Fighters Who Never Ducked Anyone.

[Tysonbruno]

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

[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.

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Wilfredo Gomez
Ricardo Lopez
Julio Cesar Chavez
Muhammad Ali
Erik Morales
Marco Antonio Barrera
Evander Holyfield
Bob Foster
Charles Burley
Ezzard Charles
Carlos Monzon
Mike McCallum
Salvador Sanchez

Few examples to get us started.

Holyfield ducked Lennox Lewis for years, in order to milk all he could out of his title. Eventually he pretty much had to fight him though.

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



Common man list is ttttooooo lllllllllllooooooooooooooonnnnngggggggggggg

Sugar Ray Robinson ducked Charles Burley

[ICB]

Alright Ice let me show you somthing about the fighter you say he ducked

Micheal Nunn- Won a title when Ray just came back and won his over Hagler and after that he already went after the lh and smw titles.

Mike MucCallum- just won a title when Ray retired did not fight till Hagler and when he did come back Mike MucCallum lost his title.

Donald Curry- Was fighting over and britian and Ray was fight Bentiz, Hearns and also Duran and Donald lost as well.

Aaron Pryor- Did not deserve to fight Ray Hearns deserved to he never did anything at welter or even try to that was his fault ice.

Its a fact that SRL avoided the young upcoming fighters in the late 80s, i understand why he didn't fight them. But that isn't the point of the thread is it ? its about fighters who never ducked anyone. And clearly SRL ducked quite a few fighters along with ducking rematches against Benitez, Hearns.

[leftylee]

What about Ricky Hatton ?

Or does Junior Twitter count against him

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Wilfredo Gomez
Ricardo Lopez
Julio Cesar Chavez
Muhammad Ali
Erik Morales
Marco Antonio Barrera
Evander Holyfield
Bob Foster
Charles Burley
Ezzard Charles
Carlos Monzon
Mike McCallum
Salvador Sanchez

Few examples to get us started.

Holyfield ducked Lennox Lewis for years, in order to milk all he could out of his title. Eventually he pretty much had to fight him though.

If Evander Holyfield would of beat Riddick Bowe in there 1st meeting, he would have fought Lennox Lewis. Evander Holyfield between 1992-1994, was too busy with wars against Riddick Bowe, and when Lennox Lewis started to get a name he was upset by Oliver McCall which set him back a few years.

Then his controversial win against Ray Mercer didn't do him any favors either, i really don't believe Evander Holyfield would of ducked Lennox Lewis. Especially since the older Lennox Lewis was a better fighter than the early 90s version.

[leggy]

hopkins duran

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What about Ricky Hatton ?

Or does Junior Twitter count against him

There were plent of better welterweights than Collazo he could have gone after, fighters that would have loved the payday and would challenge him a lot more than the current crop of LWs. Course they never called him out, so you could argue he didn't duck them.

[Mr140]

Still dont see how he ducked them fought guys that were just as acomplished and the fighters you metioned did not have any right to fight. He stop both Benitez and Hearns i dont think he owed them anything. And as for Hearns i dont remeber him asking for one neither do i Benitez. I dont remeber any articles of any of this fighters asking SRL out why would they he was far past it when the got there names out there so no i dont think he avoid them think the timelines if you look at the careers make sense why they did not fight i mean you cant fight ever one does not mean you ducked them means you had guys with just as much and fought them.

[p4pking]

Wilfredo Gomez
Ricardo Lopez
Julio Cesar Chavez
Muhammad Ali
Erik Morales
Marco Antonio Barrera
Evander Holyfield
Bob Foster
Charles Burley
Ezzard Charles
Carlos Monzon
Mike McCallum
Salvador Sanchez

Few examples to get us started.

Holyfield ducked Lennox Lewis for years, in order to milk all he could out of his title. Eventually he pretty much had to fight him though.

If Evander Holyfield would of beat Riddick Bowe in there 1st meeting, he would have fought Lennox Lewis. Evander Holyfield between 1992-1994, was too busy with wars against Riddick Bowe, and when Lennox Lewis started to get a name he was upset by Oliver McCall which set him back a few years.

Then his controversial win against Ray Mercer didn't do him any favors either, i really don't believe Evander Holyfield would of ducked Lennox Lewis. Especially since the older Lennox Lewis was a better fighter than the early 90s version.

Yea can't argue with that. Holyfield would've had a much better shot if he fought Lennox before he faced Tyson than afterwards.

[Fenster]

What about Ricky Hatton ?

Or does Junior Twitter count against him

Yes it does.

He'll always be scarred by dodging Witter where neutral Brit fans are concerned.

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What about Ricky Hatton ?

Or does Junior Twitter count against him

Yes it does.

He'll always be scarred by dodging Witter where neutral Brit fans are concerned.

Not actually sure if that is sarcasm or not, as I obviously don't know what the British sentiment may be; Witter was definetly the clear cut best challenger and most sensible matchup for Hatton to take for a period of time though. I suppose it would have been a tough ask following the loss to Mayweather, but he could've done a lot more to prove his worth by following that up with Junior instead of a good rest then facing Juan Lazcano Now without bothering to look it up, did Witter lose to Bradley before, or(if so how long) after Hatton lined up the Malignaggi fight? And I don't mean signed the contract, even deciding that he would fight N'dou on the undercard of his Lazcano fight was as good as deciding who his next opponent would be..

[Fenster]

What about Ricky Hatton ?

Or does Junior Twitter count against him

Yes it does.

He'll always be scarred by dodging Witter where neutral Brit fans are concerned.

Not actually sure if that is sarcasm or not, as I obviously don't know what the British sentiment may be; Witter was definetly the clear cut best challenger and most sensible matchup for Hatton to take for a period of time though. I suppose it would have been a tough ask following the loss to Mayweather, but he could've done a lot more to prove his worth by following that up with Junior instead of a good rest then facing Juan Lazcano Now without bothering to look it up, did Witter lose to Bradley before, or(if so how long) after Hatton lined up the Malignaggi fight? And I don't mean signed the contract, even deciding that he would fight N'dou on the undercard of his Lazcano fight was as good as deciding who his next opponent would be..

I'm serious. MANY a Brit fan is disappointed this fight didn't happen from back when they were at Brit title level (2000/1). There were periods when the fight didn't matter, and Hatton had other business, but it was always lingering. Paulie-Hatton was already happening before Witter lost to Bradley. Hatton just blatantly refused to fight Witter. Shame.