Greatest Pro Boxers Who Never Received Title Shot?

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Jimmy Leto
Jack Carroll
Eric Boon
Jack Hood
Robert Villemain

 

Yes, Robert Villemain, the Proof Fighter.

 

Winner winner chicken dinner

 

Good to see Leto get a mention. Tough welterweight of the 30s, who fought 9 HOFers - beating 6 of them and drawing with 2 others. Largely forgotten today.

 

Kirkland Laing should have got a title shot after humiliating Duran.

 

He was indeed Mac but Duff ran the game in Britain at the time. Ten Grand for Hagler or stay at home with nowt !

 

Didn't Kirkland lose to Fred Hutchings next time up and Hutchings got the Title shot ?

 

I dunno but you’re probably right. It just that I remember someone here posting that Laing didn’t fight again for more than a year or so after beating Duran so I thought maybe it was because he was waiting for the expectant title shot but it never came?

 

Joey Archer fought Emile Griffith twice for the world title.

 

Merciless Ray Mercer won the lightly regarded (at the time) WBO title but never received a shot at the big three (WBC, WBA, IBF).

 

I thought the fight against Lennox Lewis was for the WBC title vacated by Riddick Bowe?

 

Les Darcy and Henry Hank are good picks, but Castellani fought Bobo Olson for the title.

 

From memory yeah, he didn't fight for a year but I think that was more down to Kirkland's " Lifestyle ". I'm not sure whether the fight with Hutchings was an official eliminator by Fred got the shot at Hearns.

Papp is a great shout.

 

Laing disappeared for a year, then came back and was kod in10rds byFred Hutchins,it was his fault he didn't capitalise on the Duran upset.

 

Duff was in Finnegan's corner for the 1st Hagler fight,not sure about the 2nd.It was Duff who called the Doctor in when Kevin was badly gashed the Doctor didn't stop the fight ,so Duff retired Kevin.