Fighters who made it the hard way

donaire was a nobody before darchinyan, with all the skills he has why was there no hype and nobody took notice of him. 7 to 1 underdog if I recall and was only made to fight darchinyan because of the brother revenge angle

 

Good shout out. He started late and no one gave him much respect even when he beat Louis. It wasn't until he knocked the ish out of Jersey Joe that they finally started to consider him great!

 

Martinez. No one wanted to sign him and I have no idea why. This guy should have been the next DLH since he has the explosive style and the good looks.

He was always the underdog until now. He paid his dues and now deserves a big money fight.

 

Hopkins.

 

hopkins and hagler come to mind right away, maybe lamont peterson and ortiz early days

 

I thought Crusher gave a good example of what you were looking for in Carl Thompson.Not much amateur,came from kickboxing I think.Fought some really hard men,won some lost some.Came up against a top champion in Johnny Nelson.Appreciated his fans,decent man.Did win a title,I think,against Rothmann,another tough,tough man.
Liked Red Cobras choice,Giardello.Think he was one of many around that time,like Henry Hank,Holly Mims etc.Excellent skills.

 

Charr because he is his own promoter, saw civil war as a child flew to germany. came from kickboxing to boxing!

 

All the way.

 

Martinez

 

Salido, Margarito, Trinidad, Mares, Hagler, Maidana(was a lamb for Vic), Rios (was a lamb for Peterson)

 

he was born into a boxing family.

 

Austin Trout, most recent.

 

Hagler, Baldomir, Aaron Pryor

Baldomir was a part time fighter while selling feather dusters making **** money

Hagler started off making $50 a bout while Leonard was making 40k

 

Sergio, Winky, Mosley, Mayorga, the man in my avi

 

Hopkins