Is BHop the greatest fighter to begin his career with an L ?

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  1. ThatOne

    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Please discuss.
     
    ThatOne, Jan 19, 2022
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    Good but not great, but very talented.
     
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    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Greatest fighter to begin his career with a loss?
     
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    No.
     
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    ThatOne Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What other great fighters lost their first fight? I always found that interesting By the way Oscar said that the liver shot from Hopkins paralyzed him?
     
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    The answer is Henry Armstrong.
     
    Fergy, Jan 19, 2022
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    Got to be Henry Armstrong, dude was a beast
     
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    I didn't know Armstrong's career began with a loss. Yeah, he's greater than BHop.
     
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    Jack Dempsey?
     
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  10. Clinton

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    WOW. I did not know that. Thank you Fergy. Awesome fact. Henry is the GOAT with an opening loss
     
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    Yeah but it was a draw.
     
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    Juan Manuel Marquez lost a fight in his very first fight.
    Miguel Canto also started his first fight with a stoppage loss.
     
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    Benny Leonard lost his first fight by tko to Mickey Finnegan.
     
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    Absolutely Clinton.
    One of those little nuggets of info that stuck in mind years ago, reading an article on Henry.
    As the old saying goes, never give up, and Old Henry didn't after his first pro fight!
     
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    Loads and loads of world champions (more than 50) lost their pro debut. Among them several very good ones, that haven't been mentioned yet, such as these HOFers:

    Manuel Ortiz
    Lew Jenkins
    Eddie Perkins
    Ted Kid Lewis
    Pipino Cuevas
    Willie Ritchie
     
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