Worst Title Challenger

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  1. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    That made Baldimir an ideal opponent for Mayweather. He was scared stiff he was going to be forced to fight Antonio Margarito after what he did to Cotto
     
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  2. venbox

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    Carl Drumond vs Ruslan Chagaev, Owen Beck vs Nicolay Valuev (probably the most untalented pair of fighters to ever dispute a heavyweight belt), Gary Lockett vs Kelly Pavlik, and quite a few of Golovkin's challengers, Wade, Martirosyan, Rubio come to mind. Also Nadjib Mohammedi vs Sergei Kovalev and Morrade Hakkar vs Bernard Hopkins.
     
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  3. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Berto had no business being in the ring w/ Floyd at the time. Shameless defense there.
     
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  4. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    THIS.
     
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  5. Boxed Ears

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    DAFUQ!??!!

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  6. GGGunbeatable

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    Wawrzyk vs. Povetkin
     
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  7. jaytxxl

    jaytxxl Well-Known Member Full Member

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    In recent years I’ll go with:

    Luke Keeler vs Andrade
    Jason Welburn vs Jarret Hurd
    And almost all of Navarette’s defenses since becoming champion
     
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  8. Boxing Prospect

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    Arturo Mayan
     
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  9. jquest

    jquest Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Rod Salka, no?
    A good 90% or so of Frank Warren fighter's first title defences are against the someone outside the top 30
     
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  10. Robney

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    Didn't know the guy, but turns out he had a draw with Buster Douglas and had edged a still decent Joe Bugner. Not nearly as bad as some on the list here.
    That would have been a good addition to this list, but due to backlash when announced that fight was turned into a 10 round non titlefight instead.
     
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  11. Jake Speed

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    Jack Callahan fighting Matthew Hilton for the IBF title. The combined record of Callahan`s previous opponents was 56-171.
     
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  12. Safin

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    Three quarters of Wladimir Klitschko's hailed reign.
     
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  13. Furey

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    Rocky Fielding was the champion vs Canelo so therefore not a challenger
     
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  14. Lil Niall

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    Howard Clarke v Fernando Vargas.

    Obviously it was just to build Vargas' profile on a big card but Clarke was literally a journeyman!
     
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  15. Viper2789

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    Wasn't Rocky Fielding the champion going into that fight?
     
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