Fighters who never won a world title but you can see them being champions if they had fought today

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  1. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Carl Williams, the Truth. See his jab against Holmes.
     
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  2. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Juan Domingo Roldan might have a good shot at a world title right now. The MW division as of now is a barren wasteland outside of Janibek Alimkhanuly.
     
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  3. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Off the top of my head of those not mentioned:

    Jesus Pimental
    Jose Medel
    Tyrone Everett
    Billy Petrolle
    Willie Joyce
    Freddie Dawson
    Hector Thompson
    Armando Muniz
    Holman Williams
    Billy Graham
    Lloyd Marshall
    Spider Webb
    Joey Archer
    Jorge Ahumada
    Richie Kates
    Young Stribling
    Jimmy Bivins
    Zora Folley
    Gerry Cooney
    Jimmy Young
    Ike Ibeabuchi
    James Scott
     
  4. SgrRyLeonard

    SgrRyLeonard Active Member Full Member

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    Charley Burley for sure.
     
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  5. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    To many to name top ten fighters in each weight division from the 1930's to the 1990's would be a champ in today's very poor era in the sport of boxing.
    Conversely, very few of the world champions in today's game would've been a champion or in the top ten during those era's.
    Yes, today's boxers are really that bad.
     
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  6. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Howard Davis Jr might have a good chance if he were fighting now.
     
  7. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Good call on Roberto Rubaldino. I spent many hours at his gym in Texas.
     
  8. jarama

    jarama Active Member Full Member

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    This above is right to me There are too many to mention, I agree almost every top 20 fighter from the 60s to the 90s would be a world champ of some sort today,
     
  9. Journeyman92

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    Not a know anything kinda guy but I honestly thought Armando Muniz was a champ at one time. He’d definitely get it, Graham too, I’ve watched Graham and he’s fantastic. Bivins would be defending the undisputed 168lbs-175lbs crown for years if he could have both today.
     
  10. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    JM, Muniz should have been champ, if not for being robbed blind in Acapulco in his first fight with Napoles.
     
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  11. drenlou

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    Francisco Bojado at 140 pounds.
     
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  12. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Emphasis on Richie Kates is mine.
    I love you mentioning Richie Kates! He let me train, in his gym, with the men, when nobody else in the area would!
     
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  13. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    He was a real classy gentleman
     
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  14. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    George Benton
    Sergei Artemiev
    Gypsy Joe Harris
    Laszlo Papp if he was able to turn pro sooner
    Harold Weston Jr
    Hedgemon Lewis
    Rubin Hurricane Carter
    Michael Watson
    Henry Hank
     
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  15. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Do you seriously think Tami Mariello, Bob Pastor, Arturo Godoy, Henry Cooper, Renaldo Snipes, Roland La Starza and Don Cockell beat Oleksandr Usyk?:rolleyes:o_O