Those who decided Boxing was not for them

[Robert King]

Hi. Does anyone have a list somewhere of boxers who tried it once and then quit? E.g Just a career of a single bout. HAs this ever happened and, is so, how often?

[BoxBuzz]

Bound to be few that tried it and got permanently injured. And did not return.

[Jaywheel]

Charlie Z.

[Tuan_Jim]

Bert Cooper took around 90 seconds to convince Joe Savage to stick to streetfighting.

[The Great John L]

The wrestler Bart Gunn

[SolomonDeedes]

I know that if you look at Lamar Clark's record on boxrec there's a lot of guys there who had never fought before and never fought again.

[metchampion]

Frederick Foreman aka 'Brown Bread Fred' (born 1932) boxed once as a pro, on an early Henry Cooper undercard.

[Controversial]

Hopefully ex-England cricketer Freddie Flintoff. If you fancy a laugh it's on YouTube

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

[evrenb]

Ed 'too tall' jones

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Ed 'too tall' jones

He had several fights.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

I'd guess the number of fighters with a single bout is in the tens of thousands.

[Dart340]

As usual, Saad is probably spot on with his estimate.

Last notable guy that I remember that had one fight and quit was Greek heavyweight Taz Titan. He obliterated a guy on USA about ten years ago with some fanfare and then got injured in a car accident and chose to quit right there and now.

[Giancarlo]

Our very own Homicide_Henry got bashed senseless inside a minute and appears to have hung up the gloves for good.

[AngryGoon38]

-80's and early 90's Pro wrestler "Paul Roma" breifly tried Boxing.
-80's superstar Jets American Football Player "Mark Gastineu" tried Boxing,carear was breif.
-Supposadly,"Paul Wright" aka-"The Big Show" Pro Wrestler was persuing a boxing carear but quickly decided it wasnt for him after a particular sparring session.
-"Paul Anderson",The 1956 American Olympic Weightlifting champion and World Renowned Strongman attempted a Boxing Carear which didnt pan out due to his extreme fast twitch fibers which ran out of energy super duper rapidly.Much like that Mega Gigantic MMA fighter "Bob Sapp".
-I've also heard about some "Circus strongman"(I dont remember the name or opponent he fought) from WAY back,before Paul Anderson. He fought once or twice and it didnt pan out.

[gilgamesh]

I'd guess the number of fighters with a single bout is in the tens of thousands.

Yeah that's what I was thinking. There's almost certainly more of those guys than there is Champions in the sports history.

[evrenb]

Ed 'too tall' jones

He had several fights.

You are correct..

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Ed 'too tall' jones

He had several fights.

You are correct..

I know, his few fights were televised.

[evrenb]

Well done :-D