Connections: Peter Buckley to Muhammad Ali

[doctorboxing]

How many direct connections would it take to go from Peter Buckley (as the Times called him the worst) to the greatest?

My shot:

Peter Buckley
lost to
Prince Naseem
lost to
Marco Antonio Barerra
lost to
Manny Pacquiao
beat
Oscar de la Hoya
lost to
Bernard Hopkins
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
John Ruiz
lost to beat and drew with
Evander holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad ali

There you are the worst to the greatest in ten steps - can anyone do better?

I dont think Buckley was the worst by any means, just after the Times article I wanted to see if this connection could be made

[Cannibal]

Impressive.

[jimglen]

well done, and btw Respect to the Buckley's of the sport far better than ever credited for.

could it be the Times that are the worst, or more aptly the Soul Selling low level reporters that write such tripe!

[DavidPayne]

Peter Buckley
lost to
Acelino Freitas
lost to
Diego Corrales
lost to
Floyd Mayweather
beat
Oscar de la Hoya
lost to
Bernard Hopkins
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
James Toney
beat
Evander holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad ali

I'm sure there is a leg to be saved in there somewhere.

[doctorboxing]

Peter Buckley
lost to
Prince Naseem
beat
Kevin Kelley
lost to
David Reid
lost to
Felix trinidad
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
John Ruiz
lost to beat and drew with
Evander holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad ali

9 steps now

[TerribleTerry]

Peter Buckley
lost to
Prince Naseem
lost to
Kevin Kelley
lost to
David Reid
lost to
Felix trinidad
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
John Ruiz
lost to beat and drew with
Evander holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad ali

9 steps now

Different Kevin Kelleys

[doctorboxing]

Peter Buckley
lost to
Prince Naseem
lost to
Kevin Kelley
lost to
David Reid
lost to
Felix trinidad
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
John Ruiz
lost to beat and drew with
Evander holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad ali

9 steps now

Different Kevin Kelleys

Bugger - still 10 then

[Old bones Ian]

Buckley
lost
McKenzie
Lost
Pederson
Beat
Jabowski
Beat
Strickland
Lost
Reed
Beat
Boyd
Lost
Berbick
Beat
Ali


Thats 9
I'd like to thank the civil service for giving me an hour to do this during work time

[Gazmac81]

You can throw Mike tyson inbetween holyfield and Holmes aswell
i couldnt be bothered with the full effort but theres one before i leave work in 5 min

How many direct connections would it take to go from Peter Buckley (as the Times called him the worst) to the greatest?

My shot:

Peter Buckley
lost to
Prince Naseem
lost to
Marco Antonio Barerra
lost to
Manny Pacquiao
beat
Oscar de la Hoya
lost to
Bernard Hopkins
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
John Ruiz
lost to beat and drew with
Evander holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad ali

There you are the worst to the greatest in ten steps - can anyone do better?

I dont think Buckley was the worst by any means, just after the Times article I wanted to see if this connection could be made

[Coco]

Marc Smith
lost to
Tommy Peacock
lost to
Ricky Hatton
lost to
Floyd Mayweather
beat
Oscar de la Hoya
lost to
Bernard Hopkins
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
James Toney
beat
Evander Holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad Ali

Just done it for myself, i'm quite pleased with that

[sweetscience]

mine is quite good considering i was a crap bantamweight amatuer

SweetScience
Thomas Stalker
Frankie Gavin
Mario Kindelan
Felix Trinidad
Roy Jones Jnr
James Toney
Evander Holyfield
Larry Holmes
Muhammed Ali

[gobbles]

How many direct connections would it take to go from Peter Buckley (as the Times called him the worst) to the greatest?

My shot:

Peter Buckley
lost to
Prince Naseem
lost to
Marco Antonio Barerra
lost to
Manny Pacquiao
beat
Oscar de la Hoya
lost to
Bernard Hopkins
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
John Ruiz
lost to beat and drew with
Evander holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad ali

There you are the worst to the greatest in ten steps - can anyone do better?

I dont think Buckley was the worst by any means, just after the Times article I wanted to see if this connection could be made

Might not be the worst in the world, be he's the worst by miles on that list, which he only gets on by the benefit of having been picked for an easy win for Naz years and years ago. I bet noneof the rest went on an 84-fight run without a win.

By that basis you can get David Kehoe to Manny Pacquio pretty quick.

Kehoe
lost to
Stefy Bull
lost to
Amir Khan
sparred with
Manny Pacquiao....

magic!

or how about...
Karl Taylor
lost to
Ricky Hatton
lost to
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Does that mean Karl Taylor is the PFP number 3?

[Coco]

Marc Smith
Beat
Mark Allen
Lost to
Gordon Blair
Beat
Trevor Ambrose
lost to
Joe Calzaghe
beat
Roy Jones Jr
beat
James Toney
beat
Evander Holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad Ali

I make that 9 now!! What is your 6 Billy?

