Has any bum/journeyman ever developed world class skills?

Don't like the term bum really but Mike Weaver was 6-6 after 12 fights.

 

Rocky fielding

 

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai was 1-3-1 in his first 5 fights, and was literally eating out of bins he was so poor.

My guy went on to beat, at that time, the P4P no 1 Chocalatito.
Didn't even start boxing till he was in his 20s.

Absolute ****ing handful for anyone on this planet under 120lbs.

Think thats what you're looking for.

 

Emmanuel Augustus was a freak athlete, and by his own admission, doesn't know **** about boxing.

You putting the word "journeyman" anywhere near the name Glen Johnson is making me feel sick, I think I need to lie down.

 

To me, a bum is someone that has the ability to get better, but doesn't have the mentality to put in the work to get better and keeps losing as a result. Just because someone has a bad record when they start out or runs into a rough patch or reaches their highest level of skill and can't compete any higher, isn't bum worthy by any stretch.

 

If you take the question literally it's an oxymoron mate, I think he's trying to say journeymen who improved to be good or great.

I.E someone like Cuevas I guess; Underdog going into a title fight, turns into a good champion when he gets the belt.

I may be wrong though.

 

Buster Douglas overnight

 

Hate the fact that some internet warrior has the balls to call a boxer a bum but the obvious answer is Steve Robinson.

 

Freddie Pendleton

 

Steve little

 

Rocky Balboa

 

Quirino Garcia was a "bum" who ended up making a contender/journeymans run

 

Don’t like the term “bum” at all and won’t refer to boxers as such. Journeyman is fine some of whom are very good actually.

 

Jack Dempsey's early record is nothing to write home about. He had a ton of fights vs debut guys and draws with some bargain-basement fighters. He had a rough start to his career.