Where are they now? Razor Ruddock

[Charles White]

I haven't heard anything about Donavan "Razor" Ruddock in many years now. Last I heard he invented a trash compactor called The Smash, named after his famed left hook/uppercut hybrid. But that was a very long time ago and I haven't heard anything since. Anybody know what Ruddock is up to these days?:think

[Charles White]

bump. Anybody?

[Charles White]

I'm surprised nobody on the classic forum knows. I figured that the general forum would hold no answers, but generally speaking, I can find at least one person on the classic forum who can answer my question. I'll ask again, does anybody know what Razor Ruddock is up to these days?

[lefthook31]

He was living down in south Florida for a while. Im not sure if he still does or not.

[Mr Butt]

In the late 1990s Ruddock had filed for bankruptcy as a number of failed investments, including $1 million that he lost when his Fort Lauderdale nightclub "Razor's Palace" went under; had left him cash poor. A contract dispute ruined a close relationship with his brother and former manager, Delroy.[4]

In 2006 Ruddock invented a non-electrical garbage compacter called The Boxer which he hoped would become a success. Ruddock marketed the device he designed one day after becoming increasingly frustrated with the amount of waste his family was creating.[5] The Boxer was sold on his website, Razorruddock.com, however as of January 2010, the site is no longer up and running.

just pasted this off wikip( so i cheated) and you probably already new all this anyway

[Charles White]

He was living down in south Florida for a while. Im not sure if he still does or not.Didn't he used to train down in South Florida?

[lefthook31]

In the late 1990s Ruddock had filed for bankruptcy as a number of failed investments, including $1 million that he lost when his Fort Lauderdale nightclub "Razor's Palace" went under; had left him cash poor. A contract dispute ruined a close relationship with his brother and former manager, Delroy.[4]

In 2006 Ruddock invented a non-electrical garbage compacter called The Boxer which he hoped would become a success. Ruddock marketed the device he designed one day after becoming increasingly frustrated with the amount of waste his family was creating.[5] The Boxer was sold on his website, Razorruddock.com, however as of January 2010, the site is no longer up and running.

just pasted this off wikip( so i cheated) and you probably already new all this anyway
He used to have a yellow lambo, used to see him all the time back in the day. Just checked the property rolls. He still has his house in Coral SPrings, so I assume he is still down here.

[lefthook31]

Didn't he used to train down in South Florida?
I never saw him in the gyms, and I was around all of them down here, so maybe he had his own gym. I know he went broke and lost everything.

[Mr Butt]

He used to have a yellow lambo, used to see him all the time back in the day. Just checked the property rolls. He still has his house in Coral SPrings, so I assume he is still down here.



lefthook31 do you know of any books written about eddie futch he seems to the greatest trianer of his time , i am asking you in the hope of getting a sensible answer

[Mr Butt]

i think i have ruddock sparring with holmes somewhere on disc

[Charles White]

lefthook31 do you know of any books written about eddie futch he seems to the greatest trianer of his time , i am asking you in the hope of getting a sensible answerI posted a thread about Futch not too long ago. He is my idol in boxing. It is my dream to one day become a professional boxing trainer as great as Eddie Futch.

[Charles White]

I never saw him in the gyms, and I was around all of them down here, so maybe he had his own gym. I know he went broke and lost everything.I thought I remember seeing footage of him training down in Florida with Floyd Patterson before the Lennox Lewis fight...:think

[Mr Butt]

I posted a thread about Futch not too long ago. He is my idol in boxing. It is my dream to one day become a professional boxing trainer as great as Eddie Futch.



bloody hell you are aiming high then:good

[Charles White]

bloody hell you are aiming high then:good:lol::good I sure am. But I have a passion and a will to be the best, so I am gonna go for it.

[dabox]

i remember a few years ago he was training at scullys boxing club in toronto but nothing to serious, he liked to play cards with the guys

[lefthook31]

bloody hell you are aiming high then:good

He sure is. Being a trainer is not as glamorous as it seems. Very few guys make it to the elite level and even the greatest trainers only come accross a handful if any great talents and often times are let down or disappointed as their work hardly ever fully pays off and it's a long long road. Becoming a great trainer in my estimation is similar to having the natural gifts of a good fighter. It takes a person who can see things that most cannot. It amazes me how many unqualified trainers are working with elite fighters. Look at Cottos trainer for example. That guy has absolutely no knowledge of boxing yet he was running the corner in one of the biggest fights recently Even his pad work was piss poor.
As far as books on Eddie Futch I don't know of any but he been interviewed quite a bit in various mags.

[SLAKKA]

lefthook31 do you know of any books written about eddie futch he seems to the greatest trianer of his time , i am asking you in the hope of getting a sensible answer

2 books have Extensive chapters on Futch,
Ronald R. Frieds Corner Men and In The Corner by Dave Anderson.