The toughest run of opposition

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Controversial
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The toughest run of opposition

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Name some tough run of fights, any division. Carl Froch had a pretty hard set, all world title fights, five undefeated opponents and five as the away fighter. He went 10(5KOs) with 2 losses (one avenged)

Jean Pascal (undefeated) WUD12 (England)
Jermaine Taylor WTKO12 (USA)
Andre Dirrell (undefeated) WSD12 (England)
Mikkel Kessler LUD12 (Denmark)
Arthur Abraham WUD12 (Finland)
Glen Johnson WMD12 (USA)
Andre Ward (undefeated) LUD12 (USA)
Lucien Bute (undefeated) WTKO5 (England)
Yusuf Mack (weakest opponent) WKO3 (England)
Mikkel Kessler WUD12 (England)
George Groves (undefeated) WTKO9 (England)
George Groves WTKO8 (England)

What others examples are there?
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Alan Minter had a tough run in the mid-1970s. He took on Kevin Finnegan, Tony Licata, Sugar Ray Seales, Germano Valsecchi (in Italy, for the European title), Ronnie Harris, Emile Griffith, Gratien Tonna and Finnegan again, all consecutively.
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Re: The toughest run of opposition

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bennie wrote: 26 Mar 2021, 07:00 Alan Minter had a tough run in the mid-1970s. He took on Kevin Finnegan, Tony Licata, Sugar Ray Seales, Germano Valsecchi (in Italy, for the European title), Ronnie Harris, Emile Griffith, Gratien Tonna and Finnegan again, all consecutively.
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Re: The toughest run of opposition

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Oscar:

Molina
Ruelas
Hernandez
Chavez
Gonzalez
Whittaker

Chavez
Quartey
Carr
Trinidad
Mosley
Gatti
Castillejo
Vargas
Campas
Mosley
Sturm
Hopkins
Mayorga
Mayweather
Pac
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Re: The toughest run of opposition

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Ali is worth a mention.

When he returned in 1970, through to 1974, he took on:-

Quarry
Bonavena
Frazier
Ellis
Mathis
Blin
Foster, Mac
Chuvalo
Quarry
Lewis
Patterson
Foster, Bob
Bugner
Norton
Norton
Lubbers
Frazier
Foreman

There's a couple of duds there, but otherwise he took on a who's who of early 1970s HWs.

Not bad considering he was sidelined for over 3 years and denied his prime.
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Re: The toughest run of opposition

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Harry Greb, 1915-1926.
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