Who are some fighters who never held a title due to robberies.

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  1. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No. Close fights, but definitely not robberies.
     
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  2. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Billy graham after his first title fight with kid gavilan. I had him safely ahead anyway. Some may have had it closer.
     
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  3. Boxing GOAT

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    I had Shavers winning over Ali.
     
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  5. lone star

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    Fair enough. Your opinion. I felt Ali did enough. But I just felt it wasn’t really controversial as such. If you know what I mean.
     
  6. Rollin

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  7. DirtyDan

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    Rocky Juarez, Olympic Silver Medalist at the 2000 Olympics.

    Wins over undefeated Zahir Raheem, Jorge Barrios, Rene Alvarado, Guty Espada and Hector Sanchez.

    0-4-1 in World title fights, never been knocked out.

    in May of 2006 Juarez fought Marco Antonio Barrera for the WBC Super Featherweight title, in which many people including me who thought he deserved the W. Rocky would lose by split decision with scores of 115-114, 113-115, 114-115.

    In February of 2009, Juarez fought undefeated 42-0 Chris John for the WBA Featherweight championship in John's 11th straight defense. This was a bid for HBO to try and showcase Chris John to the American public, he had a win over Juan Manuel Marquez who was fighting on the main event against Juan Diaz in their first meeting. Chris John escaped the fight with scores of 114-114, 114-114, and 114-114 with the fight being declared a draw. Juarez would lose the rematch and never make a bid for a world title again.
     
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  8. Dynamicpuncher

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    Well this wasn't a robbery regarding a decision, but Eder Gonzalez vs Juan Martin Coggi 1 has the worst refereeing in history. Gonzalez basically knocked out Coggi, and should've been awarded a TKO. But the referee done everything in his power to help Coggi survive, including letting his corner man hold their fighter up ridiculous.
     
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  9. Dynamicpuncher

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    Beat me to it so I'll think of another one for the thread.

    Ali Funeka was definitely robbed vs Joan Guzman in their 1st fight, I don't believe he ever held a world title.
     
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  10. AwardedSteak863

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    You beat me to it. Both guys got screwed hard but Reid's was especially bad because of that corrupt ref.
     
  11. Thread Stealer

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    That was the first to come to mind, and the most outrageous robbery ever.
     
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  12. Flo_Raiden

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    Frankie Duarte when he fought Bernardo Pinango.
     
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  13. NoNeck

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    He didn't deserve to win any if those though, and Raheem didn't get a fair shake at all with the ref.
     
  14. Tin_Ribs

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    Rose vs Rudkin was extremely close, either way type stuff. Harada put slightly more daylight between himself and Rudkin and won fairly imo though Rudkin did run him very hard. 9-6 ish sort of fight I'd say.
     
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  15. DirtyDan

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    I mean, I'm not really interested in your opinion or what you think. The entire fights are on youtube for everyone to see.

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    Juarez landed the harder punches against Barrera in their first fight, I personally can't see a win for Barrera, either a draw or 1 point win for Juarez.

    Also, I'm not sure what you mean by that Zahir Raheem fight. Yeah the Texas judge was supremely bias since the fight took place in Houston, bunch of bs point deductions claiming Zahir was holding the back of Rocky's head, but Rocky would of won without the point deductions anyway. Despite the numerous point deductions and even warnings from his own corner to not hold the back of Juarez's head, Zahir kept doing it . Zahir was weary of Juarez's power, he made Raheem look like **** in large spurts, had him running and hugging especially after that knockdown in round 4.