Who is your all time favorite journeyman?

SenorPipino
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George "Scap Iron" Johnson.
Tough guy who gave his all with limited talent.

A crowd favorite at the Olympic.
Remember him doing a little jig in the ring after going 10 rounds with rising star Joe Frazier.
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Post by reggaereggae »

Rexob wrote:
reggaereggae wrote:
Joe Boxer wrote:Emanuel Agustus and Wimpy Halstead
Great question. Wimpy was nuts - they did a KO feature on him years ago.

I always quite liked Buck Smith and he actually scored some world class wins.


http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... r&pageID=1

Check his record. Some legendary other journeyman including Reegie Strickland, Rob Calloway, Rocky Berg.

But he ko'd Kirkland Laing and Robert Wangila


Yes, I liked Buck Smith mainly for the KO of Kirkland Laing, hell of a punch!!
Buck also knocked out Howard Stern twice.... I doubt it's the famous radio DJ lol.
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polecateddy wrote:Never mind all those Yankies. Tony Booth!
Another favorite of mine, from the Isles, is Peter Buckley.
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Peter Buckley "KING OF THE JOURNEY MEN"
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Gimme some Mo Harris......(Maurice Harris)....always liked that dude, Augustus,Sedrick Fields,Harvey Jolly
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Dean Bramhald was another decent journeyman. He fought in the 80's & 90's. He was also a hairdresser & used the money to get his own shop, I think.

Had a record of 42-106-15. Became a ref after he retired too.
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He pushes the envelope of the definition of journeyman but I vote

Chop Chop

Sure, he held a WBO title for a time but he grew into his journeyman role.
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Tanzio wrote:He pushes the envelope of the definition of journeyman but I vote

Chop Chop

Sure, he held a WBO title for a time but he grew into his journeyman role.
I nearly feel the same way with Leon Spinks.He did beat Ali but that was about it.
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I wouldn't say a favourite but middleweight Sanderline Williams was one tough cookie and his record is more impressive than it initially looks, 24 wins (14 kos) , 15 losses (1 by stoppage) and 1 draw

He beat tough contender and hard hitting Dwight Davison

He drew with James Toney who was 20-0 at the time.

Split decision losses to Nigel Benn, Iran Barkley and Ron Essett

Point losses to Gerald McClellan, James Toney, Herol Graham (Herol rates Williams as the strongest fighter he ever fought), Merqui Sosa, Joe Lipsey, Don Lee, Reggie Johnson, Frank Tate, Lonnie Beasley

Stopped just once by Lindell Holmes in 9 rounds (not sure how he was stopped?)
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Taansend wrote:Dean Bramhald was another decent journeyman. He fought in the 80's & 90's. He was also a hairdresser & used the money to get his own shop, I think.

Had a record of 42-106-15. Became a ref after he retired too.
my brother fought him ,said he was better than his record
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http://youtu.be/O1D0ZCOdrfE

Funny video here of Bruce Strauss, would be good to actually find out his true boxing record
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glenn johnson
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Katsidis.
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Mark Ramsey could really box and I'm sure he could have had a really good career with titles etc and he became a journeyman.

Peter Buckley had real skill, talent and flair.

I used to like watching Ricky Beard, he had so many tattoos you could read him.

Tony Booth and of course Johnny Greaves.
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SenorPipino wrote:George "Scap Iron" Johnson.
Tough guy who gave his all with limited talent.

A crowd favorite at the Olympic.
Remember him doing a little jig in the ring after going 10 rounds with rising star Joe Frazier.

Thank You for that. George Scrap Iron Johnson fought many big names. Short HW with a Huge Heart !
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And of course Robert Harper.
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Lately its Miguel Tamayo. Earlier in the year he decided to clown Gary Russell Jr before being KTFO. He reappeared in a recent bout against Diego Del La Hoya where he again tried to clown around before being, you guessed it, KTFO.
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Re: Who is your all time favorite journeyman?

Post by sucracristo »

freddie roach was decent in his day.
another boston guy kenny butler, and tommy attardo (http://www.24toheaven.com/).
ice scully fought some champions and i consider him more of a contender
but by the definition some in here are using he could be included in the same
sense matt godfrey and terrence ali could be called journeymen by some here.

take a look at the names on dhafir smith's record. it makes no sense who
he beats and who he loses to. grady brewer is the same way. a lot of these
guys take fights on short notice without knowing too much about their opponents
and move around in weight and work regular jobs.
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I always liked Sinan Samil Sam, her was a tough old boy. Though he was a European Heavyweight Champion, so I'm not too sure if he could be described as a journeyman.
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Post by tsmithy50 »

Jody Meikle is real fun to watch, some journeyman forget that its the entertainment business and just try and survive, not Jody. Slick Miller was great to watch years ago as well, knock out or be knocked out.
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Post by boxing69 »

marty (too sweet) robbins was one hell of a journey man never had any amateur fights and fought alot of good people in his career beat a few good fighters he was not suppost to.
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Gypsy Boy Mario. Dude was something else.
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Post by sucracristo »

i meant to include ray oliviera to that group of new england boxers
but for some reason didn't out all the names. ray lost his last 2 by
stoppage to ricky hatton and emanuel augustus (prayers), his only
two stoppage losses in 60 fights with lots of good names on his record
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James Hughes
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