Bruce Selden, the former world heavyweight boxer, is in dire straits and is now homeless and has to live in a shelter in Newark, New Jersey. Selden's compatriot, retired ultra-lightweight boxer Daniel McDermott, organized a fundraiser. McDermott said that once Selden stabilizes, he will help him find a job as a coach at the gym.
McDermott issued a statement that reads as follows:
Dear Boxing Community, Friends and Family,
Former WBA heavyweight Bruce Selden is having a tough time living in a shelter in Newark, New Jersey. I carefully improved his life every day, arranged a community worker for Selden so that she could help him, and once Selden was living in a stable place, I would arrange a coaching job for him at my gym, or a coaching job at another gym.
I arranged this fundraiser for Selden so that he could stay in an apartment for a while until we helped him find a place to live, better than a Newark shelter.
The shelter was like a "slum", Selden didn't drink or take drugs, he just had bad luck and went bankrupt. Selden is a typical boxer and I'm sorry, but the poor financial management didn't help his world championship journey.
I humbly beg you to do everything in your power to let Selden sleep peacefully in a bed free of lice so that he doesn't have to open a single eye at night. Whatever help, I thank you, Selden thank you.
As a former top boxer, Selden's poor living conditions are lamentable, and it is unknown why he fell into this step. So far, after fundraising from enthusiastic boxing fans, Selden has received a considerable amount of money, which may help him.
Nicknamed the "Atlantic Express Train", Selden is known for his dexterity and sharp punches, and the most well-known match is the 1996 match against the famous Mike Tyson, when Selden was the defending champion, and his performance was astounding, and after receiving what Tyson called "Phantom Punch", Selden lost the battle, which lasted only 109 seconds and ended. Slow motion shows that Tyson's punch did not hit and hit solidly, but Selden surrendered his weapon, and after the game he got the $5 million appearance fee as he wished, perhaps Selden thought: Just get the honorarium, why get beaten!
Selden's career at the beginning of his career was widely regarded as the "star of the future", but in 1991, he lost to Oliver McCall and Ridick Bow and fell into the trough of his career, but Selden quickly recovered, and finally in 1995, the famous boxer Tony Tucker withdrew from the competition, won the vacant WBA heavyweight championship title, and then killed Joe Sip to successfully defend the title, until Tyson took the gold belt of the boxer.
After losing to Tyson, Selden announced his retirement, returned to boxing after 8 years, and successively played some matches, completely retired in 2009, the entire professional record of 40 wins and 8 losses, 36 KO opponents, from the knockdown rate, Selden can be regarded as a heavy gunner, but 7 of the 8 games lost were knocked down and lost, so it can be called "glass chin".
Selden was never a great boxer, but a good boxer, and he seemed to deserve better treatment than he does today, and wished Selden good luck.