journeyman turned into contender/champion

[palooka]

Jimmy Vincent...........

I only thought about Jimmy Vincent today after seeing that Barnes is to box Frankie Gavin soon, hope he's alright, a good fighter.

[fightacademy]

Chris Saunders

[matko]

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=591&cat=boxer sammy fuentas had a won lost record travelled around but manage to win a world title, he could punch!!

Did you see his fight against Andreas Panayi over here? Panayi had been on a bit of a roll, and was tough , but looking at it now it was a calculated risk that back fired.

No have u got a copy?

[oliverfennell]

Mike Deveney

Julius Francis?

[alanhatrick]

Johnny nelson lost his first 3 fights and then ended up a legend

[palooka]

Carl Thompson, he was beaten a few times and was 'the away fighter' often.

[reggaereggae]

Mike Holden, Billy Smith if you count Midlands, Mike Weaver (did I say him), Oliver McCall (may hav ebeen said before)

[palooka]

Freddie Pendleton is a legend in this category.

This got him noticed and he went onto a world title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E85Op-GICQY

He nailed Sammy Fuentes in about 15 seconds as well.

[matko]

Freddie Pendleton is a legend in this category.

This got him noticed and he went onto a world title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E85Op-GICQY

He nailed Sammy Fuentes in about 15 seconds as well.

Yea Freddie could hit like a Donkey kick remember when Hatton hit him to the body thou what a shot, he managed a draw with Frankie Randall in their rematch and he could box, he fought everyone!!

[Old bones Ian]

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=591&cat=boxer sammy fuentas had a won lost record travelled around but manage to win a world title, he could punch!!

Did you see his fight against Andreas Panayi over here? Panayi had been on a bit of a roll, and was tough , but looking at it now it was a calculated risk that back fired.

No have u got a copy?

I don't . been trying to get a copy of it, if i find one will do you one.
I have Sammy's title winning fight, thats about it

[northern]

Lee Murtagh, granted he was never a journeyman but the way people were talking about him and made him out to be a journeyman fighter was insulting and I was ecstatic when he won the Irish light middleweight title and proved his critics wrong and having recently fought Hector Camacho junior in his first fight outside the UK and Camacho still outweighed him by more than 10lbs and the fight still went ahead now if Murtagh isn't deserving of being called a champion who is ?

[hurlock]

Steve foster snr.
Glen mcrory.
Alan bosworth
Mickey ward
Troy Dorsey
Duke Mckenzie or was that am??

[polecateddy]

Jimmy Vincent when he trained and went down to welter.

[dapug]

Steve Foster snr

[Chambers2]

Anyone mentioned Kerry Hope?

[banjo]

I guess the most famous would have to be Jim Braddock

Braddock was up and down wasn't he? Got a shot at the light heavyweight title in the late twenties as a promising contender, his career went down the pan and made a sensational comeback after believed to be washed up. Great story I think, not many people would get a second chance like that.

[SamWise72]

Duke McKenzie was undefeated when he won his world title.

[mickey1975]

Duke McKenzie was undefeated when he won his world title.

And? If this forum was on the go in those days, a few would have still insisted he was a journeyman!

[SamWise72]

Duke McKenzie was undefeated when he won his world title.

And? If this forum was on the go in those days, a few would have still insisted he was a journeyman!