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money ♪ >> reporter: todorov lives on state benefits of less than $500 a month. todorov is not envious of mayweather and proudly showed me some of his trophies from a glittering amateur career although the biggest memento is missing. what about your olympic medal? ♪ ♪ >> reporter: at the local boxing gym, his demeanor changes. his eyes sparkle when he moves like the champion boxer he once was. ♪ his future looks brighter with a job offer on the card. and to his son he is still a hero.
of an accident. when you're sort of up and coming, you got hit by a car, is that right? >> yes. i had a successful amateur career as a racer and my first professional year i was kind of really looking forward to it. i had picked up sponsors that were supporting me. and the spring of my first year before my first race even i got hit by a car and broke my back, broke three vertebrae in my back. it was, you know, it was a tough one to take at that point in your career. >> did you think it was over. >> for a little bit, yes. the struggle, you have to definitely survive something like that mentally, not only physically but mentally and know you can come back. it's thinking that you're going to be strong enough again. >> and you were. and in 2001, you won the iron man here in kona. it was just about a month after the tragic attacks of 9/11.
realize there are shorter distances to get yourself started. >> there were signs in the form of an accident. when you're sort of up and coming, you got hit by a car, is that right? >> yes. hi a successful amateur career as a racer and my first professional year i was kind of really looking forward to it. i had picked up sponsors that were supporting me. and the spring of my first year before my first race even i got hit by a car and broke my back, broke three vertebrae in my back. it was, you know, it was a tough one to take at that point in your career. >> did you think it was over. >> for a little bit, yes. the struggle, you have to definitely survive something like that mentally, not only physically but mentally and know you can come back. it's thinking that you're going to be strong enough again. >> and you were. and in 2001, you won the iron man here. it was just about a month after the traj ache tacks of 9/11.
tv specials. we have this whole other business that opens the door to that. so we're very lucky. we're really the only sport after the olympics that has that. i think i benefited having that whole professional side of the skating after my amateur career. >> thank you so much for weighing in. >> thank you. >> and we've got plenty of olympics programming. sunday, canada in men's hockey. you don't want to miss it. willie geist will be hosting post game coverage 10:00 p.m. sunday right here on msnbc. so tiger woods is not the first sports star whose image has collapsed in the wake of an allegation, but few have fallen so quickly and so dramatically. on friday, tiger admitted it's a long way back. >> i once heard and i believe it's true, it's not what you
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