Your favourite fighters...who weren't that good!

Man, there's been so many... One that comes to mind:
1) Steve Quinonez
Good lightweight gate-keeper, reached his prime in the 2000s. Southpaw that could box a bit, but would always get into brawls. Was regular on Fox Sports mainly, but also fought on other networks, usually only in tough fights in that, fighting prospects and fellow fringe-contenders and gate-keepers.
Had some really good fights, the one against Antonio Ramirez comes to mind. He gave Jose Luis Castillo good fight too just before He shocked Stevie Johnston.
Gritty, tough competitor - but short of world class.

 

Micky Ward, Gatti.

 

Little Red Lopez.
My all time favorite fighter- I first saw him when I was 7 and he is the only hero that I have ever had. You need to outgrow hero worship at a pretty young age, in my opinion.
From Little Red I learned that you don't always win, but you always try and keep punching because one punch can turn the tide. Over the years, as my boxing knowledge grew, I realized that my hero was a tough guy that never quit, with a right hand shot that could level the field right away.
But he wasn't a great fighter, no place near the top 20 or 25 in his weight class, though he could potentially beat anybody that he could hit with his right hand.

 

A couple of guys from my younger days, Victor Abraham and Jose Luis Martin Del Campo. I also really enjoyed Sugar Ray Oliveira and Tyrone Crawley.

 

Mid/later 70s Ali was fun.

Immobile old Briggs.

Calvin Brock. Dang it, I wish he'd won a belt. He was like Captain Normal.

As far as "journeymen" go, Emmanuel Augustus is often the poster child for this kind of thing. Butterbean as well for "casuals." In fact, a lot of Friday Night Fights types of guys, who found their niche at that level.

 

Hi Buddy.
Back in the late 70s France had a free swinging brawler, who went by the name of Gratien Tonna, boy was he entertaining, mixed with all the big names of the day, he looked not too dissimilar to Monzon, olive skin, shock of black hair, high cheekbones, in fact when Tonna fought Carlos for the title, the fight had a weird look, almost like twins fighting, he would go on to lose the fight unsurprisingly, but not before giving Monzon some hectic moments, he would also lose to Valdes via KO in 11, but again gave Rodrigo a torrid time of it, he had a win over our Alan Minter by cuts, which Minter reversed some time after, won and lost against Kevin Finnegan, fought Ronnie Harris, as you can see he fought most of the top MWs of his era, and gave all of them a run for their money, you wouldn't bet your house on him, but he was value for money.
stay safe buddy.

 

Joshua Clottey…I think I might be the only Joshua Clottey fan in the world

 

Michael Katsidis

 

A few few I liked who could mix it up with world-class guys but weren’t quite there themselves:

Jimmy Heair

Earnie Singletary

Teddy Mann

Shig Fukuyama

 

Juan “Baby Bull “ Diaz

 

Lamont Peterson

 

For some reason Aaron "Superman" Davis is jumping into my head.

Buck Smith should go without saying.

 

I think people are using the term "not that good" in a way different way than I would. I'm seeing a lot of former world champions in this category and I really don't think those guys should count as "not that good."

Maybe I'm being picky.

 

Ruslan Provodnikov