??? I'm interested to see what Joe Joyce's odds are here. Former Gold medalist seems to be a good candidate. Medalist or not? Can u list some ?
If Sven ''The Phantom'' Ottke had delayed his pro debut for 9 or 10 weeks he would qualify Unified champion, made 21 world title defences, retired undefeated, and during his time in the amateurs alone he fought: Michael Moorer - WBO LHW champion, WBA, IBF, WBO HW champ Henry Maske - Olympic gold medalist, world amateur gold medalist, European gold medalist x 3, long reigning IBF LHW champ Ariel Hernandez - 2 x Olympic gold medalist, world amateur gold medalist x 2 & 1 x silver Alexander Lebziak - Olympic gold medalist, world amateur gold & silver medalist, European gold medalist x 2, silver x 1, bronze x 2 Chris Byrd - Olympic silver medalist, WBO & IBF HW champion Zsolt Erdei - world amateur gold medalist, Olympic bronze medalist, European gold medalist x 2 & silver x 1, long reigning WBO LHW champ, WBC CW champ Torsten May - Olympic gold medalist, world amateur gold medalist Vassiliy Jirov - Olympic gold medalist, 2 x world amateur bronze medalist, IBF CW champion Juan Carlos Gomez - long reigning WBC CW champ, world junior champion as an amateur Antonio Tarver - world amateur gold medalist, Olympic bronze, WBC, IBF, WBA LHW champ Angel Espinosa - world amateur gold and silver medalist Sinan Samil Sam - world amateur gold and bronze medalist, European bronze and silver medalist, world junior gold medalist, European HW champion Andrey Kurniavka - world amateur gold and silver medalist, European bronze medalist Ramon Garbey - world amateur gold & bronze medalist Torsten Schmitz - world amateur silver medalist 2 x bronze, European silver medalist Egerton Marcus - Olympic silver medalist Thomas Ulrich - Olympic bronze medalist, world amateur bronze medalist, world junior silver medalist, European LHW champ Rostislav Zaulichnyy - world amateur bronze medalist, 2 x European bronze medalist, gold medalist at the world cup Chris Johnson - Olympic bronze medalist, world amateur bronze medalist Henryk Petrich - Olympic bronze medalist Rhoshii Wells - Olympic bronze medalist Jean-Paul Mendy - world amateur bronze medalist, 2 x European bronze Fought Moorer x 2 Ariel Hernandez x 4 Lebziak x 4 Maske x 2 (think it was even more times than that) Tarver x 2 Torsten May x 2 Tortsen Schmitz x 2 Garbey x 2 Mendy x 2 Chris Johnson x 3
5 world champions who turned pro after their 30th birthday: Amnat Ruenroeng 32 Zoo Shiming 31 Giacobbe Fragomeni 31 Simphiwe Nongqayi 30 Maselino Masoe 30
