Good fighters who never got a World title shot?

Hard hitting Fred Fulton certainly deserved his shot against Willard. He beat Sam Langford and in the rematch half blinded him. While a bit past his peak at 31, Langford was doing very well in his career and was still considered a very dangerous contender. Of Fultons 78 wins 70 ended by knockout.

 

In my first post on this thread I mentioned several fighters who fit this subject matter. But i'd like to discuss one of those in particular. Octavio 'Famoso' Gomez. To be clear, he fought 10 world champions. Efren Torres, Bernabe Villacampo, Ruben Olivares, Rafael Herrera (twice), Rodolfo Martinez, Romeo Anaya, Alexis Arguello, Danny Lopez (twice), Eder Jofre and Alfredo Marcano. Also, he fought top contenders Fermin Gomez (3 times), Fernando Atzori, Kazuyoshi Kanazawa, Rogelio Lara, Valentin Galeano, Fernando Cabanela, Cesar Deciga (twice), Art Hafey (twice), Orlando Amores, Carlos Mendoza and Lionel Hernandez. My God! A who's who across 3 weight classes (fly, bantam, feather), all of which he was a top contender. And do you think he could have got one title shot out of all that?

 

I've known John all my life and worked for him at that steel firm and I couldn't of put it better myself.

 

Thanks Buddy.
So for me the years that captivated my interest in boxing were from about 69 through to around 76, of course I have watched and enjoyed the 80s, but all my fondest memories of going to fights, and reading the BN centred around the 7 years stated, been to many a small hall show, York Hall, Seymour Place, Britannia Leisure centre, plus the bigger venues, Albert Hall, Wembley conference centre, Empire Pool, and going to the pictures in the early hours 3/4 am to see the closed circuit fights, a few being, Ali-Foreman, Hagler-Hearns, Holmes-Cooney, one of the best was the Hackney Empire to see two british lads, both underdogs, up against stiff opposition , Stracey was in with Roger Menetrey, a big muscular WW who had demolished Ralph Charles, tough lad himself, to acquire the title, Finnegans opponent was the talented and popular Jean Claude Bouttier, the british press, and BN didn't hold out much hope for either of our boys, they were to be proved wrong.
We don't hear much from you of late, hope you are well, and look forward to chatting soon.
stay safe mate.

 

Cheers Mike, take care.