Trivia

[CutMeMick]

Aside from Hopkins, Arguello and RMarquez name at least 2 more other fighters who lost their pro-debuts but still wen't on to become World Champs?

JMM also lost his decut

Thats another one. Chucho Castillo also lost his debut.

[hhascup]

Alexis Arguello won his first 3 bouts before losing.

Here's a list that I came up with not too long ago.

World Champions who lost there professional debut:

1. Marcela Eliana Acuna (female)
2. Bruno Arcari
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Rodolfo Blanco
5. Joe Brown
6. Victor Callejas
7. Miguel Canto
8. Freddie Castillo
9. Jesus Castillo
10. Frank Cedeno
11. In-Jin Chi
12. Chang-Ho Choi
13. Billy Conn
14. Roberto Cruz
15. Carlos Teo Cruz
16. Pipino Cuevas
17. Gamaliel Diaz
18. Joe Dundee
19. Harry Forbes
20. Nestor Giovanni
21. Jhonny Gonzalez
22. S T Gordon
23. Bernard Hopkins
24. Daniel Jiminez
25. Sung Jun Kim
26. Tae-Shik Kim
27. Tippy Larkin
28. Alfredo Layne
29. Benny Leonard
30. Ted Kid Lewis,
31. Benny Lynch
32. Tacy Macalos
33. Angel Manfredy
34. Juan Manuel Marquez
35. Rafael Marquez
36. Eddie Martin
37. Ricardo Mayorga
38. Manny Melchor
39. Johnny Nelson
40. Manuel Ortiz
41. Freddie Pendleton
42. Eddie Perkins
43. Fahlan Sakkreerin
44. Bonecrusher Smith
45. Sung-In Suh
46. Sebastian Sylvester
47. Wilfredo Vasquez
48. Miguel Vazquez
49. Mike Weaver
50. Jess Willard
51. Prince Charles Williams