Which great fighters to all intents and purposes ducked no one?

Those were some stupid reasons. :good

 

Gotta go with Mosley for me, Im still sore at Hopkins for not making RJJ Hopkins 2 happen... I thought it was more his fault than it was Roy's.

 

Among the active fighters . . . I'll say Cotto and Vic Darchinyan so far.

 

Shane Mosley skipped a whole division to escape Kostya Tszyu

 

Tommy Hearns

 

hagler, de la hoya, ali, hearns, pacquiao

 

Funny, I've read articles on this very website where Arum and Oscar said that they didn't want the fight with Winky because nobody wanted to see it. Check the archives, it should still be there

 

Laughable.

Mosley is the first one to come to mind as a modern fighter who ducked no one. Even in getting decisively beaten by Forrest and Wright, it was he who chose to directly fight them again. Keep in mind these were not guys that would get him megabucks. These were standard HBO fights with paydays that were lower than what he could have gotten elsewhere. He went straight to welterweight to become a star, fighting bigger guys and bigger fights in a much tougher division than he would have had at 140. Also, when Mosley moved up, Tszyu was still on the comeback trail from the Phillips loss and attempting to regain his status at the top of 140. He was not as feared a force around 1999-2000.

The claim before that he "ducked" a third fight with Oscar is equally laughable. The fact that he'd already fought Oscar twice tells you that he wasn't scared of Oscar. A third fight didn't materialize because of legitimate arguments by Mosley; that is, the beltholder who is 2-0 against the other guy just has to receive his just in the payout for a third fight. He proceeded to fight Winky, while De La Hoya moved up to middleweight. You're allowed to have a legitimate reason to not want to fight someone (or fight someone AGAIN) without it being ducking.

 

no he DUCKED Vince Phillips after Phillips blasted Tszyu...

 

for current fighters Mosley has ducked no one...matter of fact he fought the guys that DLH wanted none of like Forrest and Winky...and Taylor has alos ducked no one...

 

Jermain Taylor

 

What ever dude, Was KT less know then Darryl Tyson?

As far as Forrest being nothing while he was ranked in the top three by all ABC groups at the time that oscar was champion at 147, and if Forrest was nothing then what would you call Davic Kamu??? how about that French bird I cant even remember his name. Then there was of course Corley and the same Gatti that Mayweather got so beat up for fighting. yeah i guess all those fighters were somebodies.:hi:

 

Maybe it's because he's still pretty young and early into his career (so he'd still have time to duck someone in his prime), but Taylor has definitely been overlooked in this thread.

 

Nobody ducks Oscar, the guy brings too much money to the table. Winky has been trying to fight Oscar since he came up to JMW. He called him out again after the Hopkins fight. Nobody in their right mind would turn down a legitimate offer from Oscar. Turning down a bull**** offer from Oscar is not ducking. Please give me one good reason why Winky would duck Oscar?

 

Good list!