Greatest Contenders - Welterweights

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  1. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I remember Mike Jones but I think I'd prefer Colin Jones or as he was known in Wales Jones the punch.
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Guys, I thought of Hedgemon Lewis too, but i believe he won the NYSAC title, which disqualifies him here.
     
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  3. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is correct. Hedge would have been one of the first on my list otherwise.
     
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  4. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Colin is a solid addition to the list.
     
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  5. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Here they are, the greatest welterweight contenders never to have won the title, as deemed so by the Classic Boxing Forum (always open for additions) BTW, couldn't resist adding 4 more.

    -Bermondsey Billy Wells
    -Packey McFarland
    -Soldier Bartfield
    -Dave Shade
    -Ceferino Garcia
    -Ernie Roderick
    -Holman Williams
    -Cocoa Kid
    -Kid Azteca
    -Bummy Davis
    -Charley Burley
    -Robert Villemain
    -Billy Graham
    -Bernard Docusen
    -Gil Turner
    -Del Flanagan
    -Isaac Logart
    -Federico Thompson
    -Gaspar Ortega
    -Jose Stable
    -Ralph Dupas
    -Eddie Perkins
    -Raul Soriano
    -Ernie Lopez
    -Adolph Pruitt
    -Brian Curvis
    -Roger Menetrey
    -Clyde Gray
    -Armando Muniz
    -Harold Weston
    -Andy 'The Hawk' Price
    -Miguel Campanino
    -Dave 'Boy' Green
    -Randy Shields
    -Pete Ranzany
    -Harold Volbrecht
    -Colin Jones
    -Guillermo Jones
    -Oba Carr
    -Derell Coley
    -Mike Jones
    -Yori Boy Campas

    Next up: Junior middleweights
     
    scartissue, Jan 26, 2021
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