HARDEST PUNCHERS TO NEVER WIN A TITLE

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 31 Jan 2004, 20:37

A few names that come to my mind are Owen Moran (who twice fought draws with Abe Attell for world fether title and also fought Ad Wolgast for Lightweight crown) Eric Boon, Archie Sexton, Joe Rivers, Richie Mitchell, Ace Hudkins.... Jock Mcavoy actually koed the world Middleweight champ Eddie Babe Risko while he was champ (in one round!) but it was a 'over the weight fight' and jock never got a title shot at Middle and had to take a shot at John Henry Lewis at Light Heavy.....

zurdo · Post by **zurdo** » 01 Feb 2004, 02:47

Early eighties Lightweight contender Andrew Ganigan He chinned Sean O Grady and dropped Arguello during their 1982 titie fight...

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 01 Feb 2004, 03:08

...add tami mauriello and tony galento.....unless they're already here and i missed them.

zurdo · Post by **zurdo** » 01 Feb 2004, 03:16

Jaclem wrote:...add tami mauriello and tony galento.....unless they're already here and i missed them.

I think David Tua is the Two-ton Tony Galento of the modern era....he probably won't win the title either ..but it would be cool if he did..

barry · Post by **barry** » 01 Feb 2004, 12:30

I just plain out forgot Eric Boon and Archie Sexton, both were certainly viscous punchers. Although, there are probably several European fighters that I miss because I don't know a lot about the earlier fighters from oversea's. Marcel Moreau, a French middleweight back in the Teens had a great KO record, but I've only read a couple of accounts on his fights. Also, several 20s and 30s German fighters had good knockout records, but I know little about them. Like Kurt Prenzel, Hans Breitensträter and several others.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 01 Feb 2004, 12:39

Yaqui Lopez has to one of the best fighters never to win a world title ...he came so close too... also Armando Muniz... also came agonizingly close to winning a world title at Welterweight.... classic fights with Napoles and Palomino!....whew!... 8)

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 05 Feb 2004, 10:03

Tony Mundine was a big puncher also Al Carter and Hugo pineda come to mind.

Joe Richmond · Post by **Joe Richmond** » 09 Feb 2004, 22:41

Gosh, Barry, That was a Monster job--getting the complete life fight record for all of us fanatics to see. Do you have an estimate on totak miles he might have logged? Anyway, my hearty congratulations!

barry · Post by **barry** » 09 Feb 2004, 23:14

Walcott, or Stribling? I'm just about finished with putting together a scrapbook for Walcott, which I'm going to write an in-depth article in the next couple of months. The Walcott record is the one that Tracy Callis compiled that appears on the CBZ, but I've picked up adding notes and other things to it.

Eddie Cantor · Post by **Eddie Cantor** » 19 Feb 2004, 23:50

Here's my list of the "Hardest" One punch KO Artists who never won the Title.

1. Jose Maria "El Mono" Gatica: 86-7-1, 72 Knockouts
2. Bob Satterfield
3. Ernie Shavers
4. Curtis"Hatchet Man"Sheppard
5. Tommy Gomez
6. Florentino Fernandez
7. Ruben"Hurricane"Carter
8. Cleveland Williams
9. Richard Moreno
10.Tony Galento

boxingfan2004 · Post by **boxingfan2004** » 03 Apr 2004, 20:55

kovit wrote:If Young Stribling scored a lot of knockouts in his career, how come he wasn't ranked in the Ring Magazine the 100 Greatest Punches of All-Time?

Perhaps because he wasn't brutal when he knocked a fighter out. I found the following information on the following website. It also makes me wonder about him losing in the last 14 seconds of the 15th round of the heavyweight championship fight against Schmeling. Was it an honest loss, or was he cheated out of the championship?

http://www.srmason-sj.org/council/journ ... ryant.html

"He set records including most knockouts by a heavyweight (127), and
fewest times knocked out. Champion boxer Jim Corbett called him "the
best heavyweight fighter for his pounds that ever lived."

"Setting himself at odds with boxing promoters of the 1920s, "Strib"
decried the violence and cruelty associated with professional boxing,
and he saw himself as a "scientific" pugilist who preferred to win
over his opponent on points rather than knockouts."

"One night in Atlanta, "Strib" rose from his ringside seat and threw
in the towel to stop a young boxer's brutal beating by an experienced
opponent. The news reporter who witnessed the incident later wrote,
"To me, this one incident did more to reveal the true character and
instinct of Young Stribling than anything else - the instinct of a
Christian gentleman who abhorred brutality whether at his expense or
the expense of a foe."

"Strib" missed his one great chance to become heavyweight champion of
the world when he lost to Max Schmeling on July 3, 1931, on a technical
knockout in the last 14 seconds of the 15th round."

boxingfan2004 · Post by **boxingfan2004** » 03 Apr 2004, 21:06

Billy Miske

http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=010592

He was dying from a fatal kidney disease when he was given the chance to fight for the heavyweight championship against Dempsey.

He often fought "No Contests," and I wonder if that's because other fighters didn't want to risk losing to him.

When you see how many wins he had - even though he was dying from a fatal disease, it's truly amazing. It certainly makes a person wonder just what would have happened if he hadn't suffered from this terrible disease and hadn't died at a relatively young age.

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