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    Default What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    No, not Marciano. He did have an amature career, though a strange one.


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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    I'm gonna go with Bernard Hopkins, his 'amateur' career being boxing in jail.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Not bad. Never thought of him. I have two others in mind.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Give me a clue, as I have got one, are they already in the HoF?

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Chavez Jr. " April Fools " !!!!
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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    I can't think of any that didn't have an amateur career, I can think of a couple that had very few amatuer fights, like Margarito & Paul Willaims

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Pachuggers might correct me on this. But I think Manny went straight to pro-boxing from selling stolen cigarrettes. Jim Lampley also keep saying that he was a kickboxer first?

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Quote Originally Posted by JazMerkin View Post
    I'm gonna go with Bernard Hopkins, his 'amateur' career being boxing in jail.
    I've heard that he had a few amateur fights either right after jail or right before going in.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Tim Witherspoon
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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    The baddest man in boxing right now ... Easily ... Nate Campbell!!!
    "Floyd needs to inject Xylocaine into his balls to gain the courage to fight Pacquiao."

    - and I quote from some random guy on the internet

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Quote Originally Posted by JazMerkin View Post
    Give me a clue, as I have got one, are they already in the HoF?

    Think "J"

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Quote Originally Posted by Killa From Manila View Post
    Pachuggers might correct me on this. But I think Manny went straight to pro-boxing from selling stolen cigarrettes. Jim Lampley also keep saying that he was a kickboxer first?

    What, Lampley was a kickboxer? HHhmmmm.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Quote Originally Posted by holmcall View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Killa From Manila View Post
    Pachuggers might correct me on this. But I think Manny went straight to pro-boxing from selling stolen cigarrettes. Jim Lampley also keep saying that he was a kickboxer first?

    What, Lampley was a kickboxer? HHhmmmm.
    Lol! Lampley was referring Pac.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Quote Originally Posted by holmcall View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by JazMerkin View Post
    Give me a clue, as I have got one, are they already in the HoF?

    Think "J"
    James Toney only had 30 odd fights - George Foreman around 18 I think.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Apologies for going slightly off thread, not a boxing great but Olo Afolabi never boxed as an amature.

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