Celebrities who were boxers

oscar de la hoya is a big celebrity

 

Victor McLaglen.

He went six rounds with Jack Johnson, and lost to contender Denver Ed Martin during his professional career. He went on to become an actor, and won an Oscar in 1935.

 

norbert grupe, "wilhelm von homburg". crazy german boxer who later became actor. had a few roles here and there, should be especially known for that vigo guy he played in ghostbusters 2.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0902455/

 

Chris Kristopherson (sp?) I believe was in the Golden Gloves.
He won his first fight by KO so many people came to see his 2nd fight and he lost by KO.

 

Gary Stretch

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- boxer / male model..actually won the British light-middleweight championship

...the highlight of his career being a vicious beatdown at the hands of Chris Eubank in 1991.


He's doing pretty well for himself in acting nowadays:

http://imdb.com/name/nm0834282/

 

who cares 50 cent is gay.

 

Manny Pacquiao cares that 50 cent is gay?

:huh

 

John Diehl, a B level actor who starred on TV's Miami Vice and recently had a recurring role on The Shield actually left MV to try his hand at pro boxing. He had a couple of fights.

 

Manny is in love with Floyd too? :think

 

:rofl :rofl :rofl

 

Stalone?

 

Bob Hope boxed as a professional under the name Packy East.

 

Academy Award winner and legendary filmmaker John Huston used to box when he was in his teens. He even won the Amateur Lightweight Boxing Championship of California. He later developed into a boxing fan, attending to huge fights such as Dempsey-Firpo. His boxing experience helped him make of Fat City (1972), one of the best boxing movies ever released, with Stacy Keach as a shot journeyman and Jeff Bridges as an up-and-coming prospect.