Joe Goossen is an American personality who has risen to become a prominent boxing trainer. He has helped many careers and the best personalities of his career are notably Joel Casamayor (38-6-1, 22 KO’s) and the late great Diego Corrales (40-5, 33 KO’s). Corrales was one of the highest caliber figures that fought like a warrior and would never come down. Goossen helped Corrales, helped improve Corrales and led him to some of the decade’s memorable wars.
Early life
Joe Goossen was born to loving and caring parents named Elliott “Al” Goossen and Anna Mae Goossen. He is one of his parents’ eight children of a total of ten children, including seven brothers and two sisters. The Goossen family grew up in the San Fernando Valley, where Joe still resides with his family, which includes a wife and four children.
Joe Goossen’s father was a detective and his mother was a homemaker. All sons of the family made careers in athletics. Joe was born into a middle-class family in the San Fernando Valley, where he learned some tactics of boxing from his father, an AI and LAPD detective.
Joe’s only brother, Dan Goossen, was a longtime boxing promoter. Despite this, his brother was also an agent, promoting figures such as Joel Casamayor, David Reid, David Tua, Mike Tyson, Paul Williams, Bernard Hopkins, David Reid, and Floyd Mayweather.
He was also a long-time agent for other high-profile boxers and personalities such as Pete Rose and bouncer and actor Mr. T, who peaked in the early 1980s. Joe’s older brother played major league basketball from 1965 to 1970 and was primarily with the New York Mets.
Personal life
Joe Goossen is married to his loving and beautiful wife named Julie Goossen. Happily married since September 25, 1976, the couple tied the knot in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, California.
Joe and Julie raised four children together named Nicholaus Edward Goossen (1978), Amanda Mae Goossen (1979), Caitlin Nancy Goossen (1983), and Alexandra Jo Goossen (1989). All four of Joe’s children must have grown up by now and lived happily with their families.
Joe Goossen career
He has worked as a Fox Sports Analyst for PBC boxing matches live on Fox. Nonetheless, he is a full-time boxing coach based in Southern California and is best known for guiding some of the sport’s finest figures, including the Ruelas brothers, Gabriel and Rafael. He was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005.
Joe worked for Ten Goose Boxing Gym in Van Nuys where he trained the best boxers in the world and 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 make them world champions. He helped boxer Joel Casamayor take charge of his early career and also served as a troubleshooter for Corrales.
Biography of Joe Goossen | |
|---|---|
| Real name | Joe Goossen |
| Date of birth | September 7, 1953 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 68 years |
| Place of birth | United States |
| nationality | American |
| profession | boxing trainer |
| religion | Christianity |
| sun sign | Virgo |
Physical Statistics | |
| Height | in feet inches – 6′ 0” – in centimeters – 182 cm |
| Weight | in kilograms – 102kg – in pounds – 224 pounds |
| shoe size | 14 (USA) |
| hair colour | Brown |
| eye color | Brown |
| body type | Average |
Joe Goossen Family | |
| Father | Eliot Goossen |
| mother | Anna Mae Goossen |
| sister | – |
| Brothers | Greg Goossen, Dan Goossen |
Qualification/Education | |
| school | – |
| University | – |
Relationship status | |
| Marital status | Married |
| Who is his wife? | Julie Goossen |
| children | Four (Nicholaus Edward Goossen, Amanda Mae Goossen, Caitlin Nancy Goossen, Alexandra Jo Goossen) |
Joe Goossen net worth
Joe Goossen sure earns a lot of money with his only job as a boxing coach, with the help of which he is now making champions one after the other. Joe’s estimated net worth is almost $2 million which is enough to give him the best standard of living.