What are some Boxing Happy Endings?

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  1. VeryMoistWalrus

    VeryMoistWalrus New Member Full Member

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    Who are some Boxers, Boxing Figures, or a pair of fighters that had a happy ending
     
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Jimmy McClarnin living to a very advanced age and becoming a wealthy man, keeping his good health and his family. Unfortunately, his brave rival Barney Ross didn't have such a good career aftermath.

    Max Schmeling working for Coca Cola. He also became quite wealthy and lived to an advanced age. Again, his great rival Joe Louis didn't have it so good after his career ended.
     
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    Jack Dempsey.
    FROM grewing up dirty poor, dropping out of elementary school to work, leaving home at the age of 16, frequently travelling underneath trains when he could not sneak onto cars, “riding the rails” ,sleeping in hobo camps, visiting saloons and challenging for fights knowing he would go hungry if he didn't win.
    TO becoming one of the first sports figures immortalized on radio during the Roaring Twenties, a fighter who is responsible for the first five million dollar gates at fights of his, the first ever undisputed heavyweight champion, a generationally great fighter, larger than life hero. And also a restaurant owner, actor, and general man about town.
     
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    Primo Carnera retiring a wealthy man, despite all that happened in his turbulent boxing career.
     
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    Or Harry Wills ending up with more money than Jack Dempsey!
     
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    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sugar Ray Leonard
     
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    Oh and Mike Tyson.
     
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    Firpo frugal spent money on nothing during career bought cattlefarms and such in Argentina and ended up VERY wealthy.
     
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    Bazooka Limon is fine and dandy as is Pintor, Hamsho, Maidana. Johnny Wilson lived long & successfully. Very interesting cat you never hear about.
    Ace Hudkins & brothers trained horses and rented them to Hollywood.
    Dempsey was the greatest success and adulation to the end. Sharkey did well and was a great fisherman.
    Pac will be Pres of The Philippines some day. Mayweather is a cash register.
    Duran has ended up a fairytale happy ending.
     
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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yep, lives in his house that he had build to his specifications while he was fighting, fully paid for out of his purse money so no payments, with a boxing glove-shaped pool.

    Still married to Diane, whom he wed in 1979. Has a couple of (adult) children.

    When he feels like it, he gets in his car and drives like 8 minutes into Easton, Pa., his hometown, down Larry Holmes Drive. I think he still has an office in Easton.

    He built buildings, rented the main one (L&D Holmes Plaza) to the U.S. Post Office on a long-term lease and then other government offices started renting space. Converted his old gym to a restaurant. He has since sold both buildings for some millions of dollars (now has no property tax on them to pay or upkeep) and living the good life.
     
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    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Jimmy Braddock.

    Got paid a percentage of Joe Louis' title defence purses. Considering Joe racked up twenty five of them,it was a nice little earner for The Cinderella Man.
     
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    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Hopefully.
     
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    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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