Journeyman discussion

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by mr. magoo, Jan 6, 2015.


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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    So would I actually but that is not the general consensus, here he is top of CBZ's list.


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  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Harold Brazier was a contender and a great veteran of the sport. As Saad mentioned, he was beaten primarily by elite men and even captured some wins over some pretty good opponents as well. Man is one of the few fighters in the post modern era to have over 100 fights as well.
     
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  3. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    I mentioned him in the context of the names I've seen here.
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    Laing
    Finnegan K
    Fiinnegan C
    Roldan
    Satterfield
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    Cobb
    Excuse me If I'm out of order.:oops::oops::oops:
     
    mcvey, Jan 15, 2015
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  4. Wvboxer

    Wvboxer Active Member Full Member

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    I just watched Brazier beat Mickey Ward. I remember watching it live on ESPN. Crazy that Ward would be so relevant 10 years later. Loved Brazier though. Whether he 's called a solid contender or a journeyman, he was a real pro.
     
    Wvboxer, Jan 15, 2015
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  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Yeah he was better than a good few of those.
     
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  6. Rope-a-Dope

    Rope-a-Dope Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fel Clemente. 13-14-1 record, but much better than that record suggests. Some of those losses were to champions and perennial contenders like Bobby Chacon, Romeo Anaya, Danny Little Red Lopez, Salvador Sanchez, Ruben Castillo, Rocky Lockridge, and Juan LaPorte...some of whom had serious difficulty beating Clemente. If he had taken easier fights, he would have had a far more impressive record.
     
    Rope-a-Dope, Jan 21, 2015
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Well done, sir.
     
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  8. darling dame

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    pete rademacher,willw besmanoff,jesse bowdry,von clay
     
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  9. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Quick Tillis. Fought a lot of champions and contenders and held his own with a lot of them in the mid 1980s.
     
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  10. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I often wonder what might have become of Pete Rademacher had he not been thrown to the wolves so early. Fighting the heavyweight champion of the world in your first pro bout and then a top contender immediately in your second is something that I don't think has ever been done before nor ever will again.
     
    mr. magoo, Jan 22, 2015
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  11. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I know. I loved tuesday night fights ( periodically at times switching back and forth from thursdays. ) Sean O'Grady and Al Albert were a good duo working together. So many memories. I also tuned into ESPN Top Rank boxing with Al bernstein and Barry Thompkins. And when there was nothing else on I even watched Telemundo boxeo on the spanish channel. Excellent fights and guys of all varying levels in the sport.
     
    mr. magoo, Jan 22, 2015
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  12. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Re: Great obscure fights? Quality boxing, unknown wars, etc.
    13-5 Jesse Feliciano upsetting Vince Phillips on ESPN FNF

    In a 10 rounder both guys threw about 900-100 punches it mighta broke the combined compubox record which in turn was broken by Salido vs Cruz

    Actually Feliciano had a good stretch of televised fights also destroying Delvin Rodriguez long before Cotto did and going tooth and nail with Alfonso Gomez to a 8 round draw

    He got a title fight with Cintron but was KOd in a good perormancd even walked Cintron to his corner to show him up in the round before he was put away

    Boxrec has no encyclopedia page on the fight and I've never seen it uploaded anywhere
     
    KO KIDD, Jan 22, 2015
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  13. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I watched Telemundo quite a bit in the 80s. They showed replays of a lot of lower weight championship fights. You'd think I would have learned some Spanish by Osmosis.:lol:
     
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  14. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tuesday Night fights was the show! Sean and Al did a great job.
     
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  15. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    LOL.. I was hoping for the same thing :lol: But ultimately a lot of times I turned down the volume and just watched the fight. Incidentally I'm pretty sure Ferdie Pachecho appeared occasionally on Telemundo and commentated in spanish. I never actually saw him but I recognized the voice.
     
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