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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Quote Originally Posted by JazMerkin View Post
    Give me a clue, as I have got one, are they already in the HoF?

    Think "J"

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Quote Originally Posted by holmcall View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by JazMerkin View Post
    Give me a clue, as I have got one, are they already in the HoF?

    Think "J"
    James Toney only had 30 odd fights - George Foreman around 18 I think.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Apologies for going slightly off thread, not a boxing great but Olo Afolabi never boxed as an amature.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Olo Afolabi is not a bad one at all. But I have three in mind.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    What about Julian Jackson ? exactly how much quality amatuer experience is to be had in the Virgin Islands

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Ricardo Mayorga
    "You knocked him down...now how bout you try knockin me down ?"

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Quote Originally Posted by Hulk View Post
    Ricardo Mayorga
    Mayorga was a Nicaragua amateur champ and Central American Golden Gloves champ with 103 reported amateur victories.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    What about Matt Skelton? I heard he only had a few other fights.

    What about Audley Harrison, his amateur career is far from stellar

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Earnie Shavers made his pro debut like a month after he joined a boxing gym.

    Although he's just a great puncher, not a great fighter.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    Check out Lt hvy James Scott for a prison story.Basically in and out since a kid and as far as I know he had little to no amatuer background.Had many sanctioned and televised fights from behind the walls of Rahway prison with some top calibur fighters,Qawi,Muhammed,Lopez among others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli surfs 'Nawlins View Post
    Check out Lt hvy James Scott for a prison story.Basically in and out since a kid and as far as I know he had little to no amatuer background.Had many sanctioned and televised fights from behind the walls of Rahway prison with some top calibur fighters,Qawi,Muhammed,Lopez among others.

    Rahway is every boxer's favorite prison!!!

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    im not going to say he is a great fighter but rahman never had a amature career and won the hw title. not super impressive be better than i have done
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheChosenOne View Post
    im not going to say he is a great fighter but rahman never had a amature career and won the hw title. not super impressive be better than i have done

    ACTUALLY, HE HAD 10 AMATURE FIGHTS, BUT GOOD SOLID EFFORT, CHOSEN ONE.

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    Default Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?

    I know he is not a great boxer but Steve Robinson had a very sucsesfull time in the pros with very little time in the amateur game.


    One of my top fighters of all time as I used to watch his fights as a kid.
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