Best fighter to never win a title.........by division.

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  1. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oh. Okay.
     
  2. turbotime

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    Oba Carr at welterweight
    Burley at MW yeah?
     
  3. Theron

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    Quarry above Langford?
     
  4. Theron

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    Completely agree with Burley at Middle
     
  5. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Its not disputable IMO


    Great avi :smoke
     
  6. McGrain

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    Holman Williams beat better guys than Burley in the same era, for me.
     
  7. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Burley son'd Williams. the bad KO W does it for me. No one wanted to fight Burley really.
     
  8. McGrain

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    HW - Harry Wills
    LHW - Jimmy Bivins
    MW - Holman Williams
    WW - Charley Burley
    LW - Packey McFarland
    FW - Jim Driscoll
    BW - Frankie Burns
    FLY- Newsboy Brown has a title claim that was recognised so i'd leave him out. Haven't seen a better name than Dai Dower yet.
     
  9. McGrain

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    Tied series. I think Burley got the better of it, but I don't think you can paint a picture of any kind of dominance.
     
  10. turbotime

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    edited McG.


    Regardless, nice list of guys. How about LW?


    Say Willie Joyce ;)
     
  11. scartissue

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    Fly - Halimi Gutierrez
    Bantam - Jesus Pimental/Joe Medel
    Feather - Owen Moran
    Jr. Light - Tyrone Everett
    Light - Billy Petrolle/Freddie Dawson
    Jr. Welter - Kenny Lane/Hector Thompson
    Welter -Holman Williams
    Jr. Middle - Tony Ayala
    Middle - Charley Burley
    Lt. Heavy - Jimmy Bivins
    Heavy - Zora Folley

    I threw a few out there just to be different. Also, no champs from another division, so no Ezz Charles at 175 or Jeff Fenech at 130. BTW, there are no wrong answers on this one, so lets have some fun.
     
  12. Jorodz

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    like bivins but you feel wills ranks above langford?

    also, any chance cocoa kid has more claim at WW?
     
  13. TBooze

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    As I said this is very hard, as everybody has different rules to what is a 'title'. Langford was a three division world title holder according to Canadian authorities and won numerous versions of what was known as 'coloured' titles.

    My list does its best to rate only fighters who had no recogintion of any world title.
     
  14. turpinr

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    burley at welter lloyd marshall and ezzard charles at either middlle or light heavy.billy petrolle at lightweight
     
  15. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    I'm not including anyone winning any full version of a world title. I'm gonna only try people I've seen as well.

    HW: Tua
    LHW: Bivins
    MW: Graham
    WW: McFarland
    LW: McFarland
    BW:
    Flw:

    Dunno bout the lower divisions.