Journeyman that gave atgs or good fighters trouble

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  1. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What I´m looking for are fighters who got a shot at a champ/top contender and despite beeing a big underdog gave the champ/top contender a good scrap, gave everything.
    Just like what recently Agbeko did against Juanma.
     
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  2. HomicideHenry

    HomicideHenry Many Talents, No Successes Full Member

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    Bert cooper, jesse fergusson, hatchetman sheppard
     
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  3. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Agbeko? What? When? You mean Mtagwa?
     
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  4. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah right. Didn´t look it up and over here it´s 10 pm and I´m sitting infront of SAP since 2 hours. My brain is frozen.
     
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  5. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    TigerTed lowry vs Rocky Marciano
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    Kirkland Laing-Roberto Duran
    Emanuel Augustus-FLoyd Mayweather
    Pedro Villela- Marlon Starling (beat him)
    Marcos Geraldo- Hagler,Leonard dont think Geraldo was a journeyman though more of a hot and cold fringe contender.
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    Gregorio Peralta- George Foreman ( i think Peralta was better than a journeyman though)
     
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  6. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Great, thanks :good
     
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  7. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The best definition of a great journeyman would be
    Ralpf Tiger Jones who in 1955 gave Ray Robinson a thrashing, winning almost every round..Tiger Jones was tough for anyone...,
     
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  8. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Tom Bethea, Arthur Persol and Robinson Garcia.


    Garcia had an amazing career really.you can count one one hand the contenders he missed out on fighting.

    Otehr guys that had a journeyman mentality or status at some point in their career, but legit top contender talent...Jesse Burnett, Bunny Sterling, Sanderline Williams, Buster Drayton, Freddie Pendleton.
     
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  9. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    Angel Robinson Garcia. Put Esteban De Jesus on his arse twice but lost a disputed decision.
     
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  10. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    Pat Cowdell v Salvador Sanchez.I remember saying I'm giving this to Cowdell then Sanchez knocked him down with five seconds left.
     
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  11. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And one of my favorites is somebody who decisioned Garcia, Rafael Rodriguez.
     
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  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Harold Brazier!
     
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  13. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was a real throwback.

    Another Harold of Brazier's era who I highly regarded was southpaw artisan Harold "Little Man" Petty. He may have been much more than a journeyman though, with his dual wins over Zaragoza and stoppage of Zapata. A diligent perfectionist, and his own harshest critic, I enjoyed watching him defend his NABF BW title during the early 1980s.
     
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  14. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    Despite losing nearly a quarter of his fights, Doug Jones beat Bobo Olson, beat Zora Folley, beat Bob Foster and famously gave Muhammad Ali a very, very hard night.
     
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  15. lefthook31

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    Rocky Balboa, he gave Apollo Creed hell!
     
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