The Sleepers......

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  1. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Name one sleeper per division that is seldom seen in the consensus top 10 lists but would wreak potential havoc on some that do.
     
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  2. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Freddie Norwood.
     
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  3. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    I'll take a stab bro..(IMO)

    1. Heavyweight: Andrew Golota
    2. Cruiserweight: ?
    3. Lt Heavyweight: Shaun George
    4. Super Middleweight: Allan Green
    5. Middleweight: Marco Antonio Rubio
    6. Jr. Middleweight: Yuri Foreman
    7. Welterweight: Kermit Cintron
    8. Jr. Welterweight: Marcos Rene Maidana
    9. Lightweight: Urbano Antillon
    10. Jr. Lightweight: Yuriorkis Gamboa
    11. Featherweight: Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo
    12. Super Bantamweight: Rey Bautista
    13. Bantamweight: Joseph Agbeko
    14. Super Flyweight: Raul Martinez

    I'll prob quit here bro..
     
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  4. Nemesis

    Nemesis Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How do, John?

    MW-Herol Bomber Graham (personal choice, obviously)
     
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  5. Rui

    Rui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jimmy Carter at lightweight for sure.
     
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  6. JohnThomas1

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    Gidday mate, good mention, as have been others already.
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I'm goddamned tired, John, but I love your posts.

    One fighter I will name is Greg Haugen. Under-rated, very skilled, and gave fits to even the best of fighters.

    Others? Tony Tubbs and Greg Page at heavy. Big-time skills and big-time drug problems. Dave Tiberi at middleweight, though a little soft he beat Toney going away. Lastly, Jose Luis Lopez. Ike Quartey was never KO'd but Lopez was within a hare's breadth of doing just that against a prime Quartey. Again, refer to drugs.
     
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  8. JohnThomas1

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    Thanks Seamus! Some interesting mentions, and anyone rating Page is sure a friend of mine!! :D

    I'll do a few without much thought

    Heavyweight: Jimmy Young
    Lt Heavyweight: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
    Middleweight: Thomas Hearns
    Jr. Middleweight: Tony Ayala
    Welterweight: Marlon Starling
    Jr. Welterweight: Alexis Arguello
    Lightweight: Heccy Camacho :smoke
    Jr. Lightweight: Rocky Lockridge
    Featherweight: Jeff Fenech
    Super Bantamweight: Vacant
    Bantamweight: Jeff Chandler
     
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  9. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fits of laughter perhaps. When he stepped up to the real elites he was embarassed.
     
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  10. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Flyweight: Mark Johnson (and Yuri Arbachakov)
    Bantamweight: Lionel Rose (and Jeff Fenech)
    Featherweight: Howard Winstone (and Ernesto Marcel)
    Lightweight: Sammy Mandell (and Wes Ramey)
    Junior Welterweight: Eddie Perkins (and Packey McFarland)
    Welterweight: Billy Graham (and Pernell Whitaker)

    I'm probably out of my element a bit above the welters, so I'll stop there.
     
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  11. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tony "The Tiger" Lopez at SFW
    Wars w/ Lockridge and Molina show him able to take a punch, able to brawl and able to box. The KD that Lockridge laid him down with amazes me that he could even get up let alone come back to win. I don't see him being an easy out for anyone at this weight.
     
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  12. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Let me stick w/ the name lopez...Danny "Lil Red" at FW...
    again very under rated...Wins against Ruben Olivares, David kotey, castillio and Ayala show him able to box, unleash devestating power. He would continusly stalk and wear down opponents. Even his loss to Chacon does not really diminsh him in my eyes, and the losses to sal sanchez late in his carear show him as able to take a punch (If he was in the 12 rd era, his legacy might even be enhanced) and remain competitive w/ the elite of the division.
     
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  13. JohnThomas1

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    Good additions mate, for sure! Big power in Lopez.
     
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  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I always liked Tony The TIger Lopez. He was one of my favorites, and a feather in his crown was exposing Jorge Paez as a second rate overachiever, but a likeable and harmless one, however.
     
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  15. dpw417

    dpw417 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Heavyweight: Jimmy Young
    Light Heavyweight: Doug Jones/Addendum: Mauro Mina
    Middleweight: Joey Archer/Joey Giardello/Holly Mimms/George Benton
    Welterweight: Billy Graham
    Lightweight: Hector Camacho/Ken Buchannon/Ismael Laguna/Shane Mosely
    Featherweight:Manny Pacquiao
    Bantamweiht: Lupe Pintor/Jeff Chandler
     
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