Best Fighters with limited amateur experiance

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    So which great fighters had 30 or less amateur fights? I know Qawi had none. Pretty sure Ron Lyle and Bernard Hopkins had none too. Maybe it's just boxers who started boxing after prison.
     
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  2. NoNeck

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    Bakole
     
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  3. NoNeck

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    Hopkins had am experience before prison.
     
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  4. Ioakeim Tzortzakis

    Ioakeim Tzortzakis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ignoring early 20th century fighters for obvious reasons:

    Roberto Duran
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Salvador Sanchez
    George Foreman (despite the gold medal)
    Mike Tyson
     
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  5. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    jeff Chandler had a couple
    Wi@herspoon had six
    Saad had around 25

    aforemen#ioned hopkins

    phill# sparring
     
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  6. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Curtis Cokes - no amateur fights
    Rodolfo Gonzalez - no amateur fights
    Stan 'Kitten' Hayward - 1 amateur fight
    Jeff Chandler - 2 amateur fights (both the same week against Johnny 'Dancing Machine' Carter)
     
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  7. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    James Toney had a very short amateur career. Only 35 fights which is not that much considering how incredibly skilled he was.
     
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  8. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi. He only had 19 amateur bouts in the space of around 18 months. He then proceeded to win the WBC bantam title within 8 bouts. A super talent who was harshly brought along by Osaka Teiken gym - to the cost of his later career.
     
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  9. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    I don't think that Genaro Hernandez had many amateur fights.
     
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  10. FreddieGibbs

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    Qawi and Briedis started boxing at 25 so I can’t imagine they had many amateur fights. I remember hearing that Briedis won a national title in Latvia but I don’t think I’ve heard of Qawi having any amateur background
     
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  11. NoNeck

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    Gassiev didn’t have am experience either.
     
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  12. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    It was very common in the 30s and earlier.
     
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  13. Smoochie

    Smoochie G.R.E.B G.O.A.T Full Member

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    I mean, if you consider Bonecrusher Smith a good fighter it's definitely him.
     
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  14. NoNeck

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    Tyson had plenty.
     
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  15. NoNeck

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    Rafael Espinoza might be the best current fighter to appear out of nowhere, beating Robeisy Ramirez of all people.
     
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