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Who have you got ? For me :

George Foreman : made more money through sponsoring a grill than any of his fights.

George Walker : brother of Billy Walker and ex pro. Became a property tycoon owning the trocadero amongst others. Was a big noise in the city and married into blue blood. Think he will be hard to top.

Brian London : owned a large number of properties as well as nightclubs which did very well.

Floyd Mayweather?

tony danza

George Foreman does spring to mind.

Jim Watt to have a near 40 year commentating career did well also.

Dave 'Boy' Green.

Larry Holmes I believe has been shrewd and successful.

Micky Duff too.

Who was the German heavy from the 50's? Baer maybe? I remember him making absolute fortunes out of his investments.

Vitali - Mayor of Kiev

Tyson is apparently doing well growing cannabis

high tower 1 wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 15:51 Larry Holmes I believe has been shrewd and successful.

Micky Duff too.

Duff worked all the way up until getting ill.

Baer was actually quite a successful actor and his son had a main role in the Beverly Hillbillies.

However I meant Max Scmelling, invested in Coca Cola and the company has done quite well!

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stujones wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 15:34 George Foreman does spring to mind.

Jim Watt to have a near 40 year commentating career did well also.

Jim Watt has been gainfully employed as a commentator, but is that really as successful as others mentioned?
And don't get me wrong, I love Jim

Chris Algieri.
Smart educated guy, made some good investments with his Pac money, does commentary and runs a nutritionist gig as well.
Early days for him, still young.
Given how brief his career in boxing at almost the top level, he has set himself up for life, and doesn't come across as the type to blow it.

Tyan Booth?

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

Gene Tunney

KiwiRider wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 16:20 Chris Algieri.
Smart educated guy, made some good investments with his Pac money, does commentary and runs a nutritionist gig as well.
Early days for him, still young.
Given how brief his career in boxing at almost the top level, he has set himself up for life, and doesn't come across as the type to blow it.

what type of dough did he get from his investments

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 16:22 Tyan Booth?

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

Gene Tunney

Yeah Welch never needed to box

I think Tyson lost more money during his pro career than he did after.

He now has a successful cannabis business.

mat macklin doing even better

Ian John Lewis

Robert Smith

brilo33 wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 19:25 mat macklin doing even better

What’s he been doing apart from commentary ?

gangster stuff?

high tower 1 wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 14:47 Who have you got ? For me :

George Foreman : made more money through sponsoring a grill than any of his fights.

George Walker : brother of Billy Walker and ex pro. Became a property tycoon owning the trocadero amongst others. Was a big noise in the city and married into blue blood. Think he will be hard to top.

Brian London : owned a large number of properties as well as nightclubs which did very well.

George also managed Billy and managed him brilliantly. Billy never even won a British title but he sold out Wembley time after time and was on a big cut.

bennie wrote: ↑10 Sep 2021, 03:21

high tower 1 wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 14:47 Who have you got ? For me :

George Foreman : made more money through sponsoring a grill than any of his fights.

George Walker : brother of Billy Walker and ex pro. Became a property tycoon owning the trocadero amongst others. Was a big noise in the city and married into blue blood. Think he will be hard to top.

Brian London : owned a large number of properties as well as nightclubs which did very well.

George also managed Billy and managed him brilliantly. Billy never even won a British title but he sold out Wembley time after time and was on a big cut.

Have you read Billy’s book ? George seemed like a real shrewd operator. Used the cash and name after to grow a grow. Hats off.

high tower 1 wrote: ↑10 Sep 2021, 04:49

bennie wrote: ↑10 Sep 2021, 03:21

high tower 1 wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 14:47 Who have you got ? For me :

George Foreman : made more money through sponsoring a grill than any of his fights.

George Walker : brother of Billy Walker and ex pro. Became a property tycoon owning the trocadero amongst others. Was a big noise in the city and married into blue blood. Think he will be hard to top.

Brian London : owned a large number of properties as well as nightclubs which did very well.

George also managed Billy and managed him brilliantly. Billy never even won a British title but he sold out Wembley time after time and was on a big cut.

Have you read Billy’s book ? George seemed like a real shrewd operator. Used the cash and name after to grow a grow. Hats off.

I haven't read Billy's book, out of choice. I saw him at a boxing do in or around 2003 and his eyes looked glazed, like he was sedated. I then heard that the love of his life had passed away of cancer and I really felt for Billy. He writes about the tragic experience in the book and I believe his words are incredibly moving. Billy became an overnight sensation when he flattened the giant American Cornelius Perry back in the early 1960s in an amateur showdown and was a licence to print money once he turned pro. He completely sold out Wembley Arena 11 times. The tickets would go in half an hour.

bennie wrote: ↑10 Sep 2021, 03:21

George also managed Billy and managed him brilliantly. Billy never even won a British title but he sold out Wembley time after time and was on a big cut.

that really is good management, thanks Bennie

Promoter Mickey Duff said that George Walker was the best negotiator he ever encountered in his decades in the sport.