What was the closest SRR came to losing at WW?

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  1. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If the question is which welterweight came closest to defeating Robinson, then Sevo, Bell and Gavilan would be the top choices, with Bobby Dykes running Robinson pretty close when they fought, and Ralph Zanelli and Bernard Docusen being competitive, at the very least during their fights with SRR.

    Since Brimm, Basora, and Levine were all middleweights, they aren't in the discussion.
     
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  2. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    No but Bell was losing to Lamotta/Galivan around this time if that means anything
     
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  3. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    But still, it's seems reasonable that a champion that's been dethroned in a close fight should get a rematch. Robinson himself got an immediate rematch against Turpin, but of course he was much bigger name than Bell.

    Just curious as to whether there was any controversy about Bell not getting a rematch. Those losses can't have hepled his cause, though.
     
    Bokaj, Jan 28, 2011
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  4. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Robinson and Bell had already fought twice though, and there wasn't much controversy over the winner, not in the newspapers atleast.

    Servo may have very well ran Robinson the closest. I don't know much of those fights though. Servo was surely the sentimental favorite, a New York fighter with an unbeaten record, broken by Robinson.
     
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  5. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It is truly amazing though that we really have to look to for fights that were even close on his all-win WW record.

    Which other fighters come close to dominating one weight class like that?
     
    Bokaj, Jan 28, 2011
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  6. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    True. Marty Servo wasa a great young fighter who won 40 or so fights without a defeat til he met the much taller Ray Robinson who beat Fritzie Zivic about
    that time. Robinson won two "disputed" decisions from Servo.Quite a feat for
    Marty Servo. Then in a stupid managerial move on his part ,manager Al Weil
    looking for some big money match, threw Servo in against the much bigger and stronger Rocky Graziano,in 1946. Rocky,was coming into his own,
    knocking out Harold Green,an acquaintance of my dad and I. Graziano gave
    Servo a beating ,smashing Servo's nose and stopping Marty in the second round. Servo,was never free from pain on his nose, and had to retire from the ring, ending a promising career. Servo lost only 3 fights in his career til his retirement...He could have been a great welterweight, if not for a bad match
    made by his manager,Al Weil, who guided Rocky Marciano successfuly...
     
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