Post fight lives

Obviously that's true, but the mental picture of Danny covered with Mike Ayala's blood moving in for the kill shot, and the mental picture of Danny holding an innocent baby, is a little hard to get your head around.

 

Ray Mancini is doing well. He owns one production company (maybe two) and a Cigar Company and still does a little acting here and there lest small role was in RedBelt. Raising a few kids And does the the ESPN Ringside every once in a while on ESPN Classic

 

Some less obvious happy stories.

John Gulley the British bareknuckle champion learned to box in a debtors prison. He was elected to parliament and owned a coliery after he retired.

Harry Wills, although shafted in his eforts to get a title shot, invested his money well and was always a wealthy man.

Luis Firpo, again invested his money well and died a millionaire.

Primo Carnera ended his fighting career peniless but built up a significan business empire by carefull use of his name. Today the Primo Carnera foundation is one of the larges charities in Italy.

Max Baer was always financialy secure because his manager treated him like a child and invested his money for him. Probably just as well.

The depresion wiped out a few fighters who might have joined this list such as Tommy Burns and Jack Dempsey.