While Youtubers with teenage fans make millions boxing retired fighters, two once-frightening fellas waddled around in front of about 30 disinterested Russian ‘plumbers”. Osborne Machimana was once the heavyweight champ of South Africa, but at 38 he has the belly of Aunt Gerdie from Sheboygan. Meanwhile Kharitonov at 40 has a face full of gray hair for his second pro boxing match. His previous outing with closed gloves was against 47 year old Danny Williams, who you might remember as a British boxing champ that fought Klitschko in 2004. Williams has kept fighting in Eastern Europe mostly for the last decade.
This is why young fighters need to live modestly and invest well. Getting beat up in middle age is much less glamorous and financially rewarding as when you’re young.
We made note that the tale of the tape features photos from a decade ago.
