journeyman turned into contender/champion

[REEVE]

dont no if this has been done before but after the recent decent boxer turned journeyman....have there been many journeyman who have become champions/contenders.......I can think of British flyweight champ Chris Edwards.

[SeanMc]

The legend that was Steve Robinson

[mickey1975]

The legend that was Steve Robinson

The one and only answer to this thread....

[stevedoc]

The legend that was Steve Robinson

The one and only answer to this thread....

robbo is the perfect example . i remember robbo gave his whole purse to a local charity from one fight it was about £250,000

i almost forgot about johnny nelson

[keithmoonhangover]

Freddie Pendleton is a legend in this category.

This got him noticed and he went onto a world title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E85Op-GICQY

[johnnygreaves]

I was going to start this thread myself. How about on a British level.my good friend dan Naylor.the boy started on the road and ended up twice boxing for the southern area. Great achievement !

[ShadrachSimmo]

Anthony Hanna.

[dbflex]

Howard Clarke was 26-10-2 pre his shot at Vargas then 1-68 after so kind of did both. But at Area/Masters level like Naylor you've got Ryan Clark, Tom Glover, Jimmy Vincent, Paul Wesley.

[Manchester Massive]

Dennis Andries, Buster Drayton

[WelshJack]

Would anyone count Ovill McKenzie?

[iamasadlittleboy]

Nico Thomas, Jose Victor Burgos, Manny Melchor, Eric Jamili, Amado Ursua, Gilberto Keb Baas, Orlando Salido, Luis Alberto Lazarte ...loads of them in the lower weights

I think Francisco Quiroz might stand out though

[reggaereggae]

I am taing Steve Robinson for myself as I brought him up in the opposite thread

Mike Weaver had loads of losses I believe

[Deserter]

Surprised nobody's mentioned Johnny Nelson - lost his first three and was something like 5-5 after 10.

[Old bones Ian]

Some guys get a title shot off beating 1 contender, whilst others toil away after a bad start to get up the rankings and earn a title shot. Usually the guys that have the 1 win against a contender don't go on to be champions, and they are given the title shot to showcase the champion, like Vargas v Clarke.

I remember Kelvin Seabrooks being a guy who fought tough men from the start of his career, then got himself a title shot, and made himself a good champion

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

[winkveron]

Rocky Balboa. Think he was 30-30 before his fight with Apollo!

[dewipowell]

At one point Joey Vegas was 11-6-1, now he's 16-6-1 after a five fight winning streak and three of opponents had decent records (14-1, 21-1, 12-0).

I know sanctioning bodies rankings are never popular but Vegas is ranked 11th by the WBC now, fair play to him.

[Old bones Ian]

I guess the most famous would have to be Jim Braddock

[Freiheit]

After a rather slow start to his career Kirino Garcia turned his carrer around and was probably a top 10 light middleweight
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

[manno]

loyd christie,sugar gibiliru,najib daho,kevin pritchard....

[TheWigwam]

Emanuel Augustus a 'journeyman' (or imo a waste of world class talent) beat Jon Thaxton for a trinket and won the IBA World title

[matko]

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=591&cat=boxer sammy fuentas had a won lost record travelled around but manage to win a world title, he could punch!!

[Old bones Ian]

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=591&cat=boxer sammy fuentas had a won lost record travelled around but manage to win a world title, he could punch!!

Did you see his fight against Andreas Panayi over here? Panayi had been on a bit of a roll, and was tough , but looking at it now it was a calculated risk that back fired.

[Matt Teague]

After a rather slow start to his career Kirino Garcia turned his carrer around and was probably a top 10 light middleweight
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Good call, I remember reading an article which stated in his early fights he was living rough, and a lot of times got in ring having barely anything to eat all day,

[Old bones Ian]

Almost forgot about Steve Little http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=543&cat=boxer
He was a light punching , good chin boxer. He scored for me one of the biggest upsets on these shores ever when he outpointed Michael Nunn, in terms of natural ability Nunn was way, way above Little. But on the night an over confident and maybe undertrained Nunn got outpointed by the hard working Little.

[toomanyshots]

Jimmy Vincent...........