Name boxers who won the belt despite having no wins over ranked opponents

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  1. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And what were their best wins before the successful title fight?

    I'll start with these.

    Vasyl Lomachenko. Beat Gary Russell jr.
    Best (and only at that time) win vs Jose Ramirez

    Gervonta Davis. Beat Jose Pedraza in 8
    Best win in pre-title run vs Luis Sanchez

    Michael Bentt. Knocked out Tommy Morrison in 1.
    Best win in pre-title run vs Mark Wills

    Charles Martin. Stopped Vyacheslav Glazkov via injury in 3.
    Best win in pre-title run vs Joey Dawejko
     
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  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Frank Bruno won the WBC Title without beating a Top Ten fighter that was under the age of 30. Don`t know who his best win was before this.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  5. NoNeck

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    Jong Kwon Baek
     
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  6. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Luis Santana, Jorge Vaca, Alfredo Layne.

    I think Layne did beat someone ranked in the WBA top 10 but the guy was very obscure and debatable whether he should have been rated. Thomas Rodriguez.
     
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  7. NoNeck

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    John Ruiz
     
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  8. JackSilver

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    Both Michael Spinks and Roy Jones jr. didn’t beat even one heavyweight fighter, ranked or unranked before winning versions of the heavyweight title.
     
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  9. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pascual Perez
    Paul Weir
    Kyung-Yung Lee

    None of them defeated even a single boxer with a winning record, prior to becoming champion.
     
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