Best fighters that never won a championship?

[Roy Jones Jnr]

Kirkland Laing

[MotorCityJaguar]

Charley Burley, Sam Langford, Holman Williams, Harry Wills, Harold Graham

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For sure not the best, but no one has mentioned Freddie Pendleton. He was a very good fighter, was matched incredibly tough and mis-managed.

Could have been a star if managed correctly, and definitely deserved AT LEAST one world title.

He won a world title at 135.

He went from a sandwich maker to world champ. Pretty impressive.

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IBA doesnt count, otherwise Ward would be a World Champ by winning the WBU belt

Sorry he is a 2 division champ, a mediocre one too

Yeah, you'd have to be very liberal with calling them "world titles"....those are fringe belts.

[elgranluchadore]

i think a better thread would be in the current era. because really everyone gets a title nowadays

[paulf]

Robert Cohn, middweight champion of Harvard College.

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mickey ward was a good fighter

He was an exciting gate-keeper/fringe contender.

Far from the one of the best guys to never win a title. You've got ATGs like Langford and Burley (who beat the hell out of Archie Moore) and the black murderers row, or even more recent solid contenders like Tua or Ibeabuchi who were better fighters.

Michael Watson was an excellent fighter. Made Nigel Benn his *****, should have gotten the decision against Chris Eubank, and then boxed masterfully in the rematch before the tragedy.

[mayweather1323]

The greatest fighter to never win a championship

Charley Burley is the greatest fighter in the HISTORY of boxing to never win a title. he was a consumate ring technichian and the likes of sugar ray robinson was "said" to have ducked burley. I don't believe he ducked him because he's the greatest of all time but he never fought burley even though he was in sugar ray's division.


Fighters like Charley and many others of His boxing era paved the way for fighters today and its without question, or debate that he is the greatest to not win a belt in boxing. PERIOD. Look him up and youll see

[MotorCityJaguar]

George Benton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwYnF8SWNjs

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Charley Burley is the greatest fighter in the HISTORY of boxing to never win a title. he was a consumate ring technichian and the likes of sugar ray robinson was "said" to have ducked burley. I don't believe he ducked him because he's the greatest of all time but he never fought burley even though he was in sugar ray's division.


Fighters like Charley and many others of His boxing era paved the way for fighters today and its without question, or debate that he is the greatest to not win a belt in boxing. PERIOD. Look him up and youll see

Robinson priced himself out of a Burley fight.

Burley didn't blame him and said it was a business thing and also said that if the tables were reversed, that he would've avoided Robinson.