No, not Marciano. He did have an amature career, though a strange one.
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What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
No, not Marciano. He did have an amature career, though a strange one.
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Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
I'm gonna go with Bernard Hopkins, his 'amateur' career being boxing in jail.
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Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
Not bad. Never thought of him. I have two others in mind.
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Give me a clue, as I have got one, are they already in the HoF?
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Chavez Jr. " April Fools " !!!!
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Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
I can't think of any that didn't have an amateur career, I can think of a couple that had very few amatuer fights, like Margarito & Paul Willaims
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Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
Originally Posted by JazMerkin
Think "J"
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Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
James Toney only had 30 odd fights - George Foreman around 18 I think.
Think "J"
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I've heard that he had a few amateur fights either right after jail or right before going in.
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The baddest man in boxing right now ... Easily ... Nate Campbell!!!
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Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
Nope,Spoon lost to Marvis Frazier in ammies
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Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
Think Italian
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I thought he learnt inside, came out had a pro fight which he lost, and then he spent the next year and a half training up in the basics in amateur sparriing or something.I've heard that he had a few amateur fights either right after jail or right before going in.
On prison boxers, I think Dwight Muhammad Qawi was another one because I remember hearing he came out of pen & went pro, altho I might have him mixed up with someone else.
I'm gonna go with Jake La Motta as one as well based on the "J". I think they showed Marciano did have a short ams career of 15 fights or so, so I'm gonna go as well with some of the guys from that era like Ezzard Charles or Archie Moore. As you can see I am spreading my bets
Last edited by JazMerkin; 04-02-2009 at 09:38 AM.
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Re: What great fighters fought without having an amature career?
Bernard Hopkins had an extensive amateur career, starting at the age of 10 and had reportedly 99 fights overall with a record of 95-4.
Just sayin'.
I think people like to glorify and romanticize it with the whole jail deal.
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