Why Don't Boxers Get Proper Retirements?

Boxers don't retire, boxing retires them.

 

A lot of these boxers didn't announce that they'd be retiring after a particular fight though. There'd be speculation, or maybe it would only be considered well after a fight, like in Barkers case. Sometimes, douches like Kellerman ask the boxers directly.

But I can't recall a boxer saying 'this is my last fight, I'm retiring after this'. Did Tyson announce his retirement before his last fight??

 

Because most of them don't know how to handle their finances.

 

...aren't there a union for boxers much like in the NBA where the have players union, i think they ought to have one where they can pay their dues so that when they retire they still have money or more like a pension

 

because boxing isnt an organized sport run by a universal commission?

tyson and holyfield mad over 150 million each in their careers, probably more....
why didnt they make sure to look out after themselves?

 

no there isnt....
but yes, something should be in place.....
boxing has always been broken, and boxers get taken advantage of while their fighting, so they really get sh.it on after they are finished

 

Often guys in Japan have a retirement fight as a public spar, one coming up for Yoshinori Nishizawa in a week or two.

 

Because most fighters don't choose when they retire. It's not a planned thing. They just all of a sudden say to themselves 'this is it, I don't wanna fight no more' with their last fight occurring 6 months prior to that decision.

 

http://boxingnews.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Page1_01.jpg (poster)

http://www.asianboxing.info/8/post/...nishizawa-retirement-memorial-box-office.html (few small details on the shwo)

 

They don't usually get a great send off as a lot of times the people who tend to be at a lot of those later fights when a fighter is on a steep decline (or in some cases shot) are there because of the reputation that was built during the fighters prime - they expect those prime performances from a guy who is way past that and are disappointed as a result.

Plus many 'retirements' are temporary in this sport and people are sceptical about that stuff.