Quote Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN
This is a really good topic, i think Esteben de Jesus was unlucky he was around when Duran was in his prime as a Lightweight in the 70's.
He still gave Duran his first loss and fought him two more times knocking him down twice in their encounters. A great fighter never given the recognition he deserves.
Really good call on this one heres CC#62 on me....
Esteban argueably in the top 20 PR fighters of all time.
Sad how his life ended but he was still a great fighter. I remember watching the second Duran fight and seeing Duran hit the canvas in round 1 I sware I almost shit my pants...
Duran in true fashion bounces back in the round. 'Kid Pambele' just gave him a boxing lesson I think if De Jesus won 3 rounds that's being nice to him. But he never gave up and fought the whole way through.
His career catches a second wind and he captures the WBC title from Guts (Another guy I listed in this thread) he made 3 defenses and then met Duran for the 3rd time again giving Duran all he could handle but falling short again.


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Quote Originally Posted by No Contest
Micheal Nunn needs a little mention, seems like I never hear anyone talking about him. He did lose in his biggest fights but he had alot of quality wins. The guy fought pro for almost 20 years thats pretty crazy. Some guys he beat:Sumbu Kalambay ko1, he knocked out Roldan, that guy had a granite chin. Marlon Sterling , Iran Barkley, Donald Curry ko10, Merqui Sosa, John Scully, retired 58-4 37ko's. Not too shabby.
I like all the fights that happened between:
Marlon Starling
Donald Curry
Johnny Bumphus
Lloyd Honeyghan
Simon Brown
Mark Breland
Michael Nunn
Maurice Blocker
I just remembered Aaron Davis & Meldrick Taylor also tango'd with some of them.
Damn! now I'm gonna have to go thru my videos and dig up some of those fights.