Your favorite contenders.

For me it's gotta be the murderers row and the black heavyweight's from the turn of the century.

A bunch of hall of fame fighter's too good for their own good beating everyone around aside from the men who wouldn't fight them.

Bivins got his shot at lesnevich but in a non-title fight.

Burley never got a title shot but during the was he fought williams for the coloured middleweight championship and during those years that timeline flows through williams, marshall, chase, kid, carter and lytell before zale returned the american hero ready to have his career defining trilogy with graziano leaving murderers row as old men just beating each other to a pulp.

Jeannnette scores a 49th round knockout to come behind from an arse kicking against mcvey. Langford, mcvey and jeannette all frozen out by johnson so they are left kicking the **** out of each other whilst johnson takes the title in deep freeze. The man emerging on top from the coloured heavyweight merry go round was wills.

Therein lies my winner. 7 years as number 1 contender without ever getting a shot. Beat the best coloured and white contenders without ever getting a shot.

A tragic injustice.

 

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Rudy Koopmans, Bep van Klaveren , Herol Graham , Gary Mason , Buddy Bear .

 

......a lot of good fighters listed here. some did get a shot at the title...without going back to check all the names again, gil turner and earnie shavers come to mind.

although he did hold the light heavy title, i think harold johnson was a good contender when ffloyd patterson held the heavyweight crown.