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Jesse James Hughes

Posted: 19 Apr 2017, 01:14
by Taansend
Anyone remember this one?

A journeyman from Mobile Alabama (where I wouldn't mind living) who had a record of 19-8 at one point. His last loss was to a bloke with a 15-15-3 record (although he was another very good journeyman) but the fight before that he'd beaten Tocker Pudwill who was undefeated at the time & went on to challenge Sven Ottke & Joe Calzaghe - two undefeated all time greats :TU:

Anyway, something clicked & he beat three ranked opponents (& a 21-16-2 fighter) over a ten month period before being found dead in a swamp near his hometown 18 days after his win over Nick Rupa - who 18 months later challenged Terry Norris for the unified Light Middle title.

One of his hobbies was robbing drug dealers & they think this could have been his undoing.

Anyone else have any info on this bloke?

http://www.boxing.com/on_the_edge.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kIloPbUuDo

Re: Jesse James Hughes

Posted: 23 Jan 2018, 11:44
by Taansend
He's still dead, you know.

Re: Jesse James Hughes

Posted: 23 Jan 2018, 11:47
by Taansend



Re: Jesse James Hughes

Posted: 23 Jan 2018, 17:11
by boxingknockout
Oh yeah I remember him! He was gutsy and could hit. Found in a marsh. Shame