Who Are The Ten Greatest Fighters Never To Hold A World Title?

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    Who Are The Ten Greatest Fighters Never To Hold A World Title?

    In Order......1 To 10. Who in your opinion are the 10 greatest fighters never to hold a world title in the history of boxing?
  • Joey Giardello
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    1Sam Langford
    2Charley Burley
    3Harry Wills
    4Jimmy Bivins
    5Peter Jackson
    6Joe Jeanett
    7Lloyd Marshal
    8Herol Graham
    9Jerry Quarry
    10Rubin Carter

    My nearly list fighters
    Sam Mcvey
    Bennie Brisco
    Yaqui Lopez
    Last edited by Joey Giardello; 01-10-2010, 01:19 PM.

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    • GJC
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      Some good fighters there gentlemen but no list of 10 fighters who never won world titles is complete without Packey McFarland.

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        A good portion of them would be the black fighters who due to laws were not allowed to fight white fighters. Sam Langford, Joe Jeanette, Peter Jackson to name a few. Holman Williams definitely one of the best MW not to hold a title and more recently Juan Domingo Roldan who gave both Hagler and Hearns tough fights


        There are also many fighters who i thought were great but were champs for very brief moments as Juan La Porte who fought during a very rich FW era with guys like Nelson, Sanchez, and Danny Red Lopez. Luis Manuel Rodriguez was Champ also very briefly guys like Griffith and Benvenuti prevented him from having a greater legacy but he did have over 100 wins.

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          Originally posted by Joey Giardello
          1Sam Langford
          2Charley Burley
          3Harry Wills
          4Jimmy Bivins
          5Peter Jackson
          6Joe Jeanett
          7Sam Mcvey
          8Lloyd Marshal
          9Herol Graham
          10Jerry Quarry
          Good list, Harry Willis is definitely up there.

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          • Joey Giardello
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            Originally posted by HaglerSteelChin
            Good list, Harry Willis is definitely up there.
            thanks dude, yeah wills was avoided by jack dempsey and his manager

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            • Joey Giardello
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              Also les darcy has got to be up there

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              • Joey Giardello
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                Alot of people forget just how good jerry quarry was back in the day he beat the big punching unbeaten at the time mac foster, stopped a prime earnie shavers in