I agree, I've grown up in the world of boxing and it's like a time bomb.
Thinking about it I could of left Quarry off, flyweight champ beating a heavyweight claimant in 9 steps.
It was your post that got me thinking about it,
Kingpetch bt Harada bt Jofre bt Saldivar bt Laguna bt Urbina bt Napoles bt Griffith bt Don Fullmer bt Ellis bt Quarry.
Jimmy Wilde to Max Schmeling in 4 jumps. Wilde, Pete Herman, Lew Tendler, Mickey Walker, Max Schmeling.
Bob Allotey fought brothers Jose and Dionisio Bisbal. Jose by the way is the father of Spanish international singing star David Bisbal.
He had a brother that Olivares beat, Ushiwakamaru Harada.
Great boxer Colin but I think Paul who I watched through his amateur days would of kept the pressure on and won on points.
If you narrow it down to fellas who fought for the undisputed instead of split titles the list gets smaller. Alan Rudkin (Harada, Rose,...
Alan Rudkin
That's interesting, Kevin was a real good pro. Hagler rated him very highly and if those razor sharp decisions with Alan Minter had gone the other...
Ronnie Harris was on a good run himself, he might of been up next and he'd of probably been a handful against the aging Monzon.
I think he was ready for retirement
Cheers Chris.
Another one is Harada vs Edmundo Esparza, even some info on it. It's not easy to win on pts in Japan.