Best fighters to never win a World title?

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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  3. Flo_Raiden

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    Sam Langford and Charley Burley

    Also Gaspar Ortega and Bennie Briscoe.
     
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  4. Mike Cannon

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    Bennie Briscoe
    Lew Tendler
    Joe Rivers
    Owen Moran
    Soldier Bartfield
    Packy McPartland
    Billy Petrolle
    to name a few..
     
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    Ike Ibeabuchi?
     
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  6. thistle

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    from the UK,

    Len Harvey
    Jock McAvoy
    Jack Casey
    Ernie Roderick
    Bert Gilroy
    Jim Brady
    Jake Kirain
    Peter Keenan
    Jim Warnock

    and probably a good couple of dozen or so more.
     
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  7. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  8. McGrain

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    As always, what's a world title?

    People will name Sam Langford as someone who has "never won a world title" but he did win a world title. He contested it with Joe Jeanette, Harry Wills, Sam McVey, Jeff Clark, wonderful fighters. But that doesn't get counted as a "real" world title, which is fair enough - but you can't expect me to take the WBA seriously if you're ruling out that murderer's row.
     
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  9. DS Phil Hunter

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    I think he should have beat Deontay Wilder in their first fight the referee gave Wilder extra time at the beginning of Round 8.
     
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    Michael Watson.
     
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  13. janitor

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    The best fighter who never won a title is almost certainly a product of the color bar.

    That was the only time in history, where the best fighter in the world, could be somebody who would never hold a title.
     
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  14. Mike Cannon

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    Hi Fred.
    Agree with all of the above, in particular the hard punching Jones, do you consider Kevin Finnegan to also be in this company ?
    Mike.
     
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  15. Mike Cannon

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    Salient observation.
     
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