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Sergio Martinez has been avoided, Howard Eastman had a spell in which nobody with a ranking seemed to want to fight him.

There are some fighters, who it might have been of their own doing, but never got a mention by the "more celebrated" names... like Ottke, and Alexander Dimentrenko could be going through a similar thing now.

Yes, I know it was majorly Ottke's reluctance to fight out of Germany, but still he didn't even get a mention by the likes of Hopkins, RJJ etc. At least they mentioned Joe a few times. Hell, even Ring Magazine avoided awarding Sven with the ring belt

Dimentrenko is ranked high by all the big organisations - yet I see Haye, Arreola and a few others (even Rogan now) getting mentioned by the big name fighters. Dimitrenko doesn't get a mention.

Seems to be two types of avoidance though, although with obvious cross-overs (they aren't mutually exclusive); avoided because you aren't very well known and avoided because people are scared of losing to you.

search wrote:

Cannibal wrote:Calzaghe himself was pretty avoided in his prime.

You having a laugh?

haha i was waiting for that!

poodlepoo wrote:surely it must be mike mccallum
and also iran barkley told me tommy hearns tod him he had absolutely no intentions of giving him a payday
he said "iran you are not that kind of a fighter" make of that what you will
loved the 2-3 hrs i spent with him , lovely guy and made my dad feel really special too
a true living legend

Bada bing! Not sure if he counts as being in the last ten years, but any chance to remember who totally freakin' awesome the Body Snatcher was is worth while.

He's even better than sharks with frickin' lasers.

The quiet man 2004 wrote:Definitely Winky Wright for me. If it wasn't for Shane Mosley giving Wright a shot then i think Winky would have still been trawling on undercards for the last few years.

His precise destruction of Trinidad is one of the most complete performances i have ever witnessed.

pj gallagher was the best

DG. wrote:

tonyevs wrote:I`m not so convinced that Junior Witter was truly `Most Avoided` ... of course the myth has built up he was, but he was given a shout against Zab Judah who was pretty hot news back then ... and he pulled out against Kelson Pinto.

Sure Hatton has made it clear he doesn`t want to give him a pay day .. not too sure being avoided by one guy really makes him `Most Avoided`??

mathew barney .. for various reason that usually apply to most awkward types that get the label :(

Remember, no one wanted to fight Witter for the British hence the lonsdale belt being given to him.

Hatton ducked him all his life.

Hopkins RAN like a dog.

There are others.

I agree he was too good for the majority of very ordinary domestic guys about then for some time. But to base the argument on Hatton who had absolutely nothing to gain, and was making more money and bigger headlines in the USA ... and a guy who only really had a famous uncle rather than any pedigree on the world stage .. well, sorry DG but your argument loses momentum

Witter I feel has gained a cult following solely off Hattons back .. sure Hatton didn`t/doesn`t want to fight him ... too much to lose and too little to gain ... and those are the exact reasons why Witter hasn`t taken up Ajose Olusegun`s challenge....

Ozzie Duran