Fighters who had no or very little amature experience but were good pro's?

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who are they? or fighters who had bad amature back grounds
     
  2. GPater11093

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  3. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Librado Andrade said his amature career was embarrising he won 3 out of 15 amature fights, when he told people he was turning pro they laughed at him, he sure proved them wrong
     
  4. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My younger brother is thinking about turning pro he is 22 and had 10 fights he trains hard, he doesnt really follow boxing, so thats why am asking
     
  5. Jorodz

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    hasim rahman isn't TOO bad for only a few am fights
     
  6. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah i heard the rock only had 2 amature fights, the guy went on to become the number 1 heavyweight in the world
     
  7. Thread Stealer

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  8. kidargentine

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    Khaosai Galaxy...though he had experience as a Muay Thai fighter.
     
  9. Jorodz

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    :goodhell's yeah. and what about hopkins? did he have ANY amateur fights?
     
  10. cotto20

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    Hopkins had about 40 amature fights before jail
     
  11. Jorodz

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    damn i didn't realize that. figures he had to have something under his belt
     
  12. Russell

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    Oliver McCall had something like 20 amateur fights.
     
  13. My2Sense

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    Billy Conn
    Harold Johnson
    Joey Giardello

    To a lesser degree, Bobby Cassidy.
     
  14. Thread Stealer

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    Hopkins had a lot of amateur fights as a kid, before he got locked up.

    I don't know if he had any after though.
     
  15. Muchmoore

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    Hasim had some good skills, especially considering his late start. He's under rated as a boxer and over rated as a puncher in my opinion.