Last time a top lb-4-lb fighter got schooled by someone with 11 pro fights.

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  1. Slothrop

    Slothrop Boxing Junkie banned

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    I defy anyone to come up with another example.
     
  2. Bazooka

    Bazooka Pimp C Wants 2 Be Me Full Member

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    you aint going to find it this is a 1st, However the last fighter beating an established world champion with that few fights from what I can recall as of now that would be Holyfield over Qawi
     
  3. Nay_Sayer

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    Rigo is a veteran of over 400 amateur fights and I'm sure he had it rough coming up through the ranks of the Cuban am system. This is certainly a case where his pro record doesn't tell the whole of the story...
     
  4. Slothrop

    Slothrop Boxing Junkie banned

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    For sure. But then again, we can come up with a long list of examples of top amateur fighters who amounted to little or nothing in the pros.
     
  5. Jai C

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    Last night was the last time this happened.
     
  6. krazylegs

    krazylegs Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I know Ali didn't get schooled by Spinks, but he did lose while being the reigning champ to a 6-0-1 fighter. Totally different from being schooled as you've asked, but just throwing it out there since you inserted the 11 pro fight part
     
  7. Drew101

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    Chan Hee Park vs Miguel Canto
     
  8. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Not sure, but Wilfred Benitez beat Antonio Cervantes at 17, closest thing I could come up with.
     
  9. Rock0052

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    There weren't P4P ratings in the 20's, but Fidel LaBarba fits the bill, winning the World Flyweight Title in his 11th fight at the age of 19, only a year out of high school, over Hall of Famer Frankie Genaro, who was 41-3-3 and had wins over greats like Pancho Villa. You want a tough start to your career? 3 of Fidel's first 5 fights were against Jimmy ****ing McClarnin.

    http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=12310&cat=boxer&pageID=2

    After winning the title, Fidel then gave up the belt after a year to go to Stanford.

    Fidel La Barba: An original G.
     
  10. ripcity

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    Rigo is way more advandance than those 11 fights.
     
  11. Slothrop

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    Interesting. Thank you for that.
     
  12. Sweet-D-Willy

    Sweet-D-Willy Tha Realest Full Member

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    i'm just thinking WTF Rigo would have accomplished if he turned pro in his 20's :yikes
     
  13. Slothrop

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    Would've been crazy.
     
  14. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    To be fair he might not even have been half as good. The Cuban amateur system engrained those fundamentals into him fight after fight. He fought some 20-25 fights a year, and while they were obviously only 3 or 4-rounders, each one mattered, each one was a W or L on his record, and he only lost a small fraction of them.
     
  15. Slothrop

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    I found it interesting that the ref was such a stickler about Rigo putting his hand behind Donaire's head and pivoting. Bradley commented that this is a Cuban technique taught in the amateurs for turning an opponent. Other refs let far worse than that slide all the time. It was actually a pretty slick move. Donaire didn't know how to deal with it, that's for sure. :lol: