Average fighters who got a big pay day fight?

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  1. Frazier Hook

    Frazier Hook Member Full Member

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    for me bobby gunn comes to mind he got 2 world title shots
     
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  2. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Ricardo Mayorga got too many
     
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  3. Frazier Hook

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    can we keep former world champions out of this thread!
     
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  4. lefthook31

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    Sure.. How about Peter McNeely
     
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  5. Frazier Hook

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    great pick, that tyson payday will of been huge, didnt peter's dad fight floyd patterson?
     
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  6. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Yes I believe so. Don King thought that was always a selling point to those bogus fights. Just like Buster Mathis Sr fought Ali
     
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  7. CottoDaBodykill

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    yes he did indeedie it was mckeenlys daddy who fought patterson

    how about tony galento against joe louis?
     
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  8. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Galento was actually a pretty good fighter and doesn't belong in the company of the others mentioned:smokebut while mentioning them, how about charlie nash?:fire
     
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  9. JudgeDredd

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    Most of Calzaghes opponents.
     
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  10. Blood Green

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    How about Tyson from the Lennox fight on?
     
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  11. Hookie

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    Yep, Tom McNeeley... I think Peter made between 400 and 500,000. Not bad
     
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  12. Hookie

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    Chuck (Rocky Balboa) Wepner vs. Ali

    Mickey Ward vs. Gatti x3

    Vaughn Bean got two title shots. He went the distance with Moorer and Holyfield in HW World Title fights. In 51 pro fights he hasn't beat anybody worth mentioning but he has had two World Title shots! He also got a big payday vs. Vitali Klitschko (LKOby11... his only KO loss) for the WBA Inter-Continental title.

    Members of the "Bum of the Month" club vs. Joe Louis
     
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  13. Hookie

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    Mathis had a much better resume going into the Tyson fight than McNeeley did though.

    Buster Mathis Jr. had been in with decent fighters- Mike Hunter (ND12), Tyrell Biggs (W12), Sherman Griffin (W10), Riddick Bowe (NC4), and Alex Garcia (W12). Sure, he should have lost to Bowe and even Hunter but he had his moments in both fights. Mathis gave Tyson fits as well. If Mathis would have had power he would have lasted longer than 3 rounds with Tyson, because he had landed some clean shots.

    With taht said Mathis does deserve to be on this list though
     
    Hookie, Dec 30, 2009
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  14. MW159

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    I think McNeely got knocked down something like 13 times before being stopped in his fight with Patterson.
     
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  15. Mantequilla

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    Oscar de la hoya most of this decade.
     
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