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Does anyone know what Philadelphia's George Benton is up to these days, is he still training fighters?

bigfatjourneyman wrote:Does anyone know what Philadelphia's George Benton is up to these days, is he still training fighters?

I read on another Website that he was in prison for non payment of child support.

Can anyone confirm this?

He was due up on such charges for sure, so it wouldn't surprise me if he had been jailed. He owed over a million dollars or something. He's also in poor health I believe. All in all, a sad state of affairs.
Benton was a master boxer and a good (not great) trainer. But I can't forgive him for giving Eddie Futch a hard time in the corner when Eddie was stopping The Thrilla in Manila

KOJOE90 wrote:

bigfatjourneyman wrote:Does anyone know what Philadelphia's George Benton is up to these days, is he still training fighters?

I read on another Website that he was in prison for non payment of child support.

Can anyone confirm this?

I've also read that he lost all of the money he had earned as a trainer when his 'financial advisor' did a runner with all his investments and savings.

If true it's very sad.