Pro boxer who was most dominant at amateur?

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  1. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I say Rigondeaux.
     
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  2. MMJoe

    MMJoe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Leon Spinks, check his am record. Amazing
     
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  3. Bill1234

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    He never won an olympic gold medal.

    But Courage Tsabalala had a record of 72-1 (72 Stops) in ams. All in the 1st.
     
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  5. MichiganWarrior

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    Andre Ward 115-5 as an amatuer. Didnt lose an Am fight for 6 years before retiring with a gold medal at the olympics.
     
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  6. ALLEXX

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    Rigondeaux, Golovkin
     
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  7. chimba

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    Donald Curry was I think the greatest Amateur fighter of all time but He missed the Olympics since the U.S. boycotted.
     
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    Didn't Rigo suffer an upset to a now- Puerto Rican prospect in the ameature?
     
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  9. chimba

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    Guys Donald Curry was some 400-4 in the ams.
     
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  10. Jai C

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    My boy Lara was pretty good too. 320-10
     
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  11. Imperial1

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    I believe James Lights Out Toney had a pretty good ametuer record
     
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    Teofilo Stevenson. 302-22. 3 Olympic gold medals in HW division.
     
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    Walker Smith Jr.
     
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  14. BadDog

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    Wladimir Klitschko and Povetkin. I think Povetkin had over 300 fights and lost only around 10.
     
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    :yikes
     
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