best fighter to never beat someone who held a world title

[margaret thatcher]

who are the best fighters to never beat someone who held a world title at any point (so they didnt have to be champ at the time)

[JamesPhilips]

Tough question..... my nomination is Lazlo Papp. https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/34798

I had thought Sam Langford but he beat Tiger Flowers.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/11023

Pro tip: must be an old school fighter as 8 champs and only one holder.

[JamesPhilips]

Also:
Larry Gains
Jock MacAvoy
Len Harvey

[margaret thatcher]

great contributions so far my man

[dr_devious]

Also:
Larry Gains
Jock MacAvoy
Len Harvey

Jock MacAvoy knocked the reigning MW champion Babe Risko out in one round in a non-title fight.

Len Harvey won a decision against Marcel Thil before Thil won a version of the MW title.

[bennie]

Argentina's Eduardo Lausse was a fabulous middleweight who thrilled American crowds in the the 1950s.

[oogiebe]

Jerry Quarry.

[oogiebe]

Jerry Quarry.

EDIT: Scratch that. Forgot he beat Floyd

[bennie]

Oh, scratch Eduardo Lausse too. He beat Kid Gavilan and Gene Fullmer. I misunderstood the thread title.

[JamesPhilips]

Also:
Larry Gains
Jock MacAvoy
Len Harvey

Jock MacAvoy knocked the reigning MW champion Babe Risko out in one round in a non-title fight.

Len Harvey won a decision against Marcel Thil before Thil won a version of the MW title.

Damn. I had only seen the loss to Thil.

Risko - well that means we are counting the NBA title..... which means we should count the EBU / British / BBBC World championships well such as Lee Savold, Len Harvey as world champs. Are we counting IBO, WBU etc as well?

[margaret thatcher]

only world titles

wba/ibf/wbc/wbo for modern day, no ibo etc

im not too sure what the consensus titles were going further back.......often there was just a clear 1 world champ situation though i know it started to get murky

[bennie]

Sugar Ray Seales? He never beat a world champion but he won an Olympic gold medal and drew with Marvin Hagler in the pros. He also gave Alan Minter a scare over here, busting him up before Minter found the finishing punches.

[margaret thatcher]

[Greg Houston]

I was thinking Alex Arthur, despite having held a world title, but forgot he had an earlier victory over Ricky Burns.

[Boxing Prospect]

For a modern fighter, I don't think Tiger Ari ever beat a world champion (might be one I'm missing?) Also Eijiro Murata might be worth a shout

As well as old guys I'd suggest looking at fighters in Japan, until recently they only had the WBC and WBA to aim for, so might have more modern(ish) fighters to consider.

[JamesPhilips]

Colin Jones ?

[MightyWarrior]

Oh yes good call Colin Jones.

Rockin’ Robin Blake, all action light weight contender from the 1980s looked like he was going to be a world champion but never quite made it

[Stevieaber]

Larry Gains beat Primo Carnera

[dr_devious]

Dean Francis

[dookus]

Eamonn Magee?

[Crease]

Eamonn Magee?

I was thinking Eamon too after reading the thread title.

[coghaugen11]

Rockin’ Robin Blake, all action light weight contender from the 1980s looked like he was going to be a world champion but never quite made it

He posts on another forum.

[coghaugen11]

Dean Francis

The correct answer.

[coghaugen11]

Or Errol Christie!

[coghaugen11]

Eubank said they both used to do him in sparring /\