ken Buchanan went back to scaffolding

Anyone else got any others?

Sadly after Barry mcguigan caused Gary Mason to lose his job at SKY gary ended up working in security

Michael Gomez and Michael Jennings both do security work.

Not sure I'd start a confrontation with Michael Gomez on security

Oisin Fagan (former Khan victim) now works as a boxing development officer for the irish aba in Dublin.

1southpaw wrote:micky steeds is a locksmith buster keeton works for bt and oj aberham works as a security officer

Mickey Steeds used to do bar work and he also worked for a water company. The Mitchell brothers were on the railways, Haye was a model - which probably doesnt count. Billy Schwer is doing well as a motivational speaker, while Conteh, Bruno, Stracey et al work the after dinner circuit. Stracey does a bit of singing too, and has a track in the new ray winstone film. Scott Gammer has a decorating business. Gary Lockett invested in property. Charlie Magri ran a pub in East London for a while. Errol Christie does pt at gymbox in holborn. Following a period of homelessness, Leon Spinks has been working at a YMCA and McDonalds. Ray Mancini working as an independent producer of low-budget films. Sean Hughes works in a warehouse, he usually works the day of the fight from 5am, like he did the night he beat pickering. Joe Bugner was on celebrity jungle. Nigel Benn became a preacher. George Foreman had his lean mean cooking machine thingey.

most boxers i know have a full time job whilst training. Only the lucky ones fight full time. Rendall munroe is a great role model world title challenger and still working the bins.

The best has to be Earnie Shavers bouncing at Yates Wine Lodge Liverpool.
Johnny Nelson's got a decent job .....
Herol is still repping for a Printing Co, and Buster Keaton has worked for BT throughout his career.
Silky is a Personal Trainer.
I'll think of others .....

twenty six wrote:The best has to be Earnie Shavers bouncing at Yates Wine Lodge Liverpool.
Johnny Nelson's got a decent job .....
Herol is still repping for a Printing Co, and Buster Keaton has worked for BT throughout his career.
Silky is a Personal Trainer.
I'll think of others .....

i work the door on yates now mate and stil have people coming up asking for earnie, such a shame i never got to work with him

twenty six wrote: Herol is still repping for a Printing Co,
..

Is he not working at Virgin any more?

twenty six wrote:
The best has to be Earnie Shavers bouncing at Yates Wine Lodge Liverpool.
Johnny Nelson's got a decent job .....
Herol is still repping for a Printing Co, and Buster Keaton has worked for BT throughout his career.
Silky is a Personal Trainer.
I'll think of others .....

i work the door on yates now mate and stil have people coming up asking for earnie, such a shame i never got to work with him

What firm has the door there now??

Earnie used to work for a relative on the Yates

neil hibbert wrote:

twenty six wrote:The best has to be Earnie Shavers bouncing at Yates Wine Lodge Liverpool.
Johnny Nelson's got a decent job .....
Herol is still repping for a Printing Co, and Buster Keaton has worked for BT throughout his career.
Silky is a Personal Trainer.
I'll think of others .....

i work the door on yates now mate and stil have people coming up asking for earnie, such a shame i never got to work with him

I don't think Shavers was an actual bouncer though was he? More of a greeter. I remember walking in and he was stood by the door shaking everybody's hands who entered welcoming them.

door sec have the door now, no he wasnt an actual bouncer as you say but he was a meeter and greeter

Colin Lynes - i know he isnt retired yet - does printing work i think

whatashambles wrote:Michael Gomez and Michael Jennings both do security work.

Michael Jennings OWN'S a security firm.

Wayne Alexander runs a private gym in Purley, South London....Well last time we spoke havin a pint in the beer garden of a Croydon pub that was the case lol

When was the last time you saw Wayne mate ?
Last time I saw him I didn't recognise him at all.
Hope he's well.

last time I saw wayne he was was with me for the harrison v sprott fight, ohh and he has hair now!!!!

The quiet man 2004 wrote:Hoko now woks on the railways

Good wedge on the tracks :)