http://nypost.com/2017/06/21/how-playboy-tennis-legend-boris-becker-lost-it-all/Now 49, Becker was declared bankrupt by a British court Wednesday, capping a fall-from-grace story that saw the one-time wild child go from Wimbledon champ to walking headline by blowing through money, women and business ventures in retirement.
Hopefully he will be smart this time to invest wisely if he ends up winning. He should get advice from the LetsRun financial gurus, eh? Btw, he's certainly has changed in looks. Too much partying I guess.
Boris Boom Boom and Bust Becker
Borg did the same thing. BK baby!
He was trying to pawn Wimbledon trophies and such.
john utah wrote:
Borg did the same thing. BK baby!
He was trying to pawn Wimbledon trophies and such.
Another going to go belly up: Tiger Woods.
Possible, but Tiger is on a whole nuther level of money made in his career. Not to say he can't do it, but those guys are not on the same level.Borg and Becker were my favorite tennis players. Not great money managers apparently. I think most of these guys kill themselves trying to invest in risky businesses. Like if they are good at tennis business can't be that hard, right? Just put it in the bank and live off the interest for the rest of your life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BlimeyMate wrote:
john utah wrote:Borg did the same thing. BK baby!
He was trying to pawn Wimbledon trophies and such.
Another going to go belly up: Tiger Woods.
john utah wrote:
Possible, but Tiger is on a whole nuther level of money made in his career. Not to say he can't do it, but those guys are not on the same level.
Borg and Becker were my favorite tennis players. Not great money managers apparently. I think most of these guys kill themselves trying to invest in risky businesses. Like if they are good at tennis business can't be that hard, right? Just put it in the bank and live off the interest for the rest of your life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BlimeyMate wrote:Another going to go belly up: Tiger Woods.
Becker still has sponsorship deal with Puma. He played a Puma racket during his career. When Puma abruptly got out of that racket, Boris bought up every frame they had remaining in stock, every last one.
This is a 110% true story.
BlimeyMate wrote:
john utah wrote:Borg did the same thing. BK baby!
He was trying to pawn Wimbledon trophies and such.
Another going to go belly up: Tiger Woods.
Tiger is too rich. He is like 10 times Becker rich.
Looks like Danny Bonaduce in this pic.
Anyway, I saw him at Oktoberfest last fall, looked terrible but still surrounded by busty women in dirndls.
john utah wrote:
Possible, but Tiger is on a whole nuther level of money made in his career. Not to say he can't do it, but those guys are not on the same level.
Borg and Becker were my favorite tennis players. Not great money managers apparently. I think most of these guys kill themselves trying to invest in risky businesses. Like if they are good at tennis business can't be that hard, right? Just put it in the bank and live off the interest for the rest of your life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BlimeyMate wrote:Another going to go belly up: Tiger Woods.
This is actually quite amazing considering he was Djokovic's coach for like 3 seasons, in which Novak earned over $10m of prize money in each, given a tennis coach would have a base salary + 5% (at least) of winnings + travel and accommodation paid for, means he has burned through a lot of cash. He had a book out last year as well. A few years back he was the "star in a reasonably priced car" and told Clarkson that he had two Mercedes dealerships in Germany. He owned a Mercedes SLS (with the Gullwing doors) and lived in a nice apartment in Wimbledon which would have doubled in price in recent years. Yet if he is bankrupt, man he has some serious problems.
Google wrote:
Looks like Danny Bonaduce in this pic.
Anyway, I saw him at Oktoberfest last fall, looked terrible but still surrounded by busty women in dirndls.
So true...lol
harry wales wrote:
john utah wrote:Possible, but Tiger is on a whole nuther level of money made in his career. Not to say he can't do it, but those guys are not on the same level.
Borg and Becker were my favorite tennis players. Not great money managers apparently. I think most of these guys kill themselves trying to invest in risky businesses. Like if they are good at tennis business can't be that hard, right? Just put it in the bank and live off the interest for the rest of your life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Becker still has sponsorship deal with Puma. He played a Puma racket during his career. When Puma abruptly got out of that racket, Boris bought up every frame they had remaining in stock, every last one.
This is a 110% true story.
He bought the molds and had another company build the same racket.
When they say "bankrupt", do they mean as don't-have-money-to-even-buy-groceries bankrupt or is it about not being able to sustain his previous lifestyle? I don't expect the Boris Becker to starve.
El Keniano wrote:
When they say "bankrupt", do they mean as don't-have-money-to-even-buy-groceries bankrupt or is it about not being able to sustain his previous lifestyle? I don't expect the Boris Becker to starve.
Bankrupt means he's hidden his money and doesn't want to pay his debts.
Best answer wrote:
Google wrote:Looks like Danny Bonaduce in this pic.
Anyway, I saw him at Oktoberfest last fall, looked terrible but still surrounded by busty women in dirndls.
So true...lol
Still, who here wouldn't trade their life for his?
Also, ya gotta remember the tax man, the various baby mamas, the leeching agents, and on and on. Same for El Tigre.
Note that half of NFL players are bust six years after they're out of the league.
Laughing at other people's misfortune is just wrong.
Can't help it though, this thread is lolicious.
All He Does Is Win wrote:
El Keniano wrote:When they say "bankrupt", do they mean as don't-have-money-to-even-buy-groceries bankrupt or is it about not being able to sustain his previous lifestyle? I don't expect the Boris Becker to starve.
Bankrupt means he's hidden his money and doesn't want to pay his debts.
+100
nmnmm wrote:
All He Does Is Win wrote:Bankrupt means he's hidden his money and doesn't want to pay his debts.
+100
+1000
I wouldn't. He's still quite a young man. At this stage he could take a step back, reassess all aspects of his life and live gloriously--less flamboyantly, more moderately--for another 30 grand years. Or the downhill slide could be abysmal--and short.
BlimeyMate wrote:
Still, who here wouldn't trade their life for his?
Also, ya gotta remember the tax man, the various baby mamas, the leeching agents, and on and on. Same for El Tigre.
Note that half of NFL players are bust six years after they're out of the league.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts