Fighters with the worst padded resume?

[H8Usernames]

Paul Spadafora and Vivian harris ducked Ali Rymiy.

[Boxing Prospect]

that's ali raymi for ya bruh

I will throw in the interesting statistic that not only did none of his opponents ever fight outside of Yemen, but none of hs opponents ever fought anybody who fought outside of Yemen. I haven't had the time to check, but I would lay money that if you follow it through on the Boxrec record pages, you will also find that none of his opponents ever fought anyone who fought anyone who fought outside of Yemen, aand yet none of them seemed to have any trouble finding opponents, sometimes having 4 pro fights in a month just before taking on Ali Raymi.

Either the Yemeni boxing scene is so thriving that it doesn't need any contact with the rest of the world, or something odd is going on.

The fact that Yemen currently has a grand total of one pro boxer (a super middleweight who had one fight and lost in China) suggests that if is the former, there has been a sad decline since they lost their flag bearer.

Or at the time the Yemeni didn't have the money to bring in fighters from abroad, and no one wanted to fight them due to the lack of links to Yemeni promoters? Also worth noting it was probably not that easily to get in and out of the country during the last part of his career.

Regarding only 1 pro fighter, in fairness the country is currently in a long going civil war (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Ci ... 93present)), and a pandemic and I dare say theuir entire sports infrastructure is knackered beyond belief.

Not defending his record, though it is worth being aware that Yemen is hardly the most stable country right now, and it's little wonder that fighters were desperately willing to go there.

[gp.]

I will grant you that the current situation would probably explain why there are so few boxers in Yemen now, but the most probable explanation of the whole thing is that it is all just a load of bollocks. I don't think it's even comparable to the Latvian record building mill I linked above - those guys are at least real people, and the purpose is to provide "opponents" with credible looking records for overseas bills - but just somebody's idea of a joke.

[Las Vegas boxing guy]

This active heavyweight boxer stood out to me recently. His last fight was in Colombia vs a weak 0-16 opponent.

Eugene "Mean Gene" Hill (35-2, 23 KO's)

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/378189

[JxhDel.]

Does anyone remember that Yemeni guy?

Ali Ramyi or something?

He was like 20 (20)-0, most of his opponents were undefeated but had only fought debitants or 1-0 type guys.

All very bizarre.

That Yemeni colonel who died during a raid? WBA still ranked him months after his death...

Despite looking, I have never been able to find any news story (apart from announcements of the death of "Ali Raymi") that backs up his death in this air raid, or anything apart from press releases and youtube videos from his "manager, Felix J Arno" that confirm anything about him. There was a person claming to be him in videos, yes, but in my opinion the whole thing was staged and he never really existed. The "death in the air strike" story came at a convenient point when they were starting to be called on their bluff.

You can find press releases from his manager (of which, see below) saying "Ali Raymi is dead, killed in an airstrike", sure, and boxing media following up on those, but if anyone can find a news story from a legitimate source saying "Air strike in Yemen, among the dead is boxer Ali Raymi" then that is more than I can do. And you would expect the legitimate Yemeni media to have such a thing.

The only "Felix J Arno" that shows up anywhere on the internet is either in connection to this, or a federal employee in Los Angeles. Some sources suggest that these are the same man, and "Ali Raymi's manager" was indeed based in California with no boxing connections. I leave you to draw what conclusions you may.

This is some fine saudi-style disappearance conspiracy, perfect for a "based on a true story" movie.

[H8Usernames]

Fighters with the worst padded resume?

Anthony Joshua. Beat old man former 4 time ko victim Wlas after getting knocked down by him. Fraudulent Joseph Parker. Big mouth domestic level Dillon White...... lost to Andy by ko, ran like a coward in the rematch.... and this guy is supposed to be some world champion?

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

they've had a brutal civil war including mass starvation of citizens so i dont find it shocking they dont have a thriving boxing scene currently

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

I will grant you that the current situation would probably explain why there are so few boxers in Yemen now, but the most probable explanation of the whole thing is that it is all just a load of bollocks. I don't think it's even comparable to the Latvian record building mill I linked above - those guys are at least real people, and the purpose is to provide "opponents" with credible looking records for overseas bills - but just somebody's idea of a joke.

His fights seemed odd and so did he. There was an interview with one of his opponents i read once

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

After thinking about this

My guess is he did exist. Id guess the yemeni boxing federation was made up for his benefit and they faked opponents to get him a record to try and angle a title fight payday

And then either he died or lost his nerve.

[GreenLightning]

You'll find a lot of the 'Columbian banger' types will have fought debutants or guys with 0-14(13KO) records way into their twentieth fight

[gilgamesh]

Ricardo Moreno is a classic Boxing KO artist who has a very padded record.

Lamar Clark definitely has a ridiculously padded record, which explains his gawdy record.

[Boxing Prospect]

You'll find a lot of the 'Columbian banger' types will have fought debutants or guys with 0-14(13KO) records way into their twentieth fight

A recent one of those, Heber Rondon, got taken out in a round recently by a VERY good Kazakh

(Well Venezuelan but 20-0 mega padded record)

[Romi]

Bubblegum Sean O’Grady has to be on this list. He ultimately became a pretty decent fighter but nowhere near the 81-5 w 70 kos record would indicate. Turned pro at 15 and did the mid-west circuit for a few yrs. His dad Pat O’Grady put him in with Danny Lopez when he was just 17. He was 25-0 at the time but pretty much fought only cans. Lopez bludgeoned him in 4. Went back on the mid west circuit and really beat nobody of note. I read that his dad would line him up with a fighter in one town....knock him out, then he would fight the same guy that would then use a different alias in another town. O’Grady built an impressive yet dubious resume that would lead to a title fight with Jim Watt in 1980. He gave Watt all he could handle but would suffer a bad cut and lose by tko. His career defining fight was an upset victory over then undefeated Kronk fighter Hilmer Kenty the following year. His dad refused to take the dangerous mandatory Claud Noel and opted to form his own boxing org...the short lived WAA. Sean was upset and ko’d by Andy Gannigan in a few rds. That was essentially it for his career. He would fight and lose to fringe contender Pete Ranzany and then was stopped by John “The Heat” Vederosa in his final fight at the tender age of 24.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12004

[margaret thatcher]

i liked sean as a commentator

[Romi]

i liked sean as a commentator

Sean was an excellent commentator. He and Al Albert had great chemistry and Tuesday Night Fights on USA were classic USA claimed they wanted to go with a more "family oriented platform", yet they kept WWE Go figure.

[Tony1244]

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/7454

Don Steele

[imaioral]

Many bottom feeders

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/424644

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/451320

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/507716

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/750352

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/811644

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/750553 (this guy opponents' losses combined are more than 300)

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/674383

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/675097 (this guy opponents' losses combined are more than 300 too)


** Bonus **

Biggest losers with chin and without chin

With chin

Yohangel Romero - http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/713781
Alexis Castillo - http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/394783
Roman Horvath - http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/356500

Without chin

Victor Edagha - http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/714796
Curtis Gargano - http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/663419
Alec Bazza - http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/671711

[The Gratest]

Cocoon of horror.

[margaret thatcher]

METFIELDDDDDDD

[lazboy]

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/630274

Holy S! 124 defeats, 9 wins.