Boxers who became Police Officers/Law Enforcement

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  1. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kallie Knoetze was a cop in South Africa at the beginning of his career. I understand he did not possess the most stirling of records in that field and eventually resigned.
     
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  2. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wonder if ole Bob Foster had anyone resist arrest? His left hook makes a taser look like lollypops.
     
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  3. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I asked chatGPT this and it told me that Marvin Hagler was a security guard in Massachusetts, surely this is wrong, right ?
    And it also told me that Vinny Paz was a cop in Rhode Island.
    And Henry Cooper was a cop in London. Is this true ?
     
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  4. outtieDrake

    outtieDrake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ken Norton became a deputy sheriff.
     
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  5. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    New Mexico Sheriff Bob Foster.
     
  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I remember an interview where Bob fold a story of seeing a man slip on the ice while he was on duty. He reflexively laughed and then apologized immediately but the man was having none of it and tried to make in issue of it physically. Didn't work out well for the dude.
     
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  7. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Otimo!
     
  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He retired as a Sargeant.
    He was one of the first responders in the Joelma Building fire, google it. 200 people died or something. He rescued a few. A ****ing hero if you ask me. I have family member that served with him.
     
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  9. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I believe Michael Moorer at a screening for the movie big George Foreman said he was a private investigator.
     
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  10. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s Full Member

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    It reminds me of the story that was told on a show - the man (whose name I forgot) said he was mid word in disagreement with someone who turned out to be Two Ton Tony he didn’t know what happened, it just happened. Bob Fosters hook would be the touch of death on a regular human.
     
  11. LoadedGlove

    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hunsaker was a Deputy Sherriff when he fought Ali
     
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  12. LoadedGlove

    LoadedGlove Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1980's fringe Heavyweight contender, Guy "The Rock" Casale became a Cop in New Jersey and rose through the ranks to a Federal Prosecutor.

    There is a documentary available online about Guy called One More Round. Well worth a look.
     
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  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Police Brutality!
     
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  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Was it Jackie Gleason?
     
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  15. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Foster could KO a much bigger man, especially bare knuckle. Guys like Ali and Frazier were world class heavies with world class punch resistance. Just some 220 pound oaf would be sparked cold by Bob Foster