Jogre Luis Gonzalez - Does Any Amateur Have A Better Set Of Wins?

Defeated Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis, Tyrell Biggs, and Teofilo Stevenson. Tyrell doesn't count for much among that line-up but he was an accomplished amateur himself so oh well.

Only fight I can think of who compares is, strangly enough, nearly completely forgotten Craig Payne.

Payne actually defeated, get this... Mike Tyson, Felix Savon and Stevenson.

Too bad his lazy ass took over 6 years off in-between his first and second pro fights and weighed 300 pounds for his second professonal fight. Infuriating.

So, what've you got?

 

never heard of this guy

do u have any more details on him

 

and jorge luis

well i think he would have more success if he turned pro earlier and or took it more serious
the talent was there

 

lots of coulda beens in the amateurs. different games but who can say they beat so many good fighters, amateur or not?

 

Gonzalez turned pro with no trainer whatsoever, just a bucket guy huge mistake. If you watch the Bowe Gonzalez fight his supposed trainer was having a nervous breakdown in the corner, he didnt know what to do. Bowe ruined him, but he would have done better had he gotten a good trainer. He was a big dude that could punch and box.

 

He probably wouldn't have bothered to listen anyway. And Steve Wynn took major league bath on the guy and it really turned the tide for good and presently no casino will sign a guy to exclusives.

 

Bump, hoping Duodenum sees this thread.

 

I know he had a deal with the MGM Grand.

 

JLG was a huge guy standing at if memory serves around 6ft 7in, I remember watching his early fight on USA when he was bombing out the usual suspects like Phil Brown, Kimmuel Odum and Mike White. The guy could punch and had a good chin, the problem as someone else here stated he had no trainer and was so rough and unpolished as a fighter he had zero defense which is why Bowe and Witherspoon just destroyed him they beat the giant heavy bag to a pulp. I have many of his Ama fights and the guy looked pretty good back then but as a pro you had a super arrogant fighter who was sure he could KO anyone in the division at the time and he was dead wrong. I have an old KO Magazine where he talks about how he will tear Mike Tyson and anyone in the division apart, lol! What could have been had he came over earlier and teamed up with proper trainers.....

 

His amatuer "win" over Lewis is up on YouTube.

 

Greg Page, Howard Davis Jr, Donald Curry.

 

and trust me if you go back through boxers in russia and cuba, you will find better resumes


but still if jorge luis turned pro in his prime that would have awesome

 

also what has he been doing since he retired???

anyone know what he is up too

 

And one word answers contribute absolutely nothing.

 

Nino Benveneuti. Mark Breland. Felix Savon.