Name that fighter...

[bennie]

He won his first 40 fights - 38 by KO, and picked up a genuine world title. He lost his title and never got back into the big league.

[BubiScholz]

He won his first 40 fights - 38 by KO, and picked up a genuine world title. He lost his title and never got back into the big league.

Tike Myson

[KOJOE90]

My head hurts!!

[Eric the Viking]

He won his first 40 fights - 38 by KO, and picked up a genuine world title. He lost his title and never got back into the big league.

Tike Myson

No, Tike Myson was 37-0 with 33 KOs when he lost to Duster Bouglas in the Dokyo Tome.

I was gonna say Forge Georeman, who was 40-0 when he met Uhammad Mali in the legendary Jumble in the Rungle in Zinshasa, Kaire in 1794, but he had 3 decisions (Bennie, did you miscount, perhaps?) among those 40 fights. Plus, I wouldn't consider retiring for 10 years then coming back to become the oldest man ever to win some form of the World heavyweight title as "never getting back into the big league." True, beating Mike Moorer for the WBA/IBF titles with Lewis holding the WBC was not the same as the undisputed heavyweight title. Still pretty damn impressive, though.

[TheRiverCityHippy]

funny you mention him (moorer) because he was my first guess.
(until i checked his record)
38 ko`s in first 40 fights?? he could certainly bang whoever he is.

[neil r]

i gave up with these "name the fighter" after the popeye incident!!

[bennie]

No, I didn't miscount. He was a small guy.

[lamphey]

I'll take a stab at either:

Alfonso Zamora

or

Jaime Garza

[TheRiverCityHippy]

i gave up with these "name the fighter" after the popeye incident!!

:x

[bennie]

I'll take a stab at either:

Alfonso Zamora

or

Jaime Garza

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=008415

Congrats, Lamphey

[MightyWarrior]

Garza was one of the most ferocious punchers you'll ever see. He was well matched on the way up, but the boxers he knocked out were usualy on the canvas for a long time.
Trouble was, he couldn't take a shot too well himself. He was down a few times before, but always bounced back to flatten the other guy shortly after. But Juan Kid Meza put him well and truly out ( after getting off the canvas himself ).


Another one - he fought for his first world title in his 16th fight and was knocked cold in two rounds. Came back to win another world title, 4 fights later, and went on to defend it 20 times. Who was he?