Fighters with surprisigly good wins on their records

[keithmoonhangover]

Mark Wills....

He beat Greg Page (twice) and Derek Williams.

The second page fight had the best one punch knockout I have ever seen.

Hey Keith I saw both Page, willis fights and you are right he absoloutley flattened him, it was the same in the first fight.

The second one was something really special though.

[IRLangmaid25]

Langers I'm saying the subject is Fighters with surprisingly good wins on there record.
Are you surprised Tua beat Rahman,Maskaev and Ruiz? I'm not he was better than all 3.

It is more of a case of what the fighters who Tua became after the defeat rather what they were at the time plus the physical disadvantages in the height and reach department that would in some people's eyes make the victories impressive

[Final round]

Peter Waterman/Kid Gavilian

[clintonmcphilbin]

Danny Williams and Kevin McBride beating mike Tyson got to be a stand out one. No matter if Tyson was not at is best they can always say they beat iron mike .

[orbtastic]

Mark Wills....

He beat Greg Page (twice) and Derek Williams.

The second page fight had the best one punch knockout I have ever seen.

Hey Keith I saw both Page, willis fights and you are right he absoloutley flattened him, it was the same in the first fight.

The second one was something really special though.

Was the first fight not stopped on cuts?

[iamasadlittleboy]

Jimmy Young v Foreman (he also has 2 wins over Lyle and probably should have had 1 over Ali as well)

[Jon Saxon]

Langers I'm saying the subject is Fighters with surprisingly good wins on there record.
Are you surprised Tua beat Rahman,Maskaev and Ruiz? I'm not he was better than all 3.

Rahman was better.

[BillyTKid]

Clinton mitchell - Bernard hopkins

[Old bones Ian]

How about Pat Lawlor he has wins over Wilfred Benitez and Roberto Duran in consecutive fights!!

[DavidPayne]

Miguel beat Harrison on a cut didn't he?

Tony Booth was the first name to my mind too.

At that end of the food-chain....

Luke Simpkin 11-31-3 has wins over Dave Ferguson, Fola Okesola and draws with Julius Francis and Pele Reid.

Didnt Simpkin often go as an away fighter anyway?

Always the away fighter.

[Counter-puncher]

How about Pat Lawlor he has wins over Wilfred Benitez and Roberto Duran in consecutive fights!!

great call mate

[Bleak]

Miguel beat Harrison on a cut didn't he?

Tony Booth was the first name to my mind too.

At that end of the food-chain....

Luke Simpkin 11-31-3 has wins over Dave Ferguson, Fola Okesola and draws with Julius Francis and Pele Reid.

Didnt Simpkin often go as an away fighter anyway?

Always the away fighter.

yeah I always thought Simpkin was alright aswell

[reggaereggae]

Another thread reminded me of Buck Smith - Kirkland Laing. One could argue Laing over Duran also

[bennie]

Chubby Pat Lawlor, who lasted two rounds here with Joe Calzaghe, licked Roberto Duran and Wilfred Benitez in back-to-back encounters, which not even Ray Leonard was able to do.

[fantaheed]

good thread

keith mullings knocking out terry norris and davide ciarlante in successive fights and steve robinson had a great run beating mcmillan ,hodgkinson, cruz, mckenzie.

[iamasadlittleboy]

...we missing the obvious one here?
Leon beating Ali.

[iamasadlittleboy]

David Capo over Leo Randolph...

What makes this one really weird is Capo would retire 2-19-1, only scoring 1 other win!
Capo fought-Juan LaPorte, Freddie Roach, Azumah Nelson and Duke McKenzie O_O

[mahatma]

agree Leon beating ali is the daddy, in time we may also look back on Khans 'win' over Barrera as a surprisingly good win on his record

[Old bones Ian]

Seeing as Marvin Hart is quite often rated as one of the poorer heavyweight champions, his points victory over Jack Johnson must qualify as a 'surprisingly good win'.

[Brett Paul Dunbar]

Robert Thomas (career 16-57-4) has two split decision wins over Charles Brewer (career 40-11), Brewer was later IBF Super Middleweight champion. At the time of the first fight Thomas was 9-41-3 and Brewer 14-0 and at the time of the second Thomas was 14-41-3 and Brewer 14-1. Immediately before the first Brewer fight Thomas got a draw with Eric Harding on Harding's debut.

[daveferguson]

Miguel beat Harrison on a cut didn't he?

Tony Booth was the first name to my mind too.

At that end of the food-chain....

Luke Simpkin 11-31-3 has wins over Dave Ferguson, Fola Okesola and draws with Julius Francis and Pele Reid.

Simpkin was better then his record suggested but to be fair I've watched that fight many a time and still don't think he beat me! Was in 2nd gear trying to keep myself for next fight in pf, never mind, boxing eh

[bennie]

Chubby Pat Lawlor, who lasted two rounds here with Joe Calzaghe, licked Roberto Duran and Wilfred Benitez in back-to-back encounters, which not even Ray Leonard was able to do.

I forgot about our own Dave Green coming between Leonard's fights with Benitez and Duran.

[Datsue]

Does David Jaco count? The lanky 80s heavy who stopped Razor Ruddock?

I keep wanting to say Fearless Freddie Pendleton, but I think as he could be a genuine world class operator when in the mood/not chemically altered, I think he doesn't quite fit the thread.

[Datsue]

& I suppose I should throw in 90s trial horse Ross Puritty, who KO'd Wladdy, stopped Joe Hipp & drew with Tommy Morrison but lost against anyone else with pretentions to world class that he ever faced. Though thinking about it, Jaco was leagues below Puritty, who might've been a big lump but was virtually bullet-proof when he was on.

[keithmoonhangover]

Mike 'The Bounty' Hunter

Never fought for a world title, but beat....

Oliver McCall
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Pinklon Thomas
Ossie Ocasio
Tyrell Biggs
Jimmy Thunder
and
Alexander Zolkin