Be honest how many of these fighters of you heard of?#2

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  1. Scotty Cork

    Scotty Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    A few months ago i listed 15 world champions from the past and wondered how many of them you knew and the answers were very mixed. Overall i was impressed by the knowledge of the posters. So here are another 15 former world champions I looked up and wonder have you heard of them before.
    1.Yoshio Shirai
    2.Franco Udella
    3.Sal Bartolo
    4.Carlos Morocho Hernandez
    5.Manning Galloway
    6.William Guthrie
    7.Pedro Carrasco
    8.Muhammad Rachman
    9.Guty Espadas
    10.Khalid Rahilou
    11.Murray Sutherland
    12.Joe Knight
    13.Eleoncio Mercedes
    14.Eddie Perkins
    15.Eugene Criqui
     
  2. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    0, zero, nothing, blank,
     
  3. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I've heard about 5 of em but couldn't tell you a great deal about any of them.
     
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    I admit not to know anything about no. Four
     
  5. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing

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    They are all known except number 12
     
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  6. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing

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    The biggest boxer in Venezuela’s history. Also known as Kid Helicoide.
     
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    Kid Bacon All-Time-Fat Full Member

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    Who????
     
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    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i don't know 5 6 7 10 or 13
     
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    Young Terror ★ Griselda ★ Full Member

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    All of them except Joe Knight.
     
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  10. Mastrangelo

    Mastrangelo Active Member Full Member

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    1-3, then 12 and 15 don't ring a bell at all.
    - Carlos Hernandez I'm not sure if it's the one I have in mind (And if I'm not mixing things up alltogether), one that competed at 140 division in around Locche and Cervantes time?
    - Carrasco, Perkins, Mercedes and Sutherland I could probably more or less position in terms of the era They fought in and divisions They competed in, but never saw them fight and don't know too much about them.
    - Manning Galloway I saw couple fights of later in his career when He was more of a journeyman. Crafty, but unorthodox fighter who was making for ugly fights - at least then.
    - Guthrie I didn't see fight, but I heard He had some hype behind him before Reggie Johnson knocked him out. Roy Jones Jr. said He was happy to see it since Guthrie was "running his mouth".
    - Guty Espadas I know mainly as father of Guty Espadas Jr.
    - Muhammad Rachman I saw fight couple times, more of a gate-keeper who picked up a belt later in his career.
    - Khalid Rahilous I also saw quite a bit of, good boxer-mover. I think He got a belt off Frankie Randall, then lost it to Sharmba?
     
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  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I might've heard Guthrie's name, but then I might be mistaking it for a MMA fighter's name. I've never heard of Galloway, Rachmen, Udell or Rahilou.

    I could tell you varying amounts about Shirai, Bartolo, Carrasco, Espadas, Hernandez, Knight, Mercedes, Perkins and Criqui.
     
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  12. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14 & 15.
     
  13. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing

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    There is the salvadorean Carlos Hernandez from the 2000s, but Morocho is the venezuelan
     
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    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing

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    Guty Espadas is the Espadas father, his kid was also a ranked featheeweight in the 2000s, Rocky Juarez broke his nose in a speracupar KO in a Friday Night Fights espn card.
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I actually didn't know Hernandez's middle name. I thought he was just Carlos Hernandez lol, I only clocked I knew full well who he was after you mentioned he was Venezuelan.