[Loynesy]

mine is quite good considering i was a crap bantamweight amatuer

SweetScience
Thomas Stalker
Frankie Gavin
Mario Kindelan
Felix Trinidad
Roy Jones Jnr
James Toney
Evander Holyfield
Larry Holmes
Muhammed Ali

Always wondered whether it was an urban myth that Trinidad fought Kindelan as an amateur - Tito turned pro in 1990 as a 17 year old, Mario didn't become a decent amateur for at least 3/4 years more. I know they could have fought as juniors, but I'm not aware of Tito representing PR in international tournaments (happy to be proved wrong though).

[Loynesy]

bessey beat williams
williams lost to mcbride
mcbride beat tyson
tyson lost to holyfield
holyfield beat holmes
holmes beat ali

Billy - Tyson beat Holmes so you can skip a link.

[sweetscience]

mine is quite good considering i was a crap bantamweight amatuer

SweetScience
Thomas Stalker
Frankie Gavin
Mario Kindelan
Felix Trinidad
Roy Jones Jnr
James Toney
Evander Holyfield
Larry Holmes
Muhammed Ali

Always wondered whether it was an urban myth that Trinidad fought Kindelan as an amateur - Tito turned pro in 1990 as a 17 year old, Mario didn't become a decent amateur for at least 3/4 years more. I know they could have fought as juniors, but I'm not aware of Tito representing PR in international tournaments (happy to be proved wrong though).

kindelans am record

http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/kindelan.html

[m1kee50]

it gets stupidly difficult when you insist on a beat b beat c beat d, or vice versa

[Loynesy]

mine is quite good considering i was a crap bantamweight amatuer

SweetScience
Thomas Stalker
Frankie Gavin
Mario Kindelan
Felix Trinidad
Roy Jones Jnr
James Toney
Evander Holyfield
Larry Holmes
Muhammed Ali

Always wondered whether it was an urban myth that Trinidad fought Kindelan as an amateur - Tito turned pro in 1990 as a 17 year old, Mario didn't become a decent amateur for at least 3/4 years more. I know they could have fought as juniors, but I'm not aware of Tito representing PR in international tournaments (happy to be proved wrong though).

kindelans am record

http://www.geocities.com/pedrinet/kindelan.html

Thanks SS, guess they were both very young, but they obviously did fight.

[youngrell]

bessey beat williams
williams lost to mcbride
mcbride beat tyson
tyson lost to holyfield
holyfield beat holmes
holmes beat ali

Billy - Tyson beat Holmes so you can skip a link.

beautiful 5 fights then. so im literally there i would have gave ali more trouble then he could handle

at pie eating

And Williams beat Tyson so theres another one down, should be:

Bessey beat Williams
Williams beat Tyson
Tyson beat Holmes
Holmes beat Ali

[Coco]

Different Williams! Unless Billy fought Danny in the ams

[Londonirish]

This is great call me sad but im enjoying the read

Any More??

[demolitiondaley]

Daley beat Booth
Booth beat Sheika
Sheika lost to Calzaghe
Calzaghe beat Jones Jr
Jones Jr beat Toney
Toney beat Holyfield
Holyfield beat Holmes
Holmes beat Ali

Thats 7 people between me and Ali :P

Have you heard of the 6 degrees of separation, its a bit like that isnt it. But 7

[youngrell]

And Williams beat Tyson so theres another one down, should be:

Bessey beat Williams
Williams beat Tyson
Tyson beat Holmes
Holmes beat Ali

na good try but it was the mighty gary williams i beat[/quote]


Haha my Bad!

[John]

In 7

Peter Buckley
Gareth Jordan
Peter Till
Gerry Beard
Lloyd Christie
Moussa Kassongo Mukandjo
Alfredo Evangelista
Muhammad Ali

[Adamj1987]

How many direct connections would it take to go from Peter Buckley (as the Times called him the worst) to the greatest?

My shot:

Peter Buckley
lost to
Prince Naseem
lost to
Marco Antonio Barerra
lost to
Manny Pacquiao
beat
Oscar de la Hoya
lost to
Bernard Hopkins
lost to
Roy Jones Jr
beat
John Ruiz
lost to beat and drew with
Evander holyfield
beat
Larry Holmes
beat
Muhammad ali

There you are the worst to the greatest in ten steps - can anyone do better?

I dont think Buckley was the worst by any means, just after the Times article I wanted to see if this connection could be made

Might not be the worst in the world, be he's the worst by miles on that list, which he only gets on by the benefit of having been picked for an easy win for Naz years and years ago. I bet noneof the rest went on an 84-fight run without a win.

By that basis you can get David Kehoe to Manny Pacquio pretty quick.

Kehoe
lost to
Stefy Bull
lost to
Amir Khan
sparred with
Manny Pacquiao....

magic!

or how about...
Karl Taylor
lost to
Ricky Hatton
lost to
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Does that mean Karl Taylor is the PFP number 3?

Yes it does