The Top 5 Middles Who Never Won The Crown?

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Whom are your picks?
     
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  2. chocolatito

    chocolatito New Member Full Member

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    1 George Benton
    2 Bennie Briscoe
    3 Eduardo Lausse
    4Joey Archer
    5 Rubin carter
     
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  3. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall, Eduardo Lausse, Bomber Graham, Jock McAvoy, Joey Giambra, Charles Humez, Lazlo Papp and Florentine Fernandez all in with a shout
     
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Depends how you feel about coloured champs, belt-holders, title-claimants etc. Being strict about the lineal title i'd have:

    1 - Mike Gibbons
    2 - Charley Burley
    3 - Holman Williams
    4 - Freddie Steele
    5 - Fred Apppostoli

    However, all of these fighters held some sort of belt or claim. If you want a list of fighters with no claim, ever, at all...hard. How about -

    1 - Bert Lytell
    2 - Lloyd Marshall
    3 - Billy Conn
    4 - Georgie Abrams
    5 - Jack Chase

    Or something.
     
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  5. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Definitely :good
     
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  6. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Yeah right B .E.
    When I saw you had posted, I made a bet with myself.
    I won:good:lol:
     
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  7. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Both excellent lists.
    Archie Moore hasn't been mentioned by anyone yet.
     
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  8. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Charley Burley
    2. Herol Graham
    3. Lloyd Marshall
    4. Michael Watson
    5. Ayub Kalule
     
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  9. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I always seem to have a recurring list in my head of:

    Holman Williams
    Charley Burley
    Archie Moore
    Eddie Booker
    Jack Chase
    Len Harvey
    Georgie Abrams
    Lloyd Marshall
    Dave Sands
    Spider Webb
    Joey Archer
    Luis Rodriguez
    Bennie Briscoe
     
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  10. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Burley, Williams, and Moore.
     
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  11. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Gibbons
    Golovkin
    Jones Jr
    Burley
    McCallum
     
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  12. WhyYouLittle

    WhyYouLittle Stand Still Full Member

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    Wasn't Steele officialy recognized as the lineal in 1938?

    http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/International_Boxing_Union
     
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  13. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :good for these fighters and also young up and coming Ezzard Charles.
     
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  14. lufcrazy

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  15. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How the f@ck did I forget McCallum aaaaaarrrgggghhhh
     
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