Boxers who lost pro debut but went on to win titles

[vidal]

he's the greatest of all time..... isn't he?

[Mimmy]

he's the greatest of all time..... isn't he?

Greatest of all time what, he's only had 1 fight and lost it. I thought when you said look at him now he was like famous or something.

[vidal]

He is pretty famous.... in fairness

[m1kee50]

Rafael Marquez lost his first fight to a former World Champion who'd had over 40 fights.

[BitPlayer]

he's the greatest of all time..... isn't he?

Greatest of all time what, he's only had 1 fight and lost it. I thought when you said look at him now he was like famous or something.

He didn't lose that fight, Kid Thunder cheated (somehow?), and he's won over 100 fights, Deonty WIlder was the only person to come close to beating him and he outweighs Z-Money by over 100 pounds.

He's knock out prime Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Floyd Mayweather and Archie Moore on the same night.

GGG is still running scared of him.

Joshua is the only one brave enough to fight him right now, but the fools at the IBF won't sanction it for some mad reason.

[littlepug]

jhonny Gonzales lost his first 2

[Stuarty]

He is pretty famous.... in fairness

For all the wrong reasons

[Stuarty]

jhonny Gonzales lost his first 2

Good shout

[littlepug]

bonecrusher smith

[Keko]

http://boxrec.com/boxer/3890

This fella had a decent career after a dreadful start to his career.

An incredible example. I know he beat Randall and Taylor.

[Deserter]

I've always had a lot of time for Fearless Freddie... lost his first and 4 of his first 6, before going on to become a world champ with a record of 32-17-4 at the time:

http://boxrec.com/boxer/489

And his final fight was against the one and only Ricky Hatton

[Mimmy]

I've always had a lot of time for Fearless Freddie... lost his first and 4 of his first 6, before going on to become a world champ with a record of 32-17-4 at the time:

http://boxrec.com/boxer/489

And his final fight was against the one and only Ricky Hatton

What a coincidance that Freddie has just joined a Facebook boxing group only today thats run by Jame Tillis, and im luckily a member of. Somethnigs are quite surprising.

[handsofstone]

Murray Sutherland lost his 1st two fights,the 2nd by KO

[littlepug]

pipino cuevas lost his first by ko, in fact he lost 5 of his first 12 fights !

[Deserter]

I've always had a lot of time for Fearless Freddie... lost his first and 4 of his first 6, before going on to become a world champ with a record of 32-17-4 at the time:

http://boxrec.com/boxer/489

And his final fight was against the one and only Ricky Hatton

What a coincidance that Freddie has just joined a Facebook boxing group only today thats run by Jame Tillis, and im luckily a member of. Somethnigs are quite surprising.

Bizarre!

[roy]

Mark Rowe : Johnny Clark only drew his debut on the same bill. Both Commonwealth Games gold medallists and both went on to win British titles.

[orbtastic]

Benny Leonard
Manuel Ortiz
Billy Conn

I think Arguello's record has been amended of late so his first fight wasn't actually a loss.

[orbtastic]

Ted Kid Lewis

[Boxing Writer]

Johnny Nelson started his pro career with 3 losses. I don't know if there ever was a worse start from a fighter, who later won major world title.

Former IBF light flyweight champ Victor Burgos lost his first 4 in a row.

Welterweight champion Angel Espada went 0-2-4 in his first 6 fights!

[tigermoth87]

Afolabi drew his first fight and went on to win the interim WBO World title.

[littlepug]

former IBF fly champ Rodolfo Blanco lost his 1st and only won 1 of his first 5

[Keko]

pipino cuevas lost his first by ko, in fact he lost 5 of his first 12 fights !

Exactly thank you for reminding us of this legend

[Keko]

Billy Conn

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Conn is one of my favorite boxer but he has not lost the first game but their fourth match is lost.

[Kit]

Joe Bugner (and by stoppage)
Pete Rademacher (started at the top then went down hill form there)
Eric Molina (looks like he has Joshua next)
Vasyl Lomachenko (lost his second)
Alexis Arguello (thought he lost his first but after looking it up was his fourth)

[littlepug]

not quite what was asked for but...former flyweight Danny Porter lost his first 2 but went on to challenge for southern area, commonwealth x2, british, European x3 and WBO world titles without winning any of them ( got a draw in one of the euros)