California created a unique plan to help struggling boxers in their retirement. But for decades the state has stumbled in getting the word out, resulting in few claiming their benefits. Roughly 200 ...

For years, Paul Banke desperately needed the money he believed California owed him. The former super-bantamweight world champion boxer had been struggling with cancer treatment and had to sell his car ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gonzalo Montellano, 65, is a retired lightweight with a record of 35-3-2. He is owed $20,000 from the California Professional ...

More than three dozen retired boxers belatedly received, or are in the processing of receiving, payment from an obscure California boxing pension plan, the most in its 40-year existence, according to ...

California's little-known retirement plan for boxers paid benefits to three dozen fighters this year, a record number since the program began 40 years ago, but still only a small fraction of those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rodney Jones, a retired champion middleweight, is owed $26,000 from the California Professional Boxers' Pension Fund. He's a now a ...