Fighters that were shot in their 20s

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He lives on a meager pension, has dementia and diabetis, and when his mother passed away last year, he became pretty much at the mercy of the state. A terrible ending--simply horrible. No money-nothing to show for his career. He was never very intelligent and this did not help him as he boxed at a yound age. It's a sad story all th way around.

that's terrible. you hear of fighters ending up dead broke all the time. rocky lockridge for example.

yeah. It may interest you to know about F.I.S.T. an effort by Gerry Cooney to help retired boxers find jobs. If you don't alrady know. Here is one link, there's plenty more that can be googled.

Interview: Gerry Cooney on Jobs for Former Fighters | North America > United States from AllBusiness.com

It's an old article, I honestly don't know what he's doing now. I assume F.I.S.T. is still going.

i've heard of that. Cooney's a good guy. very nice thing for him to do. i suspect savvy guys like hopkins will end up financially set after his boxing career. not piss it away like holyfield who's been having a lotta financial problems.