Ducking a certain fight

Nope and nope.

 

rocky marciano was accused of dodging nino valdes .

 

Bowe-Lewis
Hatton-Witter
Two most blatant duck's..

 

Dempsey was famously photographed signing a contract with Wills to fight Harry, and Wills himself said it wasn't Jack's fault it never came off.

Bowe ceremoniously dumping a title belt in a trash can rather than defend against an opponent who beat him for an Olympic Gold Medal obviously takes the cake.

Foreman has candidly admitted on camera that he purposely avoided Jerry Quarry, a claim supported by his hesitancy and evasiveness when asked about taking on Jerry in televised interviews he gave during the early 1970s. George's claim today of wanting nothing to do with Jerry then is far more than charitable after the fact revisionism.

If Tyson thought he could beat Foreman, he would have taken George on, simple as that. He never believed he could beat the old guy. At a time when Foreman said he would not go after Lennox, he wanted Tyson.

 

Joe Frazier avoiding top five ranked heavyweight Mac Foster to fight Light heavyweight champion and heavyweight flop Bob Foster.

 

Mac probably would have gotten Bob's shot if JQ hadn't upset him in June 1970. Horrendous timing for the USMC veteran, and USAF Bob gets the shot in November.