Most Ducked Fighter of Last 20 years

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  1. garymcfall

    garymcfall Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who woul be your shout for the fighter who has been most blatently and consistently avoided in the last 20 years?
     
  2. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Based on them earning big fights and being avoided:

    1. McCallum (avoided by Fab 5)
    2. Herol Bomber Graham (avoided by everyone)
    3. Lennox Lewis (avoided by Bowe/Holyfield/Moorer/Tyson/Foreman/Seldon/Botha)
    4. Vitali Klitchko? (Did Lennox, Tyson, RJJ, Byrd/Ruiz avoid him?)
    5. Wlad Klitchko?(Did Lennox, RJJ, Byrd/Ruiz avoid him?)
    6. Junior Witter (avoided by Hatton for 7 years, mandatory to Mayweather, couldnt get shots at Cotto/Gatti/Harris - he jsut beat Harris as WBC Champ, wanted Corrales, now trying to get Malignaggi in the ring)

    2 & 6 are from the same gym :D
     
  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Most at the time wanted to see Hearns/Duran over Hearns/McCallum; then when McCallum had another chance to fight one of the fab four, he blew the Kalambay fight.

    Shame he did not avoid Kalmabay, or indeed Jackson's right hand;)
     
  4. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Super Greg Page of course. :good
     
  5. Danny Ocean

    Danny Ocean My nAmE IS MoNeY Full Member

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  6. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Unquestionably. It's getting to the point where anybody getting ducked is being "Bergeron'ed".
     
  7. BITCH ASS

    BITCH ASS "Too Fast" Full Member

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    Margarito!!!!!!!!!
     
  8. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Less than Witter/Harris in recent times. Oh and he turned down Mosley and Mayweather
     
  9. JohnThomas1

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    If they said 30 years he'd be a shoe in

    :D
     
  10. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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  11. rydersonthestorm

    rydersonthestorm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    lol on lewis avoiding vitali and wlad, he beat vitali when he was pretty much retired so why should an out of shape none peak lewis stop his retirement plans for a fight he won and only did for an extra payday.
     
  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    McCallum is a good pick,Toney was avoided by Benn ,Eubanks and Watson
     
  13. JohnThomas1

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  14. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Were the Kalambay fights (against McCallum and Graham) fair results? I didnt catch those, and dodgy decisions are notorious in Italy

    Kalambay must have been some fighter though if he beat McCallum and Graham fair and square
     
  15. Jear

    Jear Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not sure if he was ducked but noone was queing up to fight Quartey. Excluding maybe Oscar everyone made a big loop around Ike