Fighters who were considered as the ‘boogeyman’ in their division

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  1. BCS8

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    This is basically any fighter where the risk / reward factor is bad.

    So basically any fighter that is going to be a hard night out for little reward. At one point Golovkin was definitely in that category. I'd argue for Sanders as well, he brought peanuts for a good chance of getting KO'd.
     
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    That’s a nonsequitor. It’s who didn’t want to fight him.
     
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    Don't agree with Williams and Quarry. Especially not Quarry: he got his chances against the top guys, but just wasn't good enough.

    Williams also had a chance to emerge as the top contender when he faced Liston, but he didn't take it. And he didn't really put together a run after that to put himself in line for a title shot. He got one anyway, but, in fairness, wasn't the same anymore due to the gunshot injury.
     
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  4. NoNeck

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    Marquez at 126. Freddie Norwood.
     
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  5. JohnThomas1

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    Sounds about right Clint.
     
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    Jessie Ferguson
     
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  7. Flo_Raiden

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    Winky Wright deserves a shout. Before Shane and Tito fought him no one wanted anything to do with Wright, especially after giving Fernando Vargas hell.
     
    Flo_Raiden, Oct 30, 2019
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    Gotta go with T Ferg/Tony Ferguson....but I don’t want to get banned....


    So perhaps Tyson
     
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    Floyd Mayweather early on before he began to bring in the $
     
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    I'll throw in a name: Luis Ortiz.
     
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  11. Saintpat

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    Yet even now I don’t see guys lining up to fight him.

    “He’s 100 years old.”

    “So go ahead and fight him.”

    “Are you kidding me? No way.”
     
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  12. Saintpat

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    Jake LaMotta was the super middleweight boogeyman of the welterweight division — if you were a 147-pounder in those days you had to fight Jake coming in at 164 or so (and probably gaining a few pounds after the weigh-in).
     
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    Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin
     
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    If I remember correctly, Celestino Caballero was swerved during his heyday. Not many people wanted to take on a 5'10"-ish 122-pounder with solid pop and a good motor. I suppose another junior-featherweight in Rigondeaux counts, as well. Santa Cruz and Frampton and others weren't keen on fighting him, especially after the Donaire match.
     
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