Journeymen with upside!

[Hulk]

How about Sugar Boy Malinga? Fought a who's who of 90's Super Middleweights, mainly losing efforts but managed to pick up wins against Benn (OK may have been done at that point) and Robin Reid, relieving both of their WBC strap. Managed to lose the title between those fights to serial whinger Vincenzo Nardiello.

Monte Barret.........

Quality heavyweight, always gave his best, and upset the odds a few times (Tua?)

I like Monte Barrett at lot. He always gave 100% and upset Dominick Guinn (at the peak of his popularity), Owen Beck, and Joe Mesi in my book.

He also brought it against Valuev and David Haye.

Was cool seeing Monte KO Tye Fields in 1 round a few years back.

For a short while, Barrett was a top ten heavyweight and even fought a piece of the crown against Rahman.

[p4pking]

How about Sugar Boy Malinga? Fought a who's who of 90's Super Middleweights, mainly losing efforts but managed to pick up wins against Benn (OK may have been done at that point) and Robin Reid, relieving both of their WBC strap. Managed to lose the title between those fights to serial whinger Vincenzo Nardiello.

Monte Barret.........

Quality heavyweight, always gave his best, and upset the odds a few times (Tua?)

I like Monte Barrett at lot. He always gave 100% and upset Dominick Guinn (at the peak of his popularity), Owen Beck, and Joe Mesi in my book.

He also brought it against Valuev and David Haye.

Was cool seeing Monte KO Tye Fields in 1 round a few years back.

For a short while, Barrett was a top ten heavyweight and even fought a piece of the crown against Rahman.

I've been thinking for a minute, and Monte Barret for a while was as good an example as I've got. It's a little different at HW since anyone can punch, but he was a great example of this guy. Not a big man or KO puncher, but just a cagey vet with enough pop to make a good few fights interesting if not upsets entirely.

[Domiko]

Chisora... Even though hes only lost 3 times

[Silkeyjoe]

Emanuel Augustus

[ykdadamaja]

But how is Monte Barrett a journeyman, but not Evander Holyfield or David Tua?

[ykdadamaja]

Emanuel Augustus

Do you really think he can win a fight at this stage? lololol...


I always liked him, he got robbed too many times.

[Silkeyjoe]

Emanuel Augustus

Do you really think he can win a fight at this stage? lololol...


I always liked him, he got robbed too many times.

I thought the idea was naming journeymen we enjoy watching. Hes past it now but in his prime he was a good fighter and always entertaining to watch. In his last 4 fights he fought guys with a combined record of 54-0 and 2 of those fights were close enough. He knows how to put on a show and he deserves credit for what he does.

[ykdadamaja]

Emanuel Augustus

Do you really think he can win a fight at this stage? lololol...


I always liked him, he got robbed too many times.

I thought the idea was naming journeymen we enjoy watching. Hes past it now but in his prime he was a good fighter and always entertaining to watch. In his last 4 fights he fought guys with a combined record of 54-0 and 2 of those fights were close enough. He knows how to put on a show and he deserves credit for what he does.

I hear ya... we're in a way talking about comeback fighters too.

[Hulk]

But how is Monte Barrett a journeyman, but not Evander Holyfield or David Tua?

I would say that Barrett was a journeyman with a lot of upside, which addresses the title of the thread. He was always the "B" side in fights and a few times he really upset the apple cart.

Holyfield and Tua were always "A" side, big names. One is a hall of famer, and the other is the former #1 contender in the world.

Now, that they have become journeymen they have no upside at all.

[ykdadamaja]

But how is Monte Barrett a journeyman, but not Evander Holyfield or David Tua?

I would say that Barrett was a journeyman with a lot of upside, which addresses the title of the thread. He was always the "B" side in fights and a few times he really upset the apple cart.

Holyfield and Tua were always "A" side, big names. One is a hall of famer, and the other is the former #1 contender in the world.

Now, that they have become journeymen they have no upside at all.

true.

[Spicoli]

Tons come to mind going today. John The Beast Brown? Steve Forbes. Brian Vera..Ray Beltran...Cory Spinks

Glen Johnson...wish he stayed retired off good run

[ykdadamaja]

Tons come to mind going today. John The Beast Brown? Steve Forbes. Brian Vera..Ray Beltran...Cory Spinks

Glen Johnson...wish he stayed retired off good run

Glen Johnson has a stellar second half of his career! I am still amazed at B-Hop too. And, what's even more startling, guys are now EXTENDING their careers well into their 40's.

Take a look at the champions today, as opposed to 20-30 years ago. It was a normal thing to see a guy at 25 have a title. Now we see guys are 35 win their first title,etc...

You have to look at the journeymen these days, up-side. I think once the Klits retire, Tony Thompson has upside as well.

[Spicoli]

Tons come to mind going today. John The Beast Brown? Steve Forbes. Brian Vera..Ray Beltran...Cory Spinks

Glen Johnson...wish he stayed retired off good run

Glen Johnson has a stellar second half of his career! I am still amazed at B-Hop too. And, what's even more startling, guys are now EXTENDING their careers well into their 40's.

Take a look at the champions today, as opposed to 20-30 years ago. It was a normal thing to see a guy at 25 have a title. Now we see guys are 35 win their first title,etc...

You have to look at the journeymen these days, up-side. I think once the Klits retire, Tony Thompson has upside as well.

Yeh, Its a testament to both Johnsons and Hopkins mental make up which is def from the old school. Guys today with big push are steered to a trinket as much as the trinket steered to them. Johnson got the rep of a hard nut who wouldn't crack and was ripped off by up & comers who have come and gone career wise. Meanwhile he has only just very recently moved into the literal journeymans journeyman catagory. I don't know about Thompson...hes a tricky one. His best course is to bank it into a rematch with Price and hope for a repeat. But at his age, his weight and that hes already crumbled vs the premiere champ he might just slide into the mentality of a guy who excepts being a runner up and living off that. Also depends where Price goes.

[ICB]

Armando Muniz always comes to mind, he was robbed against Jose Napoles. And was in two classics with Carlos Palomino.