Champions Who Never Had Amateur Careers

[Controversial]

Marciano didn’t have many amateur fights, it was something like 8-4

[Teddy's Toupee]

Marciano didn’t have many amateur fights, it was something like 8-4

He also had a professional fight that he lost and returned to the amatuers.

[Controversial]

Marciano didn’t have many amateur fights, it was something like 8-4

He also had a professional fight that he lost and returned to the amatuers.

That was the rumour but I think it was disproved and the loss was as an amateur. He turned pro, had one pro fight and returned to being an amateur to enter a tournament and lost. He then went pro again the following year.