Amid the news of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's million-dollar divorce, let's look back at boxing legends who went from fighting the big fights, establishing their name, and earning millions to losing their hard-earned money, here are the fighters who lost a great sum of money to settle their proposed divorce.
'The Baddest Man on the Planet' lost a huge fortune while settling his divorce with actress Robin Givens. She was given a $10 million dollar payout.
In the year 2008, Holyfield was forced to sell his 109-room mansion due to financial turmoil. He has had three divorces and some failed business adventures that have resulted in bankruptcy.
Sugar Ray's former high school love Juanita filed for divorce citing physical abuse and use of drugs by the champ. These allegations were acknowledged by the fighter to be true. The settlement amount was sealed, but it was reported that Juanita was asking for up to $50,000/month in alimony.
In 2011, Mosley and his now ex-wife Jin agreed on a divorce settlement. As per the settlement she was supposed to receive half of all the fight purses, 50% of the profits from DVD sales of his blockbuster fights along with 3 of ‘Sugar’s’ championship belts. The couple settled their divorce under California’s community property laws under which property is split 50-50 upon divorce including everything from career-related earnings to credit card points.