Successfull boxers without an amature pedigree

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  1. pichuchu

    pichuchu Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Could you please list the good/great pro boxers who did not have a long or illustrious amature career
     
  2. T.C.W

    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Choc Mundine, Carl thompson
     
  3. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Hopkins, hagler,pacquiao, almost Every mexican great, marciano, duran.
     
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    Martinez.
     
  5. Body Head

    Body Head East Side Rape (CEO) Full Member

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    hopkins had like 90 or so amateur fights
     
  6. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    wasnt he like 14/15 when he got bored and stopped only to pick it up in prison? he definitely had a small boxing background but it wasnt long and succesfull I think.
     
  7. Body Head

    Body Head East Side Rape (CEO) Full Member

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    Most sites claim that he had a record of 95-4. He would always go to school bragging about all the trophies he won as an amateur.

    He started boxing at age 10 and got sent to prison at 17.
     
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    Shogun Assassin Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Don't know if serious but Hopkins, Hagler and Duran had amatuer fights.
     
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    Chavez Jr. never fought at an amateur level
     
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    larry holmes
     
  11. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    the ts said long and illustrious amateur career, I thought they didnt qualify then unless you have a amateur career like leonard,whitaker,mayweather,Oscar etc. Marciano also had like 13 amateur fights I think but isnt exactly been a great amateur career.
     
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    He had an amateur career
     
  13. greathamza

    greathamza Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pacquiao, Foreman are the ones that comes to mind the fastest
     
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    GDG Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm pretty sure Qawi never had one amatuer fight and had his first pro fight when he was 25??

    Goodness knows how good he could have been with the right seasoning....
     
  15. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Most Mexican as mentioned, I think MAB turned pro at something like 15, Margarito too