Future world champions who fought each other very early in their careers

this thread seems familiar but then again i really liked it before.

can't think of any off hand but i'm very curious:think

 

Micheal Carbajal's pro debut was against future jr. flyweight titleholder Will Grigsby, who was 1-0 at the time.

 

Fighting Harada-Hiroyuki Ebihara

 

Not very early, but Roberto Duran fought Ernesto Marcel before both became champions. He also fought future title challenger Carlos Mendoza in his pro debut.

 

Not very early but Timothy Bradley beat Miguel Vazquez.

 

delete

 

Fidel LaBarba and Jimmy McLarnin, an usual green trilogy of future HOFers.

 

Damn, you guys took my picks! :twisted::fire

 

Walcott against.....was it Elmer Ray? (Ok Ray never became champ, but they fought early anyway ). That guy Benitez beat (Hope was it) beat Antufermo before either were champs

 

Joe Brown W 10 Jimmy Carter
Sandy Saddler KO 3 Joe Brown

 

Mike Weaver vs. Michael Dokes.

Edit: no- that was Leroy Jones, not Michael Dokes. Another tough blubberbutt with ridiculously fast hands.

 

Frankly, My2, I didn't even care about answering the TS. I just wanted to be seen knowing something serious first. I fear McGrain has lost faith in my ability to answer thread questions seriously, without any shenanigans. To be honest, I had to take a tranquilizer before coming in, to keep from posting a fake article on Toothless Tim and Tricky Nicky McDicky fighting on their debuts.

 

Some recent ones:

In his sixth pro fight Edgar Sosa faced Ulises Solis, who had his 8th. Sosa went on to defend his light flyweight strap ten times, as did Solis in his two reigns as IBF titlist.

Jorge Arce fought Omar Nino Romero in what was the fifth pro fight for both of them. Arce captured titles from light flyweight to bantamweight, while Romero had two short reigns at light flyweight.

Tepparith Singwancha/Kokietgym was 3-1 when he lost to 8-3-1 Suriyan Sor Rungvisai. Both recently won titles at super fly.


Amado Ursua had his 7th fight against German Torres in the latter's 4th fight. Both later captured the WBA light flyweight belt to lose it in their first defense.