Citation

Chaplin D. J. Sport Soc. Iss. 2012; 36(4): 443-452.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0193723512442202

PMID

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Abstract

In professional boxing, rags-to-riches-to-rags stories are as commonplace as elaborate ring entrances. In the wake of the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, the U.S. Congress mandated that the Secretary of Labor undertake a study on the feasibility of establishing a pension plan for professional boxers. The results of the study have yet to be utilized for the development of such a plan. Employing data on those boxing in Nevada, 2008-2010, a model pension plan is developed herein, which may be used as a prototype for other states or a national boxers' pension plan.

Language: en