Most Consecutive Draws?

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  1. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    Here's a challenge for the experts and statisticians: which boxer has had the most consecutive draws (including NCs but excluding NDs) over the years?

    I don't know, but I wonder if someone else does.
     
  2. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't know, if this is a record - but in 1979 Argentinian bantamweight Heleno Ferreira had a streak of 7 straight draws.

    Young Farrell and Young Papke both had streaks of 5 draws.
     
  3. hhascup

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    Ad Rubidoux had 9 in a row in 1923
     
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    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    hh... I just knew, you would come up with something better than me!
     
  5. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I believe the last 8 or 9 fights of Jimmy Barry's career ended in draws. Then again they were mostly pre-arranged. He was never the same fighter after the death of Croot.
     
  6. hhascup

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    Jim Barry had the last 8 bouts in his career end in a draw. Also Joe Bernstein and Kid Young had streaks of 8.
     
  7. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not Consecutive, but 29 in all, and 5 in the one year

    http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:10106

    a great little fighter by all acounts, fought for a jnr world title, "rare" back then, and given that he was after Canzoneri and Co. and his Canadian up & coming rival McClarnin well it is conceivable that some of those draws could have been wins.

    plus his record probably isn't complete, so who knows he might just qualify - Vic Foley.
     
  8. The Kurgan

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    It looks like we have a winner. :happy

    Not the most exciting statistic, but I'd love to know what it's like to have that many draws and what it does to a boxer's mind. A draw is always a slightly strange experience and getting 9 in a row would be about as bizarre an experience as you can have in boxing.