Riddick Bowe....

[IamInuit]

Look I’m not trying to say that boxers do not have to take charge over their own lives or be responsible for their economic staying power but this is not like any other job or for that matter any other sport. Boxers are naive about the workings of all the parasites and sharks who they sign on with. They are not savvy about the fine print when they sell their souls via slave contracts to promoters. Lets not forget that they are the ones sacrificing everything and in short their stupidity of how the system works gets them raped and pillaged. The window of opportunity for most is about a decade. Guys like Moore and Hopkins are anomalies.

On the business side fighters like Leonard and Oscar are even rarer. Not only did they transcend the sport but they were also smart business people. I have no pity for guys like Holyfield who made over 200 million dollars and then squandered it all on 26 bathroom houses and fathered about 25 children from 10 different women while playing the God card.

However on the other hand as a patron of pugilism I am saddened by the memory of Joe Frazier living in a 2 room flat above his dilapidated gym in Philly eating his meals out of a can. There is; in my view something wrong with that given what he sacrificed and I feel a little guilty about these stories at times.

[Beanflicker]

A pension would be great but obviously it's can never happen.

It's just a tough sport. Guys end up brain damaged at the end of their careers and usually broke because they lived in the moment and didn't think prepare for their post-career lives. Ignorace isn't an excuse. Every guy who steps in the ring has seen the Leon Spink's, the Tyson's, the Holyfield's, ect and what happened to them at the end of their careers.

[Master]

Surely Bows must pass some sort of health medical to be allowed to fight in any combat sport again.

[bradlee180]

Another former World Champ in the news. James Page has went back to robbing banks for a living...

[brocktonblockbust]

in 2005 i saw Bowe make his comeback against Billy Zumbrubn, a club fighter who was like 20-20 with 4 knockouts, and Bowe justy barely squeaked by him in a UD.

I figures that was the end of the comeback.

Now this? 8 years LATER??

[Beanflicker]

James Page has went back to robbing banks for a living...

That's a more realistic choice of career than muay thai for Bowe hahah

[erics44]

surely theres something bowe could do to make money from boxing other than fight

is he not a big name in america?

[Master]

surely theres something bowe could do to make money from boxing other than fight

is he not a big name in america?

He use to be funny and would have made a good commentator but he slurs his words and would need subtitles.

[Beanflicker]

Surely Bows must pass some sort of health medical to be allowed to fight in any combat sport again.

Well we are talking about Thailand where they let little kids fight full contact for their entertainment lol

[Tam Seddon]

Bowe got stopped in the 2nd in his Thai boxing debut

[Beanflicker]

Bowe made $150,000 for that fight. I take what I said back, if someone is willing to pay him that much at this stage, why not take it lol.

[Spicoli]

Damn? That should but him a lot of soup and xx2 bibs when he sits down for dinner in a year or so.

[El Kabong]

I watched part of the fight.....the guy was scared to trade with him (at least Bowe still garners respect in that department) but he got the very living fuck kicked out of his shins

[Master]

Better the legs and shin than the brains and head.

[bradlee180]

Appropriately crappy video quality for a crappy event...