Fighters who should of become world champion but never did?

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  1. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    thats
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  2. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Charley Burley
    Oscar Bonavena
    Jerry Quarry
    Howard Davis Jr.
    Yaqui Lopez
    Bernard Taylor
    Bennie Briscoe.
     
  3. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It´s a fact. :deal
     
  4. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    good answers so far!

    lazlo pap
    bennie briscoe
    micky ward (come on, he could have at least been a titlest!)
     
  5. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cubanito Perez
    Pete Ranzany
    Mike Ayala
     
  6. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I thought Irleis beat Camacho after cornering and buckling Hector early with a body attack and sending him into defensive mode. (All Camacho did after that was pepper in a few jabs, then dash in to clinch, repeatedly. As fast as Hector was at his peak, Cubanito exposed him as somebody who had problems with superior size and strength.)

    Perez did not fall short of the mark by self destructing, or inadequate training. He did nothing wrong. He was cursed with crippling allergies, the kind of allergies known to frequently sideline professional athletes afflicted with such ailments. At least asthmatics have had effective treatments available to them for decades. Cubanito didn't, a truly frustrating and infuriating situation.
     
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    box101 Well-Known Member Full Member

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  8. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Tyrone Everett
     
  9. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Cruz Marcano
    Domingo Ayala
    Gregorio Peralta (At Light Heavyweight)
     
  10. boza81

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    Tyrone Everett - Robbed against Escalera
    Howard Davis - Had Rosario beaten, but thought he was behind and went after Edwlin in the last round and suffered a flash knockdown and lost a split decision.
    Victor Polo - drew with Scott Harrison in Glasgow and lost to Julio Pablo Chacon when, according to Boxrec.com, Polo "slipped on a towel on the ring apron in the 9th which was ruled a knockdown costing him the fight."
     
  11. Jear

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    Larry Gaines
     
  12. Duodenum

    Duodenum Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A great catch.

    A good while back, there was a thread where viewers compared their scores of Escalera-Everett. I scored off the footage with a deliberate bias in favor of The Snake Man, then added on every single round any contributor aside from myself gave to Escalera. Combining all poster scores offered to skew it his way, this is as close as I was able to get:

    Round--Escalera-----------Everett
    1-------9-----------------10
    2-------9-----------------10
    3-------9-----------------10
    4-------9-----------------10
    5------10------------------9
    6-------9-----------------10
    7-------9-----------------10
    8-------9-----------------10
    9------10-----------------10
    10-----10------------------9
    11-----10-----------------10
    12-----10------------------9
    13-----10------------------9
    14-----10------------------9
    15-----10------------------9
    Final:-143----------------144

    On my personal card, I gave Escalera credit for a hard charging and aggressive close through the championship rounds, and still had Everett winning 145-142. A round or two that I scored even was given to Escalera by others, and I think I had Everett winning a round which somebody else gave to Escalera. In compiling the card submitted here, I awarded all those rounds additionally to Escalera.
     
  13. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sam Langford
    Billy Petrolle
    Dave Shade
    Charley Burley
    Holman Williams
    Jimmy Leto
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  14. jaffay

    jaffay New Orleans Hornets Full Member

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    Many of the most that should be champs were mentioned. I would add my boyhood hero Andrew Golota. Absolutely robbed against Ruiz and Byrd.
     
  15. wellsini

    wellsini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Golota is a good shout

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