Who was the best fighter to never beat a top 10 contender?

sanderline williams

has a good few losses but a lot of close decision losses....like a draw with unbeaten james toney and sd losses to nigel benn and iran barkley

 

Of recent years, I quite liked Cosme Rivera.

However, he is still active, and James Hare may have been top-10 when he beat him.

 

Okay, then what about Herbert Slade.

He stands out as probably the most famous fighter to never beat a top 10 fighter. Actually, i am not even certain he ever one a fight. Yet he is still reasonably well known nearly 100 years after his death.

 

This is very true. I have heard both chavez and roy jones jr get harassed for fighting bums, along with other modern fighters. However, for some reason Pernell Whitaker seems to be bulletproof from this kind of criticism. His resume really isn't much better than thiers, and even if it is, his resume is barely better. Whitaker on this forum gets treated like he has the accomplishments of Ali.

 

I don't think Tony Tucker ever beat a fighter who was consensus top 10 at the time. So there might be your answer.

(Buster Douglas may have rounded out the top ten for no reason.)

 

Scott LeDoux

Mike Nixon (Ring Magazine top tens)

"S****pyiron"Johnson

Jose Luis Garcia

Pedro Lovell

Randy Neumann

 

Oba Carr?

 

Ray Mancini

Oh, the WBA champs and rankings count. My bad.

 

Six Heads Lewis?

 

Chavez, Whitaker and Jones all beat some quality guys.

And Whitaker beat Chavez except on the score cards.

 

I was wrong here. Buster was rated for beating Page. I don't think Broad, Norris or McCall were.

 

that's just a ridiculous assertion - if not trolling

Edwin Rosario, Roger Mayweather, Rocky Lockridge, Meldric Taylor (albeit not without controversy), Terrence Ali, Jose Luis Ramirez, were all quality opponents.

 

Chavez beat many good fighters, he just padded his record journeymen and cans in between.

 

Bert Cooper and Orlin Norris at heavyweight?