Champions That Beat ATG s, BEFORE They Won A Title?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Any weight. At heavy I've got Ali (Archie Moore)
    Tunney (Greb)
    Marciano (Louis)
    Foreman 2nd reign (Frazier)
     
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  2. Letseatshitfordinner

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    Ezzard Charles, before becoming HW champion, beat:

    Archie Moore (3 times)
    Joey Maxim (3 times)
    Jimmy Bivins (3 times).
     
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  3. Fergy

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    Nice one!
     
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  4. Richard M Murrieta

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    Joe Louis defeated former champion Max Baer in 1935. Louis won the title from James J. Braddock in 1937.
     
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  5. Fergy

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    Another good un Richard.
     
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  6. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Greb (Tunney) too
     
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  7. JackSilver

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    Berbeck beat Ali
     
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  8. Fergy

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    Not a bad one that actually.
     
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  9. Dynamicpuncher

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    Roberto Duran vs Ernesto Marcel although maybe calling Marcel an ATG might be reaching, but he did beat Alexis Arguello so he's definitely up there.
     
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  10. Fergy

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    Jack Johnson had Sam Langford and Bob Fitzsimmons on his record before beating Burns.
     
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  11. Del Boy

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    Feels dirty even saying this but how about Amir Khan vs Marco Antonio Barrera?
     
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  12. Journeyman92

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    Archie Moore is an easy pick. ATG career before he even sniffed a title.
     
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  13. Bulldog24

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    Griffin-Toney
     
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  14. Journeyman92

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    We don’t talk about that.
     
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  15. JackSilver

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    Ha, it’s gotta be up with the best ones here if not the best , numero uno especially with so many here picking beaten fighters who don’t qualify at all as atgs Can’t get much more atg than Ali
     
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