Fighter with the most LEGITIMATE excuses for bad performances?

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  1. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Name the fighter who stands out as supremely unlucky -- be it robberies, *documented* injuries, bribed refs, close family dying at inopportune times before big fights, or what have you.

    Which fighter had the most verifiable, completely 100% legitimate excuses for their bad performances?
     
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  2. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Charley "Doc" Williams. Recovered from polio. Kept fighting.
     
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  3. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Only fight I ever saw of him was against Bivins. Looked worse than mediocre, but had to admire it.

    Modern day example would be if s cancer survivor was lasting the distance in the ring. People would make a huge deal of it.
     
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  4. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Back before they invented cruiserweight, I'd say any 180-190 pound guy had an excuse, being stuck between 2 divisions.
     
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  5. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bert Gilroy - 5 (6), not bad performances, straight up legitimate REPORTED Robberies, at the Height of his Career... Documented English Boxing Fraternity Nationalistic Insuring Skulduggery.

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  6. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mike Tyson
    Cleveland Williams
    Joe Frazier
    Roy Jones Jr.
     
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  7. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    James Toney can't make weight against Roy, that's what you get for being undisciplined.

    Andy Ruiz on the other hand is way too light against Arreola
     
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  8. Tonto62

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    Daniel Jacobs?
     
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    Can you name these please?
     
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  10. McGrain

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    Eddie Machen boxed a draw with Cleveland Williams shortly before being found with a gun and a suicide note.
     
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  11. Bokaj

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    Cerdan's injury against LaMotta seemed legit enough.
     
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  12. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Williams is a good call. Excuses don't get much better than gunshot wounds.
     
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  13. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    I'll throw in Willie Pep and his plane crash.
     
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  14. lone star

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    Didn’t James J Braddock lose a few while on what they called the “Bread Line”? Literally taking fight while starving. And a broken hand.
     
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  15. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Andy Kendall - shotgun to the abdomen

    Tiger Jack Fox - knife wound in the abdomen

    Johnny Bratton - broken jaw 3 times during his career
     
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