Trivia: After their first 100 pro fights...

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  1. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ... how many boxers could at that stage claim to hold at least one win against every opponent, they had faced until then?
     
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  2. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Jimmy Wilde is the only one I know of. I presume there's some unknown journeyman devourers who accomplished a similar feat though. I'll guess 4.
     
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  3. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Only two boxers have been able to make this proud claim... and, sorry, Wilde is not one of them!
     
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  4. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pretty sure Ray Robinson is one of them (LaMotta being the only loss in his first 100, avenged multiple times).

    Could Marcel Cerdan be the other? (Common link sort of being LaMotta but I know Mercer already had 100 fights before they met so not avenging that one doesn’t factor into the question).
     
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  5. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Robinson drew with Jose Basora in his 55th fight, which he later "avenged" with a 1st round ko - but not until his 114th fight. So Robinson can't be one of them.

    Also Cerdan lost an early fight against Harry Craster by DQ, which he never avenged.
     
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  6. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Freddie Steele? - I believe the only fighter on his resume that he ever failed to beat was Hostak.
     
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  7. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Is the other fighter Teddy Yarosz?
     
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    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Did Monzon ever reach 100 fights? If so, I believe he beat every man he ever faced at some point.
     
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  9. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    high number of fights, low number of losses against anywhere from 50 to about 85 different opponents, who knows. Could be a good few, however the thread seems to suggest there have been only 2 fighters...

    No idea. McAvoy(?).
     
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  10. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Packey McFarland? Jack Britton?
     
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  11. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Steele, Yarosz, Monzon, McAvoy, McFarland, Britton... they all had losses, draws or NCs in their first 100 fights, against opponents they didn't beat at any point during those 100 fights.
     
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  12. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not only did Pedro Carrasco beat every man he faced in his opening 100 pro fights, he ended his career having beaten every man he ever faced.
     
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  13. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bingo... that is indeed one of our two guys!

    Small clue: the other one is a HOFer.
     
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  14. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Luis Manuel Rodriguez
     
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  15. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Absolutely correct... well done!
     
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