Stopped 2 streaks

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  1. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What boxer stopped the winning streaks of 2 undefeated boxers that won over 40 bouts without a defeat?
     
  2. Meast

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    This is hard, I keep thinking I've got it.....but no...not yet.
     
  3. Jorodz

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    ****! 3 dead ends...
     
  4. Meast

    Meast New Member Full Member

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    I'm on about 25 :patsch

    So hard
     
  5. Jorodz

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    i still haven't gotten one of these yet!
     
  6. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Harry Greb?


    Gibbons and Tunney?
     
  7. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No, Gibbons only had 39 wins before he fought Greb.
     
  8. Meast

    Meast New Member Full Member

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    I thought this too, I think Gibbons had 39 wins when Greb first beat him, almost!
     
  9. Meast

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    Is it someone we'll kick ourselves for not knowing or is it a obscure one?
     
  10. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The boxer was once rated #2 in the World.
     
  11. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tony Pellone?

    defeated Billy Graham and Charley Fusari?
     
  12. Meast

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    I give in for now,getting late and I've run out of ideas!
     
  13. Meast

    Meast New Member Full Member

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    It must be, just checked.

    I was looking in the right era for the most part, just never got there
     
  14. hhascup

    hhascup Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's it, Tony Pellone stopped both winning streaks.
     
  15. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Isn't boxing funny...Tony Pellone from my former hometown Beats Charley Fusari, ending his unbeaten string...Vince Foster from out west Kos Pellone in MSG {which I saw],then Charley Fusari kos Vince Foster in MSG,[saw that bout too]...
    Billy Graham who I saw many times box, had a great chin...Never floored in his career, and a great boxer, but was not a heavy puncher...If Graham had a KO punch he vwould be in the top ten Welterweights alltime IMO...