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Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 07 Jul 2011, 16:22
by Cotto16
Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 07 Jul 2011, 16:31
by Archie Moore
Joltin Jeff Chandler-former WBA bantamweight champion
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 07 Jul 2011, 18:04
by Controversial
Dwight Muhammed Qawi and Billy Conn never had any amateur fights
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 07 Jul 2011, 19:18
by JDC
Ola Afolabi (Interim)
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 01:15
by jaclem2
..george (sugar) costner...outstanding welterweight had no amateur fights....
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 02:42
by Woller
Not sure, but I think that James "Bonecrusher" Smith never fought amateur.
Woller
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 08:31
by Controversial
Woller wrote:Not sure, but I think that James "Bonecrusher" Smith never fought amateur.
Woller
He had a few amateur fights whilst in the army, he turned pro late though (aged 28)
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 08:55
by JDC
Controversial wrote:Woller wrote:Not sure, but I think that James "Bonecrusher" Smith never fought amateur.
Woller
He had a few amateur fights whilst in the army, he turned pro late though (aged 28)
Similar with Tarver if I'm not mistaken?
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 09:08
by Datsue
JDC wrote:
Similar with Tarver if I'm not mistaken?
Tarver won an Olympic medal, mate, & a Pan-American Gold & Gold at the World Championships, I think four years before the Olympic, so it's probable that he had more than a "few" amateur fights.
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 10:59
by Crease
I remember being told that Bernard Hopkins didn't have any amteur fights...
But he did.
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 15:15
by JDC
Datsue wrote:JDC wrote:
Similar with Tarver if I'm not mistaken?
Tarver won an Olympic medal, mate, & a Pan-American Gold & Gold at the World Championships, I think four years before the Olympic, so it's probable that he had more than a "few" amateur fights.
So I am mistaken then lol. Who's the American who picked the game up very late?
28yr old or something similar
Re: Former Champions or Contenders who had no amateur fights
Posted: 08 Jul 2011, 15:41
by crusader
DetroitHxC wrote:Kermit Cintron
Kermit had 27 fights in the unpaid ranks. Certainly a limited amateur background though.