Quote Originally Posted by sanatogen View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
Absolutely, even a basic designated retirement fund. Then again we're talking about some promoters and commissions who cannot even ensure proper event safety. I remember Gerry Cooney trying to initiate some after career health and job training program of some sort yrs ago but in an individual sport it has to be daunting as we know how tribal and arse backwards the sport is in the first place. Any reform has to begin at the top. We need a top.
Doesnt that exists already? Am sure I heard talk of this over a decade ago. Perhaps it was just talk.
As far as I know there is next to nothing on a big scale. Cooney formed FIST after retirement and held numerous fund raisers but have no idea the current status as any link I see runs dry or cannot be found. The California state commission has collected a small percentage from promoters on gross revenue and tv tax since 1982 for area fighters. They must have fought a minimum of 10 rounds a year for 4 years or more with no more than a 3 year "break" in between and be 50 years of age to be eligible to collect any funds. I think they are the only State with anything like this?

Harvey Munford from Nevada has pushed bills in 2011, 2013 and earlier this year that would double ticket fees charged by the Commission and require half of proceeds to go to medical expenses and treatment of resulting injuries but have no idea where they stand or if they've been picked up.