MILLIONAIRE BOXERS WHO ENDED UP IN RUIN

Boxing is one of the highest paid sports in the world, so we always see boxers at the top of their careers enjoying luxurious homes and hotels, sports cars, trips, restaurants, not counting their fame and success.

Some invest in external businesses, companies, but others are dedicated to spending on vices, addictions and luxuries; Therefore, they end up in bankruptcy.

Here is a list of 5 millionaire boxers who ended up in ruin.

1. Mike Tyson

The former world champion came to raise more than 400 million dollars, which spent on drugs, parties, properties, jewelry, even bought two Bengal tigers with a support of 1000 dollars a year. All this led Tyson to ruin, leaving only his tattoo on his face.

2. Evander Holyfield

$ 250 million earned in his professional career, vanished at parties, luxury cars and a mansion with a private movie theater and an Olympic swimming pool. Holyfield ended up auctioning up the gloves he used in the fight against Mike Tyson and was even taken to court for a lawsuit at his auctions.

3. Felix Trinidad

The boxer managed to raise $ 69 million, but his financial advisor invested in a transaction with the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico that was lost overnight along with his undefeated in 2001.

4. Rubén Olivares

Alcohol, drugs, bad business, houses, took away his two million dollars that he earned in his career. “El púas” ended up returning to the colony where he grew up economically defeated and reacting his awards.

5. José Ángel Nápoles

The recently deceased “Mantequilla” Nápoles lost his fortune from serious chronic diseases that led him living with charity and expelled from where he lived for not being able to pay the rent.

We can realize that every profession has a limit, and some may end sooner than others. Some athletes do not invest, and others end up returning to their origins.

 

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