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Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 06:28
by keithmoonhangover
I was having a look at Steve Little's record and it struck me that he didn't have many easy fights.
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=543&cat=boxer
Any other good examples?
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 06:48
by Lenny Cravats
David Reid, fucked him up though.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 08:23
by witherspoon
Evander Holyfield.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 08:27
by MEISINGER
david bey had a very tough schedule
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 09:53
by Rover
Saensak Muangsurin.
Lockridge.
Laporte.
Sung-Kil Moon (had won belts in two divisions by his 11th fight).
Sakad Petchyindee.
Kwang-Sun Kim (fighting Carbajal and Chiquita in an 8-fight career).
Veeraphol Sahaprom. Cotto.
Michael Spinks.
Hagler.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 13:32
by dempseyfire
Jimmy Young, Oleg Maskaev, Joe Miceli, Sam Langford
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 13:39
by Controversial
Without doubt De La Hoya
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 14:13
by SaadOffTheDeck
Jesse Burnett
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 14:21
by Rover
Qawi.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 14:34
by Saurfang
MEISINGER wrote:david bey had a very tough schedule
Speaking of David Bey.Whatever happened to him?
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 16:25
by Rover
Controversial wrote:Without doubt De La Hoya
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 16:26
by Rover
Toney.
Hopkins.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 16:54
by Ambling Alp II
Toney fought quite a few mediocre fighters during his career.
I assume we aren't talking about anyone before the 1980s? Most great fightesr before then fought better competition than the people we are talking about.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 17:16
by Rover
Ambling Alp II wrote:Toney fought quite a few mediocre fighters during his career.
I assume we aren't talking about anyone before the 1980s? Most great fightesr before then fought better competition than the people we are talking about.
JCC fought a lot of mediocre fighters, too. So did Duran. Toney was matched tough rather early, winning a title at 22 and having fought some quality comp before then.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 19:07
by keithmoonhangover
Rover wrote:Ambling Alp II wrote:Toney fought quite a few mediocre fighters during his career.
I assume we aren't talking about anyone before the 1980s? Most great fightesr before then fought better competition than the people we are talking about.
JCC fought a lot of mediocre fighters, too. So did Duran. Toney was matched tough rather early, winning a title at 22 and having fought some quality comp before then.
Toney had easy fights even when he was champion.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 19:25
by Rover
keithmoonhangover wrote:Rover wrote:Ambling Alp II wrote:Toney fought quite a few mediocre fighters during his career.
I assume we aren't talking about anyone before the 1980s? Most great fightesr before then fought better competition than the people we are talking about.
JCC fought a lot of mediocre fighters, too. So did Duran. Toney was matched tough rather early, winning a title at 22 and having fought some quality comp before then.
Toney had easy fights even when he was champion.
So did Duran. Holyfield also had fights that were rather easy and some seemingly easy ones going in that didn't turn out that way (Cooper, Bean).
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 17 Mar 2013, 21:53
by MEISINGER
BarryWashington wrote:Jesse Ferguson
good shout out
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 18 Mar 2013, 01:02
by iamasadlittleboy
Alfonso De la Hoz
Not a big name but hes pretty much a journeyman to fringe world level guys.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 18 Mar 2013, 01:35
by Rover
Gerald Hayes.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 18 Mar 2013, 07:00
by Rover
Orlando Salido, failed drug test and all.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 18 Mar 2013, 09:26
by RadioElRadar
Fritzie Zivic (Conn, Burley x3, Armstrong x3, Jack x2, Montgomery, LaMotta x4, Jenkins x2, Angott, SRR x2)
Most of the old-timers had punishing schedules against top-level guys, interspersed with fights against guys with losing records tho, I guess.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 18 Mar 2013, 09:41
by Rover
Fenech.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 18 Mar 2013, 16:35
by keithmoonhangover
Rover wrote:Toney had easy fights even when he was champion.
So did Duran. Holyfield also had fights that were rather easy and some seemingly easy ones going in that didn't turn out that way (Cooper, Bean).[/quote]
I know this... and your point is?
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 18 Mar 2013, 18:00
by elmersalsa
The greats Kid Gavilan, Jimmy McLarnin, Tony Canzoneri and Luis Manuel Rodriguez. They fought great opposition all the time. Well, most of the time.
Re: Fighters Who Were Matched Tough Their Whole Career.
Posted: 19 Mar 2013, 02:10
by Rover
keithmoonhangover wrote:Rover wrote:Toney had easy fights even when he was champion.
So did Duran. Holyfield also had fights that were rather easy and some seemingly easy ones going in that didn't turn out that way (Cooper, Bean).
I know this... and your point is?[/quote]
My point is that no one I can think of had no easy fights. Or don't you consider Holy to have been matched tough his whole career?