Fighters Who Never Ducked Anyone.

[Tysonbruno]

I've got one























































Joe Calzaghe

[C-Lo]

Lewis
Norton
Sanchez
Nelson
Hamed
Benn
Frazier
Hearns
Graham
Trinidad
Hopkins
Oscar
Robinson



Common man list is ttttooooo lllllllllllooooooooooooooonnnnngggggggggggg

Naseem Hamed? The same Hamed that didn't fight Juan Manuel Marquez?

Hamed ducked no-one.

Markus, you blow my mind! After seeing your posts and how you get defensive on fighters you like is appaulling! Seriously...you believe Hamed never ducked Marquez?!?!

Boxingfanatics.com
This one is a long article but it says "He quickly climbed his way up the rankings with wins over Julian Wheeler, Darryl Pickney, and Agapito Sanchez, until he finally became the WBO Featherweight #1 contender. Soon, he became known as the fighter Naseem Hamed shamelessly ducked for 22 months. Tired of waiting for a crack at The Prince, Marquez moved on..."

ESPN - The champ most avoid meets king without a crown - Boxing
In this article Rafael says, "When Naseem Hamed was featherweight champ, he ducked Marquez for years, even when he became the mandatory challenger."

Hamed Under Fire | British Boxing Heroes
In this article:

Bruce Williams, writer, Boxing Update: “Juan Manuel Marquez was screwed out of his too-long-overdue mandatory with WBO feather champ Naseem Hamed, who didn’t even have the huevos to come to Puerto Rico and make his own appeal for more dispensations to seek world title unifiers.

Ivan Goldman, writer, KO Magazine: “Should Hamed ultimately forsake his WBO belt to go after another title, it won’t be because he suddenly decided the WBO belt was beneath his dignity. It will be because he’s run out of ways to duck Marquez.”

Teddy Atlas, ringside analyst, ESPN: “Juan Manuel Marquez is a very good fighter. You can tell how good he is by the way Naseem Hamed won’t fight him.”

Anymore rebuttals for this debate?

[leftylee]

Miguel Cotto is one that hasn't been mentioned.

[kingfrnk]

Miguel Cotto is one that hasn't been mentioned.

nice one. i cant believe i forgot about him and hes one of my favorite fighters

[C-Lo]

All this Marquez talk, he also doesn't duck anyone. He wanted to fight Hamed and Morales but those fights never got made. He fought Pacquiao twice and still wants another one. He got his hands on Barrera and knocked out Casamayor. I never hear any stories of someone wanting to fight him and Marquez trying to bail.

[IamInuit]

Froch
Whitaker
Hearns
Hagler
Duran
Cotto
Benitez
Sanchez
Napoles
Greb
Burley and the entire Murderers row crew
Ali
Wilde
Ambers
Pep
Langford
Arguello
Gans
Gharles
Foster
Louis
Marciano
Saldivar
Olivares
Lopez
Tito
Saddler
Walker
Jofre

[Hulk]

Ricardo Mayorga never ducked anyone.

Unfortunately my boy forgot to duck in many of his fights as well...

[bzkfn]

Pongsaklek Wongjongkam never ducked anyone. That man only ever fought the best.

[erics44]

harrison

[Tysonbruno]

If im right Hamed did make Marquez a offer to fight but he turned it down or something like that.

[C-Lo]

Naseem Hamed? The same Hamed that didn't fight Juan Manuel Marquez?

Hamed ducked no-one.

Markus, you blow my mind! After seeing your posts and how you get defensive on fighters you like is appaulling! Seriously...you believe Hamed never ducked Marquez?!?!

Boxingfanatics.com
This one is a long article but it says "He quickly climbed his way up the rankings with wins over Julian Wheeler, Darryl Pickney, and Agapito Sanchez, until he finally became the WBO Featherweight #1 contender. Soon, he became known as the fighter Naseem Hamed shamelessly ducked for 22 months. Tired of waiting for a crack at The Prince, Marquez moved on..."

ESPN - The champ most avoid meets king without a crown - Boxing
In this article Rafael says, "When Naseem Hamed was featherweight champ, he ducked Marquez for years, even when he became the mandatory challenger."

Hamed Under Fire | British Boxing Heroes
In this article:

Bruce Williams, writer, Boxing Update: “Juan Manuel Marquez was screwed out of his too-long-overdue mandatory with WBO feather champ Naseem Hamed, who didn’t even have the huevos to come to Puerto Rico and make his own appeal for more dispensations to seek world title unifiers.

Ivan Goldman, writer, KO Magazine: “Should Hamed ultimately forsake his WBO belt to go after another title, it won’t be because he suddenly decided the WBO belt was beneath his dignity. It will be because he’s run out of ways to duck Marquez.”

Teddy Atlas, ringside analyst, ESPN: “Juan Manuel Marquez is a very good fighter. You can tell how good he is by the way Naseem Hamed won’t fight him.”

Anymore rebuttals for this debate?

Still waiting on you Markus...

[CFH]

I don't know if anyone mentioned him, but I don't recall Corrales ducking anyone. All though, most of his career took place before I was a boxing fan, so I may be mistaken. I know there was talk of him not wanting to fight Casa for the 3rd time, but the fight was still made.

[CutMeMick]

Food for thought...

Lopez did not fight Carbajal, Gonzalez. Ducked or just part of history?
ODLH did not fight "Maestrito" Lopez. Ducked or just part of history?
Sanchez did not fight Pedroza. Ducked or just part of history?


I gotta laugh at the SRR ducked Burley.
A man who fought all the way to LHW and had 200 fights.
That one I think is just part of history...

[THE THIRD MAN]

You have to say Hector Camacho didn't duck anybody, his resume is impressive. From Rosario through to Chavez, Trinidad, ODLH but no Whitaker?

[ICB]

Food for thought...

Lopez did not fight Carbajal, Gonzalez. Ducked or just part of history?
ODLH did not fight "Maestrito" Lopez. Ducked or just part of history?
Sanchez did not fight Pedroza. Ducked or just part of history?


I gotta laugh at the SRR ducked Burley.
A man who fought all the way to LHW and had 200 fights.
That one I think is just part of history...

Sanchez supposedly ducking Pedroza was just apart of history, Sanchez would have fought him had he not died tragically.

Mick i brought this up in another thread about Lopez not fighting Carbajal, Gonzalez, and i seem to remember you bringing up a legit argument for that ?

When i said SRR was ducking Burley that was a bit of sarcasm, but there are still strong rumors to suggest than SRR did indeed avoid Burley. As did many fighters at that time.