Great Amateurs

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 04 Sep 2003, 08:51

I remember reading somewhere that Don Curry had over 400 amateur fights. This is probably why he burned out so quickly as a pro. He was a great talent.

The same goes for Johnny Bumphus, he could have been great. He had nearly 400 amateur fights.

One of the most impressive amateur records has to be that of John Mugabi, who went 195-5 (162ko's) and he was never stopped as a amateur. Mugabi had all these fights by the time he was 20. He was another one who burned out quickly as a pro. :P

Ulysses · Post by **Ulysses** » 05 Sep 2003, 15:31

Great amateur.

Dave1armedTua · Post by **Dave1armedTua** » 10 Sep 2003, 03:28

Chris Byrd had a nice amateur record as well.

JDizzle · Post by **JDizzle** » 10 Sep 2003, 16:40

Ricardo Williams had an outstanding amateur record as well as Brian Viloria.

Mine isn't so great, but I have seen some good fighters. 145-35

JDizzle · Post by **JDizzle** » 11 Sep 2003, 14:05

When you talk about amateur boxing, you have to talk about Olympians. A few great amateurs from my neck of the woods are Leo Randolf, Davie Armstrong and two time Olympian Robert Shannon.

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 17 Sep 2003, 12:10

Did Leo Randolph box on Harold Smith promotions then quit all of a sudden and got a regular day job?

I live in London and never found out what happened to him?

JDizzle · Post by **JDizzle** » 17 Sep 2003, 12:38

He got a job as a Postman, but I don't know why he quit boxing.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 31 Oct 2003, 20:35

knockout artist wrote:Did Leo Randolph box on Harold Smith promotions then quit all of a sudden and got a regular day job?

I live in London and never found out what happened to him?

He won the WBA super-bantamweight title with a sensational last round stoppage of Ricardo Cardona in 1980 (what a fantastic fight!), but lost it in his first defence and then bowed out. He said he had achieved his dreams of winning an Olympic gold and a world title, so why carry on? Sensible man.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 03 Nov 2003, 06:20

Dave1armedTua wrote:Chris Byrd had a nice amateur record as well.

Calzaghe beat him in the unpaid ranks!

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 04 Nov 2003, 11:17

Calzaghe has a real amateur style though. So that doesn't surprise me.

zurdo · Post by **zurdo** » 26 Dec 2003, 02:55

the most impressive amatuer puncher I ever saw was Lee Roy Murphy of Chicago he fought on TV several times in the late 70s when amatuer and professional boxing was a staple of network tv sports. Lee Roy usually looked sensational flattening a sucession of opponents both foreign and domestic... I though Lee Roy would be a big star once he turned pro ..but it never quite worked out ..Murphy was actually on the hard luck Olympic squad of 1980 but the US boycott spoiled his chance ..
He had a good ppro career but was never a big star.

Nile4000 · Post by **Nile4000** » 04 Jan 2006, 12:24

zurdo wrote:the most impressive amatuer puncher I ever saw was Lee Roy Murphy of Chicago he fought on TV several times in the late 70s when amatuer and professional boxing was a staple of network tv sports. Lee Roy usually looked sensational flattening a sucession of opponents both foreign and domestic... I though Lee Roy would be a big star once he turned pro ..but it never quite worked out ..Murphy was actually on the hard luck Olympic squad of 1980 but the US boycott spoiled his chance ..
He had a good ppro career but was never a big star.

Did LeRoy ever tackle Tony Tucker, they were in the 178 pound class around the same time?

Great Amateurs

Great Amateurs

Great Amateurs.

Leo Randolf.