Greatest Fighters Never to Win a World Title?

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Which one though!
     
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  2. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lol...good call! Take your pick!

    However I was referencing Godfrey II, but Old Chocolate deserves a mention as well
     
    PhillyPhan69, Oct 18, 2018
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  3. JC40

    JC40 Boxing fan since 1972 banned Full Member

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    I dunno if they were great but Bennie Briscoe and Yaqui Lopez were certainly far superior to many fighters who won world titles.

    The Black Murderers Row fighters from the 40s are obvious choices.

    Cheers All.
     
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  4. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kid Norfolk
    Ruben Castillo
    Armando Muniz
     
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  5. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bep van Klaveren
     
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  6. Flea Man

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    Sam Langford: Over many weights

    Flyweight: Newsboy Brown

    Bantam: Memphis Pal Moore

    Feather: Jim Driscoll

    Lightweight: Packey McFarland, Lew Tendler

    Welterweight: Burley, Billy Graham

    Middleweight: Holman Williams, LMR, Tommy West, Mike Gibbons

    Light heavy: Greb, Charles

    Heavyweight: Wills
     
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  7. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    One of my favourites Mario Martinez. I'm not going to count that IBO title in his last fight
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  8. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I scored Martinez' first fight with Azumah Nelson 116-112 in favor of Mario. Definitely robbed in that one.
     
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  9. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lovely box fighter and he could punch.
     
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  10. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great list. You guys have named them all. But just to throw in a few more that haven't been mentioned.

    Fly - Leo Espinosa, Halimi Gutierrez, Fernando Cabanela

    Bantam - Jesus Pimental, Bernardo Carraballo, Famoso Gomez

    Feather - Percy Bassett, Art Hafey, Bernard Taylor

    Jr. light - Ruben Navarro, Antonio Amaya, Johnny Bizzaro

    Light - Pedro Montanez, Willie Joyce, Freddie Dawson

    Jr. Welter - Hector Thompson, Alfredo Urbina, Adolph Pruitt

    Welter - Cocoa Kid, Hedgemon Lewis, Gil Turner

    Middle - Georgie Abrams, Dave Sands, Eddie Booker

    Lt. heavy - Richie Kates, James Scott, Tiger Jack Fox

    Heavy - Jerry Quarry, Zora Folley, Eddie Machen

    Man, what a subject matter. I could just keep going - Nel Tarleton, Clyde Gray, Ernie Lopez, Jack Chase......
     
    scartissue, Oct 19, 2018
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  11. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Revisting this, I think some that deserve added include

    Jimmy Britt
    Billy Miske
    Charlie Mitchell
    Jack Blackburn
    Young Peter Jackson
    Len Harvey
    Larry Gains
    Digger Stanley

    Probably in something resembling that order
     
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  12. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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  13. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    He got it done. September 28th 1976 he outboxed Muhammad Ali. Nortpn wasn't given the belt but that is another discussion.
     
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  14. juppity

    juppity Boxing Addict Full Member

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    These 4 Commonwealth fighters would have won a title today with multiple alphabet titles up for grabs today.
    They fought ATG.
    Paul Ferreri fought Carlos Zarate.
    Hector Thompson fought Roberto Duran.
    Tony Mundine fought Carlos Monzon.
    Clyde Gray fought Jose Naples.
     
    juppity, Feb 19, 2019
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  15. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    David Tua if you believe the hype. Rock chinned, subtly skilled with all time power, yet couldn't win a strap in an era when John Ruiz, David Haye, Nickolay Valuev, Chris Byrd and comparative midget RJJ did.

    Something isn't adding up here.
     
    young griffo, Feb 19, 2019
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