Name me some fighters who were matched hard early in there careers?

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jimmy young comes to mind after 10 fights they put him in with earnie shavers who was 42 and 2 with 40 knockouts, and heavyweight contender roy williams
     
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  2. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Oleg Maskaev, Jimmy Young, Freddie Pendleton,Art Kettles,Bobby Chacon
     
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  3. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fed Apostoli and Jimmy Ellis. I don't think anyone was matched harder than Jimmy Ellis,

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  4. Russell

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    Johnny Nelson, David Reid, Tyrell Biggs, Lionel Butler (Bowe in his second fight)
     
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  5. time lost

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    oleg maskaev! 5 fights and he's in the ring with MCcall........
     
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  6. Dave's Top Ten

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    Leon Spinks !
     
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  7. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Check out Jimmy McLarnan. Champs 'n Hall-of-Famers from the git-go
     
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  8. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fidel LaBarba. Won a world title (NBA version) in his first 10 professional bouts and had already fought such men as Jimmy McLarnin, Frankie Genaro and Newsboy Brown.
     
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  9. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Kostya Tszyu, Fought Bramble and Jaun Laporte quite early.
     
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  10. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pete Rademacher has to take the cake, of course.

    Ray Robinson, Tiger Flowers, Billy Soose, Jimmy Bivins, Ezzard Charles, Samart Payakaroon, Jeff Fenech, Azumah Nelson, and Manny Ortiz are some others that haven't been mentioned yet.
     
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  11. Flea Man

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    Sung Kil Moon.
     
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  12. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jeff Fenech is hard to beat here.
     
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  13. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    billy conn had some losses in his early career.not surprising as he had no amateur experience at all.
     
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  14. mcvey

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    Sam MCvey
    Joe Jeanette

    Pete Rademacher
     
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  15. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shengsak Muangsurin and Oscar Bonavena.

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