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Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo
Ok at the risk of raining on this little sentimental lovefest what has Baldimor actually done to warrant his Cinderellaman title?

All he did was beat an underprepared unfocused Zab Judah and all of a sudden he's a modern day story of truimph over adversity.

Don't get me wrong he worked hard to get where he was but there are a million and one title belts these days and they change hands virtually every weekend, so what qualifies Baldimor to be the most cherished underdog?

There are literally dozens of unknown journeymen who win a belt every year, why isn't Shannon Briggs the Cinderella man for example? Or how about Glen Johnson? Or Oleg Maskaev? Or John Ruiz? Or Lamon Brewster? Or Gavin Rees? Or Antonio Tarver? Or Frank Bruno?

All of these guys were considered journeyman fighters who had a career of relative mediocraty and disappointment until one momentous night when they suprised everybody, defeated a hot favourite and became a world champion.

I can only presume it's because Baldimor was the only one to sell feather dusters
Actually Glen Johnson probably does have a better case. Started off well, then went on that long streak with some losses and some bad decisions, some really horrible decisions and then kinda makes it to the top.
cc, agreed. Actually Winky deserves it as well, he struggled for years travelling overseas to work his way up to the top. Baldimor has that quality that so many seem to like, that of being a gallant hapless loser. If you get beat around the ring, bleed a lot and keep falling down you get called a blood and guts warrior, if you just have a hard head and plod around the ring eating shots without having anywhere near the level of boxing ability of your opponent you get called gritty, a warrior and a cinderellaman.

If you have all the attributes of the above but are a little bit better, you just get overlooked

Johnson and Winky are better examples of a Cinderellaman imo, the only difference being they went on to achieve more, which seemingly disqualifies them in the eyes of most boxing fans.

To be a cinderellaman and a story of courage and truimph you need to have just one shock win. Any more and you are just a decent boxer and so nobody cares.