Ex-slugger Jose Canseco, whistle blower of the Juiced, has experienced having his career drip away. He lost his wealth, his ex-appeal and now his self-respect. Looking one big shot, Canseco faced ‘ex-actor’ Danny Bonaduce in a recent exhibit match. The New York Daily News said that ex-slugger Canseco have whistled, “Come on, get happy” when he left the Iceworks skating complex last Saturday.

Jose Canseco might have whistled on as he left the Iceworks skating complex Saturday night. The former big league star and admitted steroid user fought to a draw with Danny Bonaduce in a celebrity boxing match. Though Canseco is bigger, the controversy was over who was smarter.

Bonaduce was still standing in almost victory when standing after three one-minute rounds – and Canseco outweighs the actor by 80 pounds and is about a foot taller.

When the bell rang, the situation looked as if Andre the Giant was boxing Verne Troyer. Canseco’s plans seemed to include floating like and elephant and sting like a concrete pillar. Bonaduce on the other hand practically needed to leap just to reach Canseco’s head. The 6’4” tall Canseco, who also weighed 259 pounds stunned Bonaduce with a right jab on the third round but the actor stayed on his feet.

The ex-slugger Canseco also proved that he was recession-proof. Despite having a bad economy, a capacity crowd of 2,000 curiosity seekers paid $50 for ringside and $30 for the cheap seats just to watch the two D-listers pummel each other. It was also on pay per view.

Canseco came up the ring to mostly boos and jeering which only got worse throughout the fight, though there was one fan who wore an A’s jersey.

The former slugger was not that lucky in his first time in the ring. In July, the ex-NFL player Vai Sikahema leveled Canseco in the first round of an Atlantic City bout. Canseco dropped on the mat in just one minute and 37 seconds and was jeered off the premises with chants of “ste-riod!’

Canseco obviously needed the money and a lot more.

It’s been almost a year since Canseco wrote ‘Vindicated,’ the sequel to his tell-all ‘Juiced.’ After the book’s release, where he implied that Alex Rodriguez may have used steroids early in his career, Canseco was interviewed by the FBI with regards to Roger Clemens’ perjury investigation. It is still vague if Canseco had been summoned to Washington, where a jury is currently hearing evidence against Clemens.

Canseco was caught at the border for trying illegally bring in the fertility drug human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) from Mexico last October. A&E showed a documentary on a broke, contrite Canseco later that month. Canseco pleaded guilty of misbranding drugs last November and was sentenced to 12 months’ unsupervised probation.

Canseco got $35,000 from the July fight and last Saturday, both Canseco and Bonaduce got $2 for each pay-per-view customer.

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