Greatest Fighters Never to Win a World Title?

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  1. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Sam Langford has to be number 1.
    I think Packey McFarland is next, followed closely by Charley Burley.

    There's some other great fighters, but I'm really not sure who should go next. Who have you got? (or feel free to disagree)

    Edit: For future reference here's who's been mentioned by people so far, a lot of these guys, probably most, fought at multiple weights (please say if I missed any)

    Heavyweight
    Peter Jackson
    Joe Jeannette
    Harry Wills
    Sam McVey
    Jimmy Young
    Jerry Quarry
    Zora Folley
    Eddie Machen
    Rex Layne
    Ike Ibeabuchi
    David Tua

    Light Heavyweight
    Lloyd Marshall
    Jorge Ahumada
    Ritchie Kates
    Yaqui Lopez
    Kid Norfolk
    James Scott
    Tiger Jack Fox
    Billy Miske
    Tommy Gibbons
    Young Stribling

    Middleweight
    Sam Langford
    George Benton
    Holman Williams
    Michael Watson
    Joey Archer
    Les Darcy
    Bennie Briscoe
    Tommy West
    Georgie Abrams
    Dave Sands
    Eddie Booker
    Jack Chase
    Charlie Mitchell
    Tony Mundine
    Herol Graham

    Welterweight
    Charley Burley
    Billy Petrolle
    Armando Muniz
    Bep van Klaveren
    Billy Graham
    Hector Thompson
    Alfredo Urbina
    Adolph Pruitt
    Cocoa Kid
    Hedgemon Lewis
    Gil Turner
    Clyde Gray
    Ernie Lopez
    Young Peter Jackson
    Hector Thompson

    Lightweight
    Packey McFarland
    Tyrone Everett
    Kenny Lane
    Lew Tendler
    Ruben Castillo
    Ruben Navarro
    Antonio Amaya
    Johnny Bizzaro
    Pedro Montanez
    Willie Joyce
    Freddie Dawson
    Jimmy Britt
    Jack Blackburn

    Featherweight
    Jim Driscoll
    Owen Moran
    Percy Bassett
    Art Hafey
    Bernard Taylor
    Nel Tarleton

    Bantamweight
    Alan Rudkin
    Memphis Pal Moore
    Jesus Pimental
    Bernardo Carraballo
    Famoso Gomez
    Paul Ferreri

    Flyweight

    Newsboy Brown
    Leo Espinosa
    Halimi Gutierrez
    Fernando Cabanela
     
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  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    George Benton.
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  4. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Excellent choices!

    Jim Driscoll
    Peter Jackson
    Holman Williams
    Lloyd Marshall
    Owen Moran
    Billy Petrolle
    Joe Jeannette
    Harry Wills
    Sam McVey
     
  5. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    McFarland was much greater than Langford.
     
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  6. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    I've never seen someone hold that opinion. Could you explain why you think it? Is it some of Langford's losses?
     
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  7. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Heavyweights typically are more famous than lower weights. Read contemporary opinions about both. Packey was basically considered the best fighter at any weight for several years. Langford was just a dangerous contender, winning some, losing some.
     
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  8. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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  10. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oscar Bonavena Ken norton
     
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    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tony Ayala Jr.
    Ike Ibeabuchi
     
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  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Can't see it ,Norton never won a title fight,Ringo was never even the number 1 contender.
     
  13. BCS8

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    Did Pryor win a title?
     
  14. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Aaron Pryor? Yeah WBA and IBF Super Lightweight titles
     
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  15. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oscar knocked Joe Frazier down twice. He’s one of those guys that I feel if he trained harder may have won something. Norton just couldn’t get it done. But yet isn’t what this post is about? Those who were good fighters that just couldn’t win it?
     
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