Forgotten contenders

[Dynamite76]

Oscar Bonavena, Jorge Ahumuda, Mustafa Hamsho, and Hatold Weston jr.

[markusmod]

Oscar Bonavena, Jorge Ahumuda, Mustafa Hamsho, and Hatold Weston jr.

You tell em, Dynamite!

[Dynamite76]

You tell em, Dynamite!

Thanks, Markusmod!

[Ropss]

Derek Chisora

[QueensburyRules]

- - Mauro Mina South American LH titlist, 52-3-3 over a ten year span in Peru was never KOed and maybe never KDed.

Beat Eddie Cotton, Henry Hank, and Bob Foster, yet never a world title shot.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/10845

[markusmod]

- - Mauro Mina South American LH titlist, 52-3-3 over a ten year span in Peru was never KOed and maybe never KDed.

Beat Eddie Cotton, Henry Hank, and Bob Foster, yet never a world title shot.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/10845

Eddie Cotton is often forgotten as a pro fighter.

[Willie Pep 229]

Mina's two fights with Eddie Cotton (in South America) were contested under a 20 point must scoring system. Never heard of that before.

Cotton's fight with Jose Torres was televised and we as kids were heart broken when Torres was given the decision.

[LAchargers373]

Ike quartey he was a dog and beat de la Hoya but got robbed on the cards

[Ben Bolt]

Leo Randolph, member of the golden US Olympic 1976 team.
His Olympic gold medal was followed by capturing the WBA super bantamweight so-called world title*.
But actually, he was just a contender as Wilfredo Gomez ruled the division.
(*who listens to the nonsense of the boxing orgs …)

Lost the WBA belt to Sergio Palma.
Randolph suffered of severe headaches after that fight.
So he decided that his brain had had enough.
And, only 22 years of age, went for retirement. Clever guy!

BoxRec: He currently holds the record for the earliest retirement ever by a former professional world boxing champion, and at two years and fifty days, Randolph also holds the record for the shortest career for any world boxing champion.
According to an article written by Jim Benagh in the November 1980 edition of The Ring magazine, Randolph, a deeply religious man, said he did not have the necessary killer instinct to continue as a professional boxer.

Randolph-777.jpg

[QueensburyRules]

Leo Randolph, member of the golden US Olympic 1976 team.
His Olympic gold medal was followed by capturing the WBA super bantamweight so-called world title*.
But actually, he was just a contender as Wilfredo Gomez ruled the division.
(*who listens to the nonsense of the boxing orgs …)

Lost the WBA belt to Sergio Palma.
Randolph suffered of severe headaches after that fight.
So he decided that his brain had had enough.
And, only 22 years of age, went for retirement. Clever guy!

BoxRec: He currently holds the record for the earliest retirement ever by a former professional world boxing champion, and at two years and fifty days, Randolph also holds the record for the shortest career for any world boxing champion.
According to an article written by Jim Benagh in the November 1980 edition of The Ring magazine, Randolph, a deeply religious man, said he did not have the necessary killer instinct to continue as a professional boxer.

Randolph-777.jpg

- - Leo gets lost in the shuffle of Howard Davis.

More importantly, he took his 1st loss to what turned out to be a career punch bag in David Capo who was a winless novice at the time.
https://boxrec.com/en/event/21768/31749

Yeah, damn shame he couldn't leverage his Olympic Gold, but at least he has that. Didn't every fighter on that 76 team win a medal? Don't think that's happened before or since.