Joe Goossen is an American personality who has risen as a prominent boxing trainer. He has helped many careers and the best personalities of his career notably are Joel Casamayor (38-6-1, 22 KO) and the late-great Diego Corrales (40-5, 33 KO). Corrales was one of the top-rated personalities who fought like a warrior and who would never come back down. Goossen helped Corrales, helping to improve upon and guided Corrales to have some memorable wars of the decade.
Early Life
Joe Goossen was born to his loving and caring parents named Elliott “Al” Goossen and Anna Mae Goossen. He is one of the eight children born to his parents out of all ten children, including seven brothers and two sisters. The Goossen family was brought up in The San Fernando Valley, where Joe still resides with his family including a wife and four children. Joe Goossen’s father was a detective by profession and his mother was a homemaker. All the sons of the family went to produce their careers in athletics. Joe was born in a middle-class family in San Fernando Valley, where he learned some tactics of boxing from his father, who was an AI and LAPD detective.
Joe’s one brother, Dan Goossen, was a longtime boxing promoter. Despite this, his brother was also an agent who used to promote personalities like Joel Casamayor, David Reid, David Tua, Mike Tyson, Paul Williams, Bernard Hopkins, David Reid, and Floyd Mayweather. He was also a long-time agent of other high-profile boxers and personalities like Pete Rose and bouncer-turned-actor Mr. T, who had the height of his career in the early 1980s. Joe’s older brother used to play major league basketball from 1965 to 1970 and was mainly from the New York Mets.
Joe Goossen Career
He has been working as a Fox Sports Analyst for PBC boxing fights live on Fox. Despite this, he is a full-time boxing trainer who is based in Southern California and rose to prominence by guiding a few of the sport’s best personalities including the Ruelas brothers Gabriel and Rafael. He has served as the 2005 inductee into the California Boxing Hall of Fame.
Joe has worked for the Ten Goose Boxing Gym in Van Nuys where he gave training to the best boxers in the world, giving best of the suggestions and advice to the personalities like Diego Corrales, Riddick Bowe, Lionel Butler, Shane Mosley, Amir Khan, Michael Nunn, Riddick Bowe, and many others. He helped develop the Ruelas brothers from scratch and turned them into world champions. He helped the boxer Joel Casamayor to pick the command of his early career and also served as the troubleshooter for Corrales.
Joe Goossen Biography |
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Real Name | Joe Goossen |
Birth Date | 7 September 1953 |
Age (as of 2022) | 68 Years |
Birth Place | United States |
Nationality | American |
Profession | Boxing Coach |
Religion | Christianity |
Sun sign | Virgo |
Physical Statistics |
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Height | in feet inches – 6’ 0” – in Centimeters – 182 cm |
Weight | in Kilograms – 102 kg – in Pounds – 224 lbs |
Shoe Size | 14 (U.S.) |
Hair Color | Brown |
Eye Color | Brown |
Body Type | Average |
Family |
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Father | Elliott Goossen |
Mother | Anna Mae Goossen |
Sister | – |
Brother | Greg Goossen, Dan Goossen |
Qualification/Education |
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School | – |
College | – |
Relationship Status |
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Marital Status | Married |
Who is his wife? | Julie Goossen |
Children | Four (Nicholaus Edward Goossen, Amanda Mae Goossen, Caitlin Nancy Goossen, Alexandra Jo Goossen) |
Personal Life
Joe Goossen is married to his loving and gorgeous wife named Julie Goossen. The pair have been happily married since 25th September 1976 and tied their knot in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, California. Joe and Julie have together raised four children named Nicholaus Edward Goossen (1978), Amanda Mae Goossen (1979), Caitlin Nancy Goossen (1983), and Alexandra Jo Goossen (1989). All the four children of Joe must have become adults by now and have been living happily together with their families.
Joe Goossen Net Worth
Joe Goossen is for sure earning a hefty amount because of his only profession of a boxing trainer, with the help of which he is making one by one champion in today’s date. Joe’s estimated net worth is nearly $2 million, which is enough to provide him with the best living standards.