He was never a serious contender, not even in his prime years. But this guy has made millions giving very tough guys to top guys through all these years. Never ducked anybody. He has fought Vitali, Haye, Whyte 2x, Parker 2, Fury 3x, Pulev 2x, Joyce, Kabayel, Usyk, these are top fights only.
And, remember, not everybody can even be Chisora. Yoka is done after 3 tough fights. Hrgovic is probably done after 2 good fights. the most of guys don`t even have endurance to do this.
darnell boone knocked down andre ward (future lineal champion), knocked out adonis stevenson (future lineal champion), lost a split decision by 1 point to kovalev (with more promotional push that would 100% be a win). he also fought jean pascal and erislandy lara and a bunch of title challengers in 5-6 divisions on usually short notice. a very great journeyman if you ask me. corley and chisora are great too.
Ronald Winky Wright
One of my all time favourite fighters
Winky had two world title reigns including an undisputed championship. You can't call him a journeyman.
DeMarcus Corley fought Ener Julio twice, Randall Bailey twice, Zab Judah, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Miguel Cotto, Junior Witter, Devon Alexander, Marcos Maidana, Lucas Matthysse, Ruslan Provodnikov, Viktor Postol, and Vivian Harris. 52-35-1 pro boxing record, did briefly hold a WBO world title but it was before the WBO was fully recognized.
Ronald Winky Wright
One of my all time favourite fighters
DeMarcus Corley fought Ener Julio twice, Randall Bailey twice, Zab Judah, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Miguel Cotto, Junior Witter, Devon Alexander, Marcos Maidana, Lucas Matthysse, Ruslan Provodnikov, Viktor Postol, and Vivian Harris. 52-35-1 pro boxing record, did briefly hold a WBO world title but it was before the WBO was fully recognized.
He's epic, dude maxed out his career and talent on a lethal combination of heart, guts, toughness and insanity/delusion. A true hero.
Also, you just gave me a great idea for a fight and can't believe I didn't think of it a few hours ago, but I think the time is now PERFECT for Joyce vs Yoka!!
He was never a serious contender, not even in his prime years. But this guy has made millions giving very tough guys to top guys through all these years. Never ducked anybody. He has fought Vitali, Haye, Whyte 2x, Parker 2, Fury 3x, Pulev 2x, Joyce, Kabayel, Usyk, these are top fights only.
And, remember, not everybody can even be Chisora. Yoka is done after 3 tough fights. Hrgovic is probably done after 2 good fights. the most of guys don`t even have endurance to do this.
Who are the runners-up for best journeyman ever?
He was never a serious contender, not even in his prime years. But this guy has made millions giving very tough guys to top guys through all these years. Never ducked anybody. He has fought Vitali, Haye, Whyte 2x, Parker 2, Fury 3x, Pulev 2x, Joyce, Kabayel, Usyk, these are top fights only.
And, remember, not everybody can even be Chisora. Yoka is done after 3 tough fights. Hrgovic is probably done after 2 good fights. the most of guys don`t even have endurance to do this.
He's earned every penny he's made with that resume.
As you say, it's hard to find many boxers who can go through that kind of punishment and keep on turning up and putting on a good show.
Take a gritty, resilient guy like Hammer. He's not 10% of the journeyman gatekeeper that Chisora is.
Not everyone can be number 1. There should be huge respect for continually being in this kind of mix.