Unsung Fighters

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  1. scribbs

    scribbs Member Full Member

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    Just wondered if anyone can point out fighters who are interesting to study who do not get much/any props. I'm not talking about famous champs or famous fighters who did not get a title chance but fighters we hear little or nothing about.

    I have an interest in fighters who get little or no recognition, as an example I have been looking into the careers of Matty Matthews & Rube Ferns the former WW champs. Another fighter is Phil Brock who was a lightweight contender/gatekeeper in the 1900's/1910's.

    Are there any fighters you can recommend looking at that could be of interest for whatever the reason?
     
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  2. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Venice Bus Station.
     
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  3. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Bubbles Baxter
     
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  4. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Leonard Morrow ko'd Archie Moore in 1 round
     
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  5. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Jose Luis Castillo
     
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  6. jdempsey85

    jdempsey85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    gypsy daniels
     
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  7. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Scottish Bantamweight Jim Brady, well worth a look at.
     
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  8. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Brian Mitchell, hardly ever gets mentioned around here.
     
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  9. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Paul Ingle ;)
     
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  10. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Jose Stable & Henry Hank.
     
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  11. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ellsworth Spider Webb - in 1958 fought Former and future world Middleweight Champ, Gene Fullmer, and Lost on Points - also that year Beat future champs Dick Tiger, Joey Giardello and Terry Downes - Giardello and Downes inside the distance - the 58' Corvette was not the only sporty Model cruising along in fine style that year.

    Garland (Rip) Randall was by all accounts a fierce Crowd pleaser, but Career and indeed Life curtailed in Vietnam. A Decorated soldier and the first Boxer to die on the front line i am led to belive.
     
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  12. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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  13. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We do! The Klaus-Carpentier fight was on Youtube. Not sure why it was taken down.
     
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  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Randy Shields...all the guy needed was a punch and he would have been champ..he would have beaten Cuevas and shocked the boxing world.
     
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  15. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Art Hafey.

    Zab Judah is better than he is touted as being. C-level my ass.
     
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