I was looking for the worst boxer on the net to come up with a quip about having so many chins *Such and Such* could hit it (See the harris Urkal thread), any way I can across the article below and really enjoyed it (It is 6 years old so you may have come across it before. It is cool to hear about the 'opponents' sometimes.
Let me know what you think.
http://articles.findarticles.com/p/arti ... i_21240305
Opponents - Tomato Cans
I take issue with including the word journeymen. 
In the article marc Gerald wrote,
Sometimes they are called less-charitable names - stiffs, tomato cans, bums, lunch meat, cannon fodder, journeymen
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary sez,
Etymology: Middle English, from journey journey, a day's labor + man
1 : a worker who has learned a trade and works for another person usually by the day
2 : an experienced reliable worker or performer especially as distinguished from one who is brilliant or colorful
<a good journeyman trumpeter -- New Yorker> <a journeyman outfielder>
IMO,
Journeyman means someone who knows his craft and can be a good test,
possibly even pulling an upset if the favorite isn't on his best game.
They also have to travel to opponents backyards and rarely have the chance
to fight in front of a home crowd hence “Journey”.
An "opponent" is one who is there to lose.
A tomato can is one to be knocked (kicked?) around. AKA punchin Bag.
A bum is one who does not want to work.
No man is a bum who dares to climb through ropes and face another man in contest of boxing.
The word bum comes most often from those who have neither been in the ring
nor actually tried boxing as a means of earning money.
The consummate journeyman was Jesse Ferguson
http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=000638
“The Boogieman” started out as a prospect and reached the fringe contender status;
Just look at all the names on his record.
In the article marc Gerald wrote,
Sometimes they are called less-charitable names - stiffs, tomato cans, bums, lunch meat, cannon fodder, journeymen
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary sez,
Etymology: Middle English, from journey journey, a day's labor + man
1 : a worker who has learned a trade and works for another person usually by the day
2 : an experienced reliable worker or performer especially as distinguished from one who is brilliant or colorful
<a good journeyman trumpeter -- New Yorker> <a journeyman outfielder>
IMO,
Journeyman means someone who knows his craft and can be a good test,
possibly even pulling an upset if the favorite isn't on his best game.
They also have to travel to opponents backyards and rarely have the chance
to fight in front of a home crowd hence “Journey”.
An "opponent" is one who is there to lose.
A tomato can is one to be knocked (kicked?) around. AKA punchin Bag.
A bum is one who does not want to work.
No man is a bum who dares to climb through ropes and face another man in contest of boxing.
The word bum comes most often from those who have neither been in the ring
nor actually tried boxing as a means of earning money.
The consummate journeyman was Jesse Ferguson
http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=000638
“The Boogieman” started out as a prospect and reached the fringe contender status;
Just look at all the names on his record.
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Some of the bigger names on the Mouse's re'sume', and their records at the time they fought him - I've added a few career notes about the lesser ones:
1979, Overland Park, Kansas: "Poison" Ivy Brown (17-5-0) - Brown fought late-70s light-heavy legends like Yaqui Lopex and John Conteh, as well as a young Leon Spinks, and fought for the NABF cruiser title in '80.
1980, Rome, Italy: Juan José Giménez (74-5-4) - fought for the WBC light-welter title in '82 and the European light-welter title in '83 (lost both on points), won the Italian Light Welterweight Title in '84.
1980, Totowa, New Jersey: Bobby Czyz (4-0-0)
1981, Hartford, Connecticut: Marlon Starling (13-0-0)
1981, Detroit, MI: David Braxton (13-1-0)
1981, Warren, Ohio: Mike McCallum (7-0-0)
1981, Cologne, Germany: Eckhard Dagge (25-4-1) - Held the European Light Middleweight Title in '75 (lost it to Antuofermo) and the WBC Light Middleweight Title from '76-77 (one of his defenses was a MD win over an aging Emile Griffith)
1982, Yaounde, Cameroon: Jean-Marie Emebe (16-1-0) - Held the African Light Middleweight Title in '77 and the African Middleweight Title in '79; lost to Marvin johnson for the WBA Light Heavyweight Title in '86 (TKO13) and to Virgil Hill for the same title in '88 (TKO11).
1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Al Ford (54-16-0) - Ford held the Canadian Lightweight Title in '71, fought for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Lightweight Title the same year, fought the WBA Light Welterweight Title in '72 (LKO5).
1982, Kiel, Germany: Jean-Andre Emmerich (21-7-0) - longtime German Light Middleweight Titleholder.
1982, Suva, Fiji Islands: Sakaria Ve (36-5-2) - Fijian and South Pacific Middleweight Titleholder
1982, Lafayette, Louisiana: Maurice "Termite" Watkins (49-4-1) - fought Saoul Mamby for the WBC Light Welterweight Title in 1980 (LUD15)
1983, Lima, Peru: Fernando Castro (29-1-3) - Castro held the Latin American Welterweight Title from '81-84.
1983, Cornwall, Ontario: Davey Hilton (16-0-0) - Hilton held the Canadian Welterweight Title from '84-85, the Canadian Middleweight Title from '98-99, and won the WBC Super Middleweight Title from Dingaan Thobela in '2000.
1984, Highland, Indiana: Pete "The Polish Hammer" Podgorski (13-8-0) - Podgorski held the World Rank Promotions: Midwest, Regional Junior Middleweight Title in '85. :P
1985 Rochester, NY: Harry Arroyo (37-5-0) - Arroyo held the IBF Lightweight Title from '84-85, and some no-name belts at welter and middle in the late 80s.
I couldn't find any fighters in the BoxRec DB that match the aliases listed for Strauss in the article - BR only explicitly lists the "Reuben Bardot" alias.
1979, Overland Park, Kansas: "Poison" Ivy Brown (17-5-0) - Brown fought late-70s light-heavy legends like Yaqui Lopex and John Conteh, as well as a young Leon Spinks, and fought for the NABF cruiser title in '80.
1980, Rome, Italy: Juan José Giménez (74-5-4) - fought for the WBC light-welter title in '82 and the European light-welter title in '83 (lost both on points), won the Italian Light Welterweight Title in '84.
1980, Totowa, New Jersey: Bobby Czyz (4-0-0)
1981, Hartford, Connecticut: Marlon Starling (13-0-0)
1981, Detroit, MI: David Braxton (13-1-0)
1981, Warren, Ohio: Mike McCallum (7-0-0)
1981, Cologne, Germany: Eckhard Dagge (25-4-1) - Held the European Light Middleweight Title in '75 (lost it to Antuofermo) and the WBC Light Middleweight Title from '76-77 (one of his defenses was a MD win over an aging Emile Griffith)
1982, Yaounde, Cameroon: Jean-Marie Emebe (16-1-0) - Held the African Light Middleweight Title in '77 and the African Middleweight Title in '79; lost to Marvin johnson for the WBA Light Heavyweight Title in '86 (TKO13) and to Virgil Hill for the same title in '88 (TKO11).
1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Al Ford (54-16-0) - Ford held the Canadian Lightweight Title in '71, fought for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Lightweight Title the same year, fought the WBA Light Welterweight Title in '72 (LKO5).
1982, Kiel, Germany: Jean-Andre Emmerich (21-7-0) - longtime German Light Middleweight Titleholder.
1982, Suva, Fiji Islands: Sakaria Ve (36-5-2) - Fijian and South Pacific Middleweight Titleholder
1982, Lafayette, Louisiana: Maurice "Termite" Watkins (49-4-1) - fought Saoul Mamby for the WBC Light Welterweight Title in 1980 (LUD15)
1983, Lima, Peru: Fernando Castro (29-1-3) - Castro held the Latin American Welterweight Title from '81-84.
1983, Cornwall, Ontario: Davey Hilton (16-0-0) - Hilton held the Canadian Welterweight Title from '84-85, the Canadian Middleweight Title from '98-99, and won the WBC Super Middleweight Title from Dingaan Thobela in '2000.
1984, Highland, Indiana: Pete "The Polish Hammer" Podgorski (13-8-0) - Podgorski held the World Rank Promotions: Midwest, Regional Junior Middleweight Title in '85. :P
1985 Rochester, NY: Harry Arroyo (37-5-0) - Arroyo held the IBF Lightweight Title from '84-85, and some no-name belts at welter and middle in the late 80s.
I couldn't find any fighters in the BoxRec DB that match the aliases listed for Strauss in the article - BR only explicitly lists the "Reuben Bardot" alias.