Best pro boxers with no amateur experience

[Cent0089]

Who are best pro boxers with NO amateur fights?

[Coco]

Conor Benn

[Coco]

Fabio Wardley deserves a mention

[Cent0089]

Conor Benn

He had 22 amateur fights according to boxrec

[Cent0089]

Fabio Wardley deserves a mention

That is impressive then. He turned pro at 22 years, He had no amateur fights?

[Coco]

Fabio Wardley deserves a mention

That is impressive then. He turned pro at 22 years, He had no amateur fights?

He had a few white collar fights, but of a very low standard, poor blokes he was fighting

[Coco]

Conor Benn

He had 22 amateur fights according to boxrec

Really, news to me, that suggests a good couple of years in the amateur game, I'm surprised

[chucktaylor]

Willibaldo Garcia Perez holds the IBF title at 115. He definitely learned on the job as a pro, going 1-4 in the beginning. Maybe he'll score an opportunity and payday with Bam. Without an amateur career, it would be a notable accomplishment just getting in a position to lose to Bam in a unification fight.

[margaret thatcher]

interesting that there no amateur fights recorded on benn's boxrec , the aussie amateur records are pretty well documented here and someone who went 20-2 surely would have been noticed. maybe he is fibbing/exagerating/conflating exhibitions with official fights

cant find any results, reports, or video/photo of him in the ams in a goog search either

[Sendo Takeshi]

Jake Paul

Also the late Muhammad Qawi.

[Cent0089]

Fabio Wardley deserves a mention

That is impressive then. He turned pro at 22 years, He had no amateur fights?

He had a few white collar fights, but of a very low standard, poor blokes he was fighting

Hmm i am not native english speaker. What is this "white collar fights"?

[paultom]

Fabio Wardley deserves a mention

Definitely

[joshj909]

That is impressive then. He turned pro at 22 years, He had no amateur fights?

He had a few white collar fights, but of a very low standard, poor blokes he was fighting

Hmm i am not native english speaker. What is this "white collar fights"?

White-collar boxing events are exhibition events where the boxers have little to no experience. They usually train for the first time ever for a few weeks or months to compete against each other, often for charity or as a challenge. It's a lower level than amateur boxing as most of them are debutants and they haven't trained for years in preparation like most amateurs. Wardley had four of these fights before turning pro.

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

Probably muy thai guys who turn to boxing

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

[Cent0089]

He had a few white collar fights, but of a very low standard, poor blokes he was fighting

Hmm i am not native english speaker. What is this "white collar fights"?

White-collar boxing events are exhibition events where the boxers have little to no experience. They usually train for the first time ever for a few weeks or months to compete against each other, often for charity or as a challenge. It's a lower level than amateur boxing as most of them are debutants and they haven't trained for years in preparation like most amateurs. Wardley had four of these fights before turning pro.

Ah, got it, thank you man ...Wardley is pretty impressive then

[chinarich]

Carl Thompson came from a Muay Thai background and didn't have any amateur experience before turning pro as far as I'm aware. Lucas Browne was in MMA before boxing and never fought as an amateur.

If we are talking about current boxers then you probably have to look to Thailand where a lot will have come from Muay Thai, like Thammanoon Niyomtrong.

[JC]

interesting that there no amateur fights recorded on benn's boxrec , the aussie amateur records are pretty well documented here and someone who went 20-2 surely would have been noticed. maybe he is fibbing/exagerating/conflating exhibitions with official fights

cant find any results, reports, or video/photo of him in the ams in a goog search either

I remember looking him up few years before he turned pro and he was definitely tweeting about the fights he was having at the time. Think he might have tweeted about winning a tournament in Australia, not sure if it was a novice tournament or what.

[999103]

Tony Mundine

[Boxingguru75]

Dwight Muhammad Qawi. Learned to box in prison but no official amateur fights. All time great at light heavy. Gave Holyfield hell on earth for cruiser belt too. Built exactly how you don’t want to be for boxing and made the style work for him. Buzzsaw was a perfect nickname. RIP

[Expug]

The great light heavyweight champ Billy Conn.
“ If you’re gonna get punched in the face , you might as well get paid for it”.