Hi Guys, I wondered if anyone on here could point me in the direction of any archives online that are available that contain amateur boxing records of boxers who fought as amateurs during the 2000's. It is just for my own personal consumption. Would like to see how some current pro boxers records stack up against their records as amatuers. Cheers guys!:good
Lennox Lewis 94-11 Vitali Klitscko 195-15 Wladamir Klitscko 112-6 Audley Harrison 46-8 Olandier Solis 227-8 Mike Tyson 54-6 (48 KO) Roy Jones Jnr 134-13 Suger Ray Leonard 145-5 Shane Mosley 250-16 Katya Tysuzu 270-12 Ricky Hatton 73-7 Thomas Hearns 163-8 (Only 11 KO's) Pernell Whitaker 215-14 Oscar De La Hoya 228-5 Amir Khan 89-10 Mario Kindelan 358-22 Floyd Mayweather 84-6 Joel Casamayor 363-30
some impressive records there, obviously, ODLH stands out, as does Kindelan, and the Klits. Tysons KO record is impressive too
most elite fighters had great amateur back grounds it appears. James Toney and Bernard Hopkins probs the only elite fighters of the last 20 years not to have a strong amateur career.
what i am trying to establish with looking into this is where the good and great fighters lost, and how often, and what it is about the two different codes that makes or breaks fighters. I mean the obvious one for us is audley, good am career, where he won a gold, but could not convert his form to the pro's
Audley wasn't a great amateur he just had a great tournement. Going into the Olympics he was far from a favourite. add Pacquiao to the list of fighters with no real amateur back ground.
what i mean is his achievments in the ams far outweigh what he has done in the pro's. What changed in his mentality/boxing?