Obscure fighters that no one remembers.

Sixto Escobar, Puerto Rico´s first World champion is never mentioned even though he´s in the IBHOF.

 

Antonio, on the subject of Garcia, here's another unusual fact. In 239 fights Garcia was only stopped 3 times. On cuts to Willie Monroe and Carmelo Bossi. But the third was to Alfredo Urbina and boxrec has it listed as a knockout. I know nothing of how the fight unfolded but to be able to say you're the only man to KO Angel Robinson Garcia is saying something.

 

Yes, great post. That was a Golden Era all its own.

 

One that I tout on here often is the Great Julio Cesar Vazquez. Top 3 ATG light middle. 12 title victories. Just thunder in his fists.

 

Canadian HW champ Gus Lambert.


He went unbeaten for 8 years before losing to Peter Jackson and Peter Maher. He had a win over Dominick McCaffrey in 1883 but rarely shows up in 1880s ranking and does not appear to have been given any consideration by the top fighters until fighting Jackson who he was somewhat competitive with. Before fighting Jackson he had 1 decision loss in 1882 that he avenged by KO. He might have a top 5 1880s fighter and when that era comes up he is rarely mentioned.

 

This is one of the classiest threads ever. Cheers to Magoo and all of the contributors here!

 

Alberto Davila. Always enjoyed watching him box.

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How many remember Frankie Lucas?

 

Hi Rocky.
That name takes me back to my youth, also in the early to mid 70s you had :
Jimmy " the cat " Dupree
Andy Kendall
Mark Tessman
Vicente Rondon
Frankie De Paula
Ray Anderson
the memories, .....
stay safe buddy, chat soon.

 

Forget outside of Brazil, his name doesn´t ring a bell for most inside of Brazil !

 

He was an absolute hard ass. Another really good fighter from Argentina from those days was Jorge Castro. He's another forgotten guy that doesn't get talked about all that much.

 

Big left hook! Broke Fullmer's elbow!

 

The greatest bantam ever!

 

Billy Graham.
Johnny Bratton
Johnny Saxton
Joe Miceli

 

I believe you may be thinking of Florentino Fernandez.