Before boxing, what did they do?

BillB · 10-09-2012, 10:00 PM

This is hard to dig out without reading a lot of biographies.

What kind of work did boxers do before they started boxing?

Here are the few I have heard about:

Ali didn't do any kind of work as far as I know.
Frazier was a butcher.
Willard was a wheat farmer.
Marciano did manual labor on highways and worked in a shoe factory.
Dempsey was a hobo and did what he had to to eat.
Liston was a thief and convict.
Fitzsimmons was a blacksmith.
Jeffries was a boilermaker.

Any more?

scartissue · 10-09-2012, 10:24 PM

Corbett was a bank teller
Braddock worked the docks
Carnera was a circus strongman
Tunney, Sharkey and Norton were in the service

Bill1234 · 10-10-2012, 12:13 AM

Hagler worked construction

10-09-2012, 10:00 PM	#1
BillB Contender ESB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 965 vCash: 500	Before boxing, what did they do? This is hard to dig out without reading a lot of biographies. What kind of work did boxers do before they started boxing? Here are the few I have heard about: Ali didn't do any kind of work as far as I know. Frazier was a butcher. Willard was a wheat farmer. Marciano did manual labor on highways and worked in a shoe factory. Dempsey was a hobo and did what he had to to eat. Liston was a thief and convict. Fitzsimmons was a blacksmith. Jeffries was a boilermaker. Any more?
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10-09-2012, 10:24 PM	#2
scartissue Contender ESB Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,040 vCash: 1000	Re: Before boxing, what did they do? Corbett was a bank teller Braddock worked the docks Carnera was a circus strongman Tunney, Sharkey and Norton were in the service
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Bill1234 Belt holder ESB Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,627 vCash: 1000	Re: Before boxing, what did they do? Hagler worked construction
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