Who are the top 10 greatest unknown fighters?

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  1. heerko koois

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    Bep van Klaveren maybe ? other 9 i will post later
     
  2. pablod

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    dave boy macauley
     
  3. heerko koois

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    Most british boxing fans over age 40 know him...he had a great fight with fidel bassa . loads of knockdowns
     
  4. pablod

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    yeah very entertaining, a big puncher who could be dropped. once saw him dropped four times by rodolpho blanco, he somehow dragged himself up, gritted his teeth till they turned to dust, and smashed out the win
     
  5. Bummy Davis

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    Art"the Dart Kettles thrown in young with the Lions Art was a humble guy that never embarrassed himself


    Schoolboy" Bernie Friedkin fought 3 former world champions to a draw


    Jimmy Archer (Joeys Brother) also the other guy in the Alka Selta boxing commercial from the 60's good puncher

    Tom"the bomb Bethea scored a few upsets coming in as the opponent
     
  6. TBooze

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    Finally a list I might be on!
     
  7. mcvey

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    Unknown to those casual fans.

    Mike O Dowd
    Billy Petrolle
    Sammy Mandell
    Dave Sands
    Owen Moran
    Mike Gibbons
    Holman Williams
    Frankie Genaro
    Solly Kreiger
    Pete Latzo
    Bud Taylor
    Dave Shade
    Jeff Smith
    Louis Kid Kaplan
    Midget Wolgast
    Jimmy Slattery
    Lou Brouillard
    Bat Battalino
    Aurelio Herrera
    Freddie Miller
    Nel Tarleton
    Fred Apostoli
    Billy Soose
    Ron Richards
    Mike Belloise
    And a couple of thousand more.
     
  8. mcvey

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    Honourable mention.








    no 11.
     
  9. frankenfrank

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    Danny Perez
    Julian Letterlough
    Darnell Boone
    Nobuhiro Ishida (was unknows until it was too late for him)
    Lovermore NDou (how often is he mentioned)
    Raymond Joval
    Keith Holmes
    Andrew Council
    Dwight Davison
    Sanderline Williams / Robbie Sims (even those whom remember the names often know nothing about them)


    HWs:

    Mark Wills
    Levi Billups
    Everett Martin
    Marion Wilson
    Larry Alexander
    Nick Wells
    Lionel Butler
    Dee Collier (never even counted as an opponent)
    Mike White
    Mike Hunter
     
  10. thistle1

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    thee top man here, Unknown Winston.
     
  11. mcvey

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    And he drew with" to be confirmed", that's quite impressive,as he has a very long career and pops up regularly.
     
  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I think you need to look up the definition of greatest.
     
  13. Vinegar Hill

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    A helluva British Lightweight from the late fifties / sixties Dave Charnley.
    Was beaten by good men,but beat good men. A real handful for anyone.
     
  14. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think you need to look up the definition of unknown.
     
  15. mcvey

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    I specified in my post "to the casual fan".