Who has the most fights?

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Mimmy
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Who has the most fights?

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Just bumped into this record

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

I remember this guy stopping Kirkland Laing some years ago. But the name Buck Smith also had some stories behind it but cannot think what?? Maybe more than one person fighting as the same person not really sure.
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if you mean which fighter has the most fights ? im sure len wickwar has the most :box:
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mimmy123 wrote:Just bumped into this record

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

I remember this guy stopping Kirkland Laing some years ago. But the name Buck Smith also had some stories behind it but cannot think what?? Maybe more than one person fighting as the same person not really sure.
He fought twice on the same night I believe.
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Peter Buckley had a hundred more than Buck though Smith has a good winning %. I can remember the Buck Smith v Laing bout and Buck could punch and had a lot of belief in himself. Yory Boy Campas has a decent winning record.
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palooka wrote:Peter Buckley had a hundred more than Buck though Smith has a good winning %. I can remember the Buck Smith v Laing bout and Buck could punch and had a lot of belief in himself. Yory Boy Campas has a decent winning record.
Reggie Strickland 363 Fights Over 2000 Rounds Boxed Unbelieveable Longtivity
Buck Smith Record 179 Wins 120 Knockouts And Only 20 Losses.Lost Last 6.Great Stats But Strange How Many No Contest.Boxers Get The Odd One.Buck Rogers As Got Loads.Knocked Kirkland Laing Out.So Decent And Heavy Handed.
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REEVE wrote:if you mean which fighter has the most fights ? im sure len wickwar has the most :box:
Yep; 468 documented fights - http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer (his record takes up 7 pages!)
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REEVE wrote:if you mean which fighter has the most fights ? im sure len wickwar has the most :box:
Here is footage of the man in action:

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/boxin ... en+wickwar
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Post by Matt Teague »

Great find, amazing to think he had that many fights, and on the footage he didn't seem to shy away from a punch up
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chad wrote:
REEVE wrote:if you mean which fighter has the most fights ? im sure len wickwar has the most :box:
Here is footage of the man in action:


Class thanks a lot - unbelievable amount of fights he must of took some stick

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/boxin ... en+wickwar
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Wickwar's stablemate George Marsden had quite a few as well

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Boxing historians are still finding unrecorded fights for the pre war boxers.

Jimmy Wilde claimed to of had 800 fights. which was probably an exaggeration, but he certainly had more than the 152 recorded for him, He started out in the boxing booths so would of had many a fight there, obviously these were not pro fights.
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The Wealdstone Raider has to be up there.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhEFuq62-I
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dookus wrote:
REEVE wrote:if you mean which fighter has the most fights ? im sure len wickwar has the most :box:
Yep; 468 documented fights - http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer (his record takes up 7 pages!)
And he never got a crack at a British title. Astonishing.
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Old bones Ian wrote:Wickwar's stablemate George Marsden had quite a few as well

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Boxing historians are still finding unrecorded fights for the pre war boxers.

Jimmy Wilde claimed to of had 800 fights. which was probably an exaggeration, but he certainly had more than the 152 recorded for him, He started out in the boxing booths so would of had many a fight there, obviously these were not pro fights.
I know Nico Thomas, the former Indonesian world champion also had a lot more bouts than he's credited with, though he's unlikely to have gotten over 100.
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