Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
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Ruthless-RKO
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Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Must be a few..
Luke Campbell is a recently retired one.
I'm gonna add Povetkin, because he was a regular champion, Wlad was super champion.
Fire away..
Luke Campbell is a recently retired one.
I'm gonna add Povetkin, because he was a regular champion, Wlad was super champion.
Fire away..
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Not an answer yet, but I highly doubt Yoka will win a world title..
We'll see.
We'll see.
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Audley Harrison
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Ray Mercer
Odlanier Solís
Rakhim Chakhkiev
Andrew Maynard
Egor Mekhontsev - had 13 fights, then stopped in 2017
Odlanier Solís
Rakhim Chakhkiev
Andrew Maynard
Egor Mekhontsev - had 13 fights, then stopped in 2017
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Ray Mercer (unless the WBO hw title truly counts).
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Forgot he was their second champion.
At that time, WBO weren't really considered..
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Tyrell Biggs
Henry Tillman
Alexander Lebziak (formally, with a single pro-fight)
Henry Tillman
Alexander Lebziak (formally, with a single pro-fight)
Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Howard Davis Jr, also won the Val Barker.
Paul Gonzales at the '84 Olympics
There's a bunch of Cubans who never went pro, same with some of the old Communist countries. Lazlo Papp being an obvious one not to win a world title despite being a very good pro.
Dick McTaggart a great ama boxer who never went pro.
Terry Spinks also won gold but didn't win a world title, don't believe he challenged for one either, lsoing his British title to Howard Winstone.
Paul Gonzales at the '84 Olympics
There's a bunch of Cubans who never went pro, same with some of the old Communist countries. Lazlo Papp being an obvious one not to win a world title despite being a very good pro.
Dick McTaggart a great ama boxer who never went pro.
Terry Spinks also won gold but didn't win a world title, don't believe he challenged for one either, lsoing his British title to Howard Winstone.
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Michael Carruth
(Unless you count the WAA(!) title, as I'm sure most of us do)
(Unless you count the WAA(!) title, as I'm sure most of us do)
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Chris Finnegan and Ronnie Mazel Harris 
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Chris Finnegan
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Pete Rademacher.
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Not being funny but there will literally be hundreds of examples here.
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Indeed. Looking at Wikipedia quickly, 6 of the last 9 super heavyweight Olympic gold medalists haven’t won a world title.jameswilson wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 13:03 Not being funny but there will literally be hundreds of examples here.
I suppose the total overall percentage would be interesting, if anyone happens to know it?
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Only including those that turned pro.jameswilson wrote: ↑02 Aug 2021, 13:03 Not being funny but there will literally be hundreds of examples here.
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Peter Richardson won Gold at the Commonwealth Games I think
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Re: Olympic Gold Medal winners who never won a World title
Roberto Cammarelle, he never even turned pro, let alone fight for a world title.
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