Are there any good fighters with NO Amateur background?

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  1. donizhere

    donizhere Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Are there any?

    Can anyone name some, any weight class?
     
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  2. bigphilla1

    bigphilla1 Member Full Member

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    i tink i heard dat larry holmes only had 25 amateur fights
     
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  3. Dom79

    Dom79 Active Member Full Member

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    Pac didnt have much of an amateur career either from what i've read.
     
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  4. randeris

    randeris Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Librado Andrade has a very minor amateur background.
     
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  5. enzo

    enzo Greatest Of All Time Full Member

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    pac got cut when he tried out for the national team. :lol:
     
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  6. fireal221

    fireal221 Member Full Member

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    I do not believe Margarito had much, if any, amateur experience
     
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  7. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    He didn't have NO amateur background, but Librado Andrade went 1-13 as an amateur.

    There are a fair number of decent HWs with no amateur background, because they came from other sports and went straight in as pros (Brian Minto, Tye Fields, Derric Rossy jump to mind). Also, a few guys who started really young like JCC Jr. had no amateur background.
     
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  8. donizhere

    donizhere Well-Known Member Full Member

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    keep them coming
     
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  9. 46and0

    46and0 It's irrefutable. Full Member

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    Anthony Mundine only had 4 amateur fights.
     
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  10. Taylor_brogdon

    Taylor_brogdon Active Member Full Member

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    Charlie Zelenoff
     
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  11. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yea, considering he was on the streets and had to lie about his age at 16 to go pro in order to put bread on the table.
     
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  12. Samc1

    Samc1 Member Full Member

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    How about Arthur Abraham?
     
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  13. boxeo#1

    boxeo#1 Boxer-Puncher banned

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  14. FINITO

    FINITO Boxing Junkie banned

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    Kermit Cintron started boxing very very late. Like in 2000 Das insane.
     
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  15. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    he had 90 won 81 of them,he also won the Inernational German title in the amateurs.


    Marco Huck had 20 or so amateur fights but then he already was a kick-box world champ.
     
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