Guess the champ by weight class & professional career duration

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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    ...alright, I've like, quintuple checked here to ensure every t is crossed and i dotted. :oops: :lol:
     
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  2. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not every arrow hits its mark, my friend. Your contributions to this forum are invaluable. I hereby grant you one Classic mulligan!
     
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  3. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I need to look up the 30-year junior middle to see if he ever talked about maintaining that weight that long — I gain weight just thinking about breakfast, haha.

    (Yes, I saw the tiny asterisk but I’m still contemplating this. Same for the feather.)
     
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  4. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I’m going to go with Henry Armstrong for the feather/light/welter as I can’t think of anyone who won all three of those titles off the top of my head. Again not going boxrec route but I expect to be wrong because I figure he fought longer than that.

    No clue what the hint might be unless Henry was dying his hair at the end to hide the gray?

    EDIT: Adding Ralph Dupas as the guess at junior middle (again without the benefit of any research) as it seems like he fought a long time and was pretty much in that division for the duration as best I can recall.

    Feather? Gimme Willie Pep for a wild dart throw.
     
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  5. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    You've nailed Hammerin' Hank (nyuk-nyuk).

    Keep plugging on the other two and the hint may reveal itself.
     
  6. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well according to legend, Mr. Armstrong decided to become a boxer when he was driving railroad spikes (with a sledgehammer, I’d presume) for $1.50 a day and a newspaper blew by and wrapped around his leg. He grabbed it and read about a title fight in New York and decided to become a boxer.

    So he was really a hammerer.
     
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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Could the junior middleweight perchance be Thomas Hearns?

    If so, I think I’ve got the clue sorted. If not, back to square one.
     
  8. Drew101

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    Yori Boy Campas for LMW.

    Thinking the common thread would be the last titllists/champs with 100n plus wins?
     
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  9. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Affirmative on both counts!
     
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  10. Saintpat

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    Jose Legra for feather?
     
  11. Fogger

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    Awesome!
     
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  12. Saintpat

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    @IntentionalButt you can spend more time on this, the important stuff, and less on work if you’ll absorb this wisdom:

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  13. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Nope, this FW actually had even more bouts than Legrá!
     
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  14. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    :lol: Oh, to be a nuclear plant button pushing drone. Alas, I'm a teacher. :llorona:
     
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  15. Saintpat

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    Bless you for passing along wisdom to those little cretins (whatever age) and keeping them in line!
     
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