Who are the best ever club fighters/journeyman?

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  1. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Beat me to it with Buck Smith. Remember him beating kirkland laing. Didnt he have a million fights or something?
     
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  2. PowerPuncher

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    Would you consider Cocoa Kid a journeyman?
     
    PowerPuncher, Apr 25, 2010
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  3. box101

    box101 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    sugar ray olivera ,vinny paz altough he is world class was once considered club fighter ,scott pemberton,an dana rosenblatt
     
    box101, Apr 26, 2010
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  4. lefthook89

    lefthook89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    gotta go with my man tua, its so weird he beat many future and post champs but never managed to aquire a strap himself. hes definitely one of the best fighters to never aquire a championship
     
    lefthook89, Apr 26, 2010
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  5. Drew101

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    Tua was a legitimate top-flight contender, NOT a journeyman...even now for that matter.
     
    Drew101, Apr 26, 2010
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  6. mcvey

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    Nice One!
     
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  7. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member

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    An honest workman, George" Scrap Iron "Johnson.
     
    mcvey, Apr 26, 2010
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  8. tommy the hat

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    Buck Smith and Marty Jacubowski.
     
    tommy the hat, May 11, 2010
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  9. TommyV

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    Yep. Made a thread about him awhile ago after looking him up. Travelled from town to town and always gave the best a tough fight. Even put Esteban De Jesus down twice and lost a contenious decision.
     
    TommyV, May 11, 2010
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  10. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ralph Tiger Jones
    Jones in 1955 gave Ray Robinson a sound beating...Jones was a top club fighter, who you couldn't ko and gave everyone he fought a tough battle...Great clubfighter..
     
    burt bienstock, May 11, 2010
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  11. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    Wasn't Fritzie Zivic considered a journeyman? If so I elect him.
     
    techks, May 11, 2010
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  12. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No Fritzie Zivic became WW champion, so he was always a contender.. Years before,Zivic Broke the great Lou Ambers jaw in 1935..Zivic was always a contender..
     
    burt bienstock, May 11, 2010
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  13. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Absolutely not.
     
    El Bujia, May 11, 2010
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  14. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tiger Ted Lowry takes it for me - the ultimate journeyman hero - hanging in there with the Rock twice (the only man to do it) - not to mention also staying the distance with Archie Moore, Jimmy Bivins and Joey Maxim all for 10 rounds each, twice hanging with Lee Q Murray for 10 - one of the biggest punchers of the day, twice with Roland LaStarza, once with Tiger Jack Fox another deadly hitter, out-pointing Aaron Wade (!!), and holding contenders Lee Savold, Lee Oma and Cesar Brion to draws, and going 1-1-1 vs Bernie Reynolds, another one time title contender. He even got Joe Louis' respect during an exhibition too- what a guy!! Could probably teach most top level guys a thing or two these days
     
    RockysSplitNose, May 11, 2010
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  15. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Rocky you hit bthe jackpot with TED LOWRY,the ultimate club fighter and trial horse....b.b.
     
    burt bienstock, May 11, 2010
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