Oh this is a good one! James Brown had about 15 fights as a pro bantamweight/featherweight before he became the GODFATHER OF SOUL! Who knew?! 
So we won’t stick to any sort of timeline here…I mean, these are celebs we’re dealing with…their lives are all over the place… ~Remember TAXI (TV show)? Well Tony Danza, before going on to Who’s the Boss?, starred in TAXI but before landing this role he landed some right hooks as a pro boxer! He was a middleweight! 
