Worst contender you could've steered to the lineal title with good matchmaking

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  1. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Take a contender from any time period -- the worst contender possible -- and put him into any other time period. Where would he have captured the lineal title and achieved the most with good matchmaking?
     
    cross_trainer, Dec 12, 2011
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  2. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    There have been some truly awful holders of a lineal claim and it's no mean feat finding someone worse.
     
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  3. afterglow

    afterglow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wonder how many responders are gonna post the names of some random black HW's from the 60's and 70's, and claim they could be the champ today?
     
    afterglow, Dec 12, 2011
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  4. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It happened, with Carlos Baldomir.

    A long winning streak, with luck (the Clottey DQ) and when he got to fight for the Lineal WW championship he met an unfocused Zab Judah.
     
    SJS19, Dec 12, 2011
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