greatest amatuer ever...

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  1. Illmatic

    Illmatic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tarver had an outstanding amatuer career. Felix Savon, of course, has to be in the discussion.
     
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  2. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    hmmm, off hand mark breland and benvenuti
     
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  3. jonesjrp4p1

    jonesjrp4p1 16 yr old prodigy Full Member

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    srr 85-0 with like 69 kos and 40 something in the 1st round

    sugar shane won 250 am. fights
     
    jonesjrp4p1, Sep 25, 2007
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  4. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    Teofilo Stevenson is up there
     
    brooklyn1550, Sep 25, 2007
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  5. ChampionsForever

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  6. Oscar de la Roa

    Oscar de la Roa I'm THE lightweight champ Full Member

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    how many amateur fights milk dud had?
     
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  7. allenko1

    allenko1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah thats what a guy at my old gym said...Tarver is actually one the greater amateurs ever.
     
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  8. BOGART

    BOGART Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Laszlo Papp would rate pretty high as well.
     
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  9. brooklyn1550

    brooklyn1550 Roberto Duran Full Member

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    Leon Spinks had a great amateur career
     
    brooklyn1550, Sep 25, 2007
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  10. alex-boxer42

    alex-boxer42 Active Member Full Member

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    I heard about a guy from scotland that was suppose to be the best back in the 60's or soemthing...
     
    alex-boxer42, Sep 25, 2007
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  11. Andrey

    Andrey Active Member Full Member

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    Kostya Tszyu was a pure badass!!

    Still is a pure badass.

    But other then that I heard every single one of Freitas amateur fights ended in KO.
    Don't know much else.


    Andrey
     
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  12. drunkenspaniard

    drunkenspaniard Active Member Full Member

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    I've heard Fernando Vargas had a great amateur career. Of course it was Lampley that said that so... lol
     
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  13. MSTR

    MSTR More Speed Than Roy!!!!! Full Member

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    Agreed, KT was a phenomanel amatuer. I am sure some of the cubans that I have never heard of though would probably be better from an amatuer perspective.
     
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  14. rendog67

    rendog67 The firestarter Full Member

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    who was the worst amatuer to go on to great things?
     
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  15. IceJohnScully

    IceJohnScully Active Member Full Member

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    You would be hard pressed to find a more complete and devastating machine than the 1983- 1987 version of Cuba's ANGEL ESPINOSA. As far as most dominant for a weight class..NOBODY ran a weight class like Mark Breland did at 147 in the first half of the 1980's
     
    IceJohnScully, Sep 25, 2007
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