One armed fighters

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  1. brnxhands

    brnxhands Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Was thre any fighters that suffred bad injury to one arm but made out okay despite injury to themself? I know there wont be any. But did any fighters brake dislocate a shoulder an do okay? Question sounds dumb but just a question
     
  2. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tua & McCall r usually considered 1 armed . isn't Evander Holyfield 1 2 ?
    I think James Toney gave up on his left hook somewhere along d way many yrs ago .

    edit : didn't guess TS' intention correctly from d title alone .
    anyway , McCall fought 1 armed vs Juan Carlos Gomez , with his left alone , I think in both fights including d 1 that Gomez was caught on PEDs . Tua also suffered a problem in his shoulder , I think against Chris Byrd .
     
  3. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marcel Cerdan is the obvious one here,

    he was pushed/thrown to the canvas in the 1st round against Jake LaMotta. Cerdan continued for 8 1/2 more rounds one handed, untill he quit on his stool between rounds 9 & 10...

    the film footage is clear you see him being forced to the mat and you see him fighting with his right holding his left whicch he only released about 3-5 times in those 8 1/2 rounds.

    that injury cost him the title and the schedualed return cost him his life, as he was killed in a plane crash.

    there's other case for sure but that is probably the most famous.
     
  4. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    Danny Williams.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY1jzjTjIhY[/ame]

    Wins by KO with a dislocated shoulder.
     
  5. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    JEsus Chavez suffered a torn rotator cuff against Morales and was restricted to the 1 arm, he didn't throw the right at all. He managed to win rounds against Morales with only 1 arm too
     
  6. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Barney Ross fought Ceferino Garcia, I believe it was, after breaking or otherwise damaging his right thumb in training.
     
  7. Guyfawkes

    Guyfawkes Than who was phone?! Full Member

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    Vitali Klitschko..............................oh wait, nevermind
     
  8. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Didn't Tyrell Biggs beat Jeff Sims after breaking his collarbone?
     
  9. Chinxkid

    Chinxkid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Charley Zivic broke his right hand in the second round with Herbie Kronowitz at MSG and took the UD.
     
  10. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Buddy McGirt had a cronic shoulder problem which meant he couldn't throw his best punch. Still went on to have a very good career.

    Colin McMillan dislocated his shoulder in his first title defence. Which he never recovered from.

    I know that wasn't the question but why not share it anyway.
     
  11. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Billy Soose broke his hand on Al Quaill's head but still outboxed him and captured the decision. The injury never healed properly and he spent the rest of his career a one-handed fighter. Not a bad career at that!
     
  12. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    John Conteh was virtually one handed in soundly defeating Yaqui Lopez.
    Ernie Terrel may as well have been born with a dysfunctional right hand for all the good it did him in his career.
     
  13. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    how much dysfunctional ?
     
  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Oh come on frank..:patsch
     
  15. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    IDK , i now take it u were not serious .