What happened to Sam Bowen?

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  1. SunnyGOATwards

    SunnyGOATwards New Member Full Member

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    I remember he had a lot of hype but completely dropped off of the radar after losing to Cacace.
     
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    Good question. I've no idea and can't find anything, It's a strange one and a shame, cause he was a good talented young fighter with plenty of potential. Then he suddenly disapeared/retired never to be seen again.

    The Cacace fight was close and Cacace hasn't lost since and is high in the world rankings, so no shame there. I remember a lot of domestic fighters like Zelfa Barrett and Lyon Woodstock wanted no part of Bowen.
     
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    Still only 31, would love to hear if anyone knows what he's up to. He stopped Maxi. That aged very well!
     
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    Last tweeted anything mentioning boxing in 2021.
     
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    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Funny you should say this because I thought of him a few weeks back and wondered what had happened.

    No shame in the Cacace loss whatsoever and as has already been said, the Maxi Hughes win has aged very well.
     
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    TBC-ASAP Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He had struggle at the weights so was going to go up.

    Carl Greaves was his trainer/manager?
     
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    Saw a tweet from greaves saying bowen struggled to get any fights after covid so decided to retire.
     
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    chrisbonnie Active Member Full Member

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    Didn't he have a career as an airplane engineer, or something along those lines.

    I remember seeing a video with him where he was talking about working full time and training full time, and how hard it was.

    Perhaps after the loss he picked one career over the other.
     
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    That's sad. Greaves looks after his fighters, I'd have liked to see Bowen fight again. Good luck to him in his non boxing life it sounds like he pretty much always worked full time during his bixing career so hopefully he's not starting from scratch. Just shows how hard the sport can be.
     
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