Fighters who were well educated

[Johnstown]

Originally Posted by Son of Gaul

Fun Fact: There actually is a school named Life University. It's a school for chiropractors in GA with a pretty solid rugby program.

lol.....yeah would be a good name for one.

[Son of Gaul]

Originally Posted by Johnstown

so he says....no formal education to speak of though.

No really, he's on the MENSA website and he wore a MENSA tshirt for the Holyfield fight.

[Johnstown]

Originally Posted by Son of Gaul

No really, he's on the MENSA website and he wore a MENSA tshirt for the Holyfield fight.

i guess if he is on the website ill take it as truth...

[Seamus]

[JWSoats]

Bob Pastor enrolled at NYU but gave up college to pursue a career in boxing. He also taught ski troops in WWII.

[Surf-Bat]

Frank Moran went to Pitt and studied to be a dentist (hence his nickname)

Wee Willie Davies also went to Pitt, graduated and went on to become a career schoolteacher.

John Henry Lewis got his degree from Arizona State University. I have a picture of him wearing his cap and gown somewhere.

[Unforgiven]

Originally Posted by Son of Gaul

No really, he's on the MENSA website and he wore a MENSA tshirt for the Holyfield fight.

MENSA is a club with an IQ test.
You don't need much of a formal education, a degree or anything like that. It's just a problem-solving test or two and you're in.

[Webbiano]

Originally Posted by Seamus

What did chuck do after boxing??

[SLAKKA]

Fidel Labarba was a Stanford grad.
Steve Hamas was “The Penn State Collegian”
Tunney was self-educated and he did an excellent job. Otherwise George Bernard Shaw woud have ripped him to shreds instead of befriending him.
GBS did not play!!

[Colonel Sanders]

Originally Posted by Johnstown

peter mcneeley had an assoicates in political science from a community college..for some reason i remember one of the announcers saying that for tyson v mcneeley.

it's scary that a dumbass such as him can get a degree

[g.rowley]

Originally Posted by thistle1

Tunney was a clever man, can't remember if he had a degree or not.
Billy Soose went to Penn State, was it Soose .
Dan Sherry who fought Benn
Willie Dewitt is a Lawyer

loads more no doubt.

Tunney was apparently considering going to Princeton at one point which suggests he was not without smarts, but as someone else has alluded to there were many who thought his intellect was something of an affectation. He regularly sat down with journalists with classical literature under his arm with book marks near the start of the book only for the same journalist to see him the next day with a completely different book marked near the end. Not saying he was not a clever guy but certainly played up to the image.

[NoNeck]

Originally Posted by Boxalot

Wladimir Klitschko obviously.
Nathan Cleverly has a Maths degree.
Marco Antonio Barrera is a qualified lawyer.
Juan Manuel Marquez is a qualified accountant i think.

Barerra is no qualified lawyer. That's a myth.

[NoNeck]

Originally Posted by Boxed Ears

Yeah, both Klitschkos are well known to have degrees. I believe Juan Diaz has a J.D. Heavyweight contender Seth Mitchell and fringe(pretty fringe)-contender Chazz Witherspoon both have a college degree. I believe Roland LaStarza had some amount of college experience but I don't think he finished? Prospect Monk Foreman (George III) I believe was strongly advised and guided into college education before becoming a professional fighter. And, just based solely on a hunch, the way Amir Khan speaks, I assume he's got a degree in physics.

Diaz has not earned a J.D. He may or may not be in law school. I know it's a goal of his though.

[NoNeck]

Both Davaryll Williamson and Audley Harrison have Master's degrees.