Joe Fournier

In 2015 Fournier took up boxing professionally. He is signed to Hayemaker Promotions. His record currently stands as won 8 lost 0 all by knockout. He made his debut in the light heavyweight division against Jorge Burgos in the Dominican Republic. He defeated Manuel Regalado and Pedro Sencion before appearing on the undercard of David Haye-Arnold Gjergjaj on May 21, 2016 at the O2 Arena, London. Fournier defeated Bela Juhasz inside two rounds.

Fournier sold his fitness business and studios to a FTSE 100 company in 2012. He made his money by owning the freehold to his gyms having moved into real estate almost by mistake. “It wasn’t the gyms that brought the fortune, it was that I held the Freehold leases to the properties," he explains. "I ended up selling all 14 locations to a FTSE 100 company and that was my first real kill.”

Fournier won the vacant WBA international light heavyweight belt by defeating Wilmer Mejia in the eighth round in the Dominican Republic. Fournier moved up to 11th in the rankings thanks to this victory against his first southpaw opponent. Fournier used the victory to reiterate his desire to fight fellow countryman Callum Smith saying, “I will buy him a jet plane or a house if he fights me!”

Fournier grew the gym business and gained recognition as a personal trainer with a roster of celebrity clients. Fournier wrote Red Carpet Workout in 2008 of which he said:

Joe Fournier (born 23 January 1983) is an English entrepreneur. Fournier set up his own fitness business before selling to a FTSE100 company. He subsequently moved into the nightclub industry and then boxing.