I bet you did not know that ____________

Hopefully this one hasn't been posted before - too lazy to read all the other posts.

DURAN loses $100,000 - literally!

In 1989, just after he beat Iran Barkley, Roberto Duran fell into some money ($1.6Mil) via a tax refund of some sort. He and his wife, notorious for blowing millions in the past, quickly blew most of this lot as well. They then decided to take the $800,000 that remained back home to Panama with them.

Story goes that they packaged the $800,000 into 8 x $100,000 lots, all in seperate carry bags. There were only 7 of team Duran travelling, so after each took a carry-on bag there was still one left that had to travel in the aircraft's main luggage compartment.

Low and behold, when they reached Panama the 8th bag containing $100,000 had gone missing - fancy that! - and it's a true story according to the book 'Four Kings' by George Gimall.

Footnote to that: Apparently, even though Duran earnt squillions during his career, he and his wife just blew it, time and again. His wife was apparently a shocking gambler!

 

chavez-norris:think

 

not as grim but danny williams vs potter is a good success out of a bad situation

 

Frank Sinatra bankrolled the Jersey Joe Walcott /Joey Maxim fight and lost $50,000 on it. His one and only attempt as a boxing promoter.

 

In 1986 Julio Cesar Chavez was announced as having 1 loss on his record during his fight with Lockridge along with a display on the screen...in his very next match he was announced as undefeated???

 

Glad you mentioned that.. his record is very subjective, although announcement blemishes may have occured. Rubin Olivares is another with purported record enhancements.....

 

I brought this question up a couple of years ago..John Thomas was the only one to supply an answer..apparently he had an early loss in his first few fights, that his management had been in litigation to get expunged from his record..and having the mexican boxing panel in their pocket were ultimately successful. Don't personally know the details of the suspect loss or lack thereof.

 

On the lines of Sinatra

he claimed to have had 9 pro fights

 

Wouldn't removing a tape worm have a more positive effect on you instead of negative?:huh

 

Supposedly, it is what allowed him to make weight so easily.
Once the tapeworm was removed, he was no longer able to make weight...

There was a write up about it years ago.

 

Thanks for this one, McVey. I know a lot about Frank, but did not know this. He was a big fight fan, most everyone knows, his father was a fighter and Frank spent a lot of hours working out at Stillman's in between his landmark singing engagements at the Paramount, under the tutelage of Al Sylvestri. Frank befriended a lot of fighters, was tight with Billy Conn and in some of his films, guys like Robinson and Beau Jack and Rocky Graziano got cameos. And his generosities to guys like Robinson and Louis and God only knows to how many others are now known.

 

Mickey Rourke sparred with 5 world champions: Luis Rodriguez, John David Jackson, James Toney, Tommy Morrison and Carlos Monzon