He is also a good man. I remember seeing him fight a guy who was obviously having a neurological problem, and Augustus refused to hit him in the head!
Raul 'Lobito' Montoya - what I always remember about him is that you needed a baseball bat to do any damage on this guy. He actually started off as a contender, beating Clemente Sanchez, Frankie Crawford, Eddie Linder, Delfino Rosales and Ray Adigun before settling in as a sought after journeyman. He went the distance with Esteban deJesus, Alfonso Frazer, Ruben Navarro, Hector Thompson, Ray lampkin, Ray Lunny, Jimmy Heair, Monroe Brooks and Randy Shields without ever getting a dent in him, but testing his more noteworthy opponent in their backyards.
"Sucre"Ray Olivera. The best fighter (to my knowlege) ever to come out my semi-adoptive home town of New Bedford MA. I wrote an article about it. https://imgur.com/gallery/WvtUqIp
I like the shoutout to Ross the Boss. He's really more of a contender type than journeyman ... a high class journeyman if you will. Always looked at that guy and thought if he'd had an amateur career, a good trainer and a bit of time to develop, what might have been.
Jose Gonzalez anyone? Career circa 1958-1972? His record? Something like 42-20. Started at Welter, ended as a Light Heavy. Look at some of his wins!! Look at some of his tough losses!! He fought a c r a p load of Champions/contenders across three weight divisions! Look him up! Don't think there's a lot of video of him.
Impossible to say flatly,,,LeRoy Caldwell, Freddie Pendleton, Scrapiron Johnson,,Bennie Briscoe who was a better than journeyman. Ross Purity, I actually never thought too highly of Mickey Ward, except for his guts.
what was that fighters name from the 1980s who had over 200 or more fights? I forget his name. Let me look him up..
Marion Wilson without a doubt is the greatest journeyman of all time. He had an diamond chin, fought a great amount of champions, was never a contender but did beat all low skill fighters as well as resisting to every champion, contender and gatekeeper he faced.
To me, the term "journeyman" means any experienced fighter well schooled in the art of boxing. With that in mind, I offer Archie Moore as the prime candidate for this category.
Jesse Ferguson was better than Ezra. A trio of heavyweights I’d throw out, maybe not GOAT (and how do we definite that? If you earned a title shot and especially if you won a title, can you still be a journeyman?) but: Leroy Caldwell Roy “Cookie” Wallace Memphis Al Jones
