Quote Originally Posted by hhascup View Post
here's a list that i came up with not too long ago.

World champions and contenders who lost there professional debut:

Alfredo layne
angel manfredy
antwun echols
benny leonard
benny lynch
bernard hopkins
billy conn
bruno arcari
carlos teo cruz
chang-ho choi
charles williams
daniel jiminez
eddie martin
eddie perkins
fahlan sakkreerin
frank cedeno
freddie castillo
freddie pendleton
freddy castillo
gamaliel diaz
harry forbes
henry armstrong
in-jin chi
james "bonecrusher" smith
jess willard
jesus castillo
jhonny gonzalez
joe brown
joe bugner
joe dundee
johnny nelson
juan manuel marquez
keitaro hoshino
lindsay garbatt
loucif hamani
manny melchor
manuel ortiz
marcela eliana acuna
miguel canto
miguel vazquez
mike weaver
mustafa hamsho
nestor giovanni
pipino cuevas
rafael marquez
ricardo mayorga
roberto cruz
rodolfo blanco
s t gordon
sebastiaan rothmann
sebastian sylvester
sung-in suh
sung-jun kim
tacy macalos
tae-shik kim
ted "kid" lewis
tippy larkin
victor burgos
victor callejas
wilfredo vazquez



honorable mention

maurice harris
lionel butler
ray austin
nicely done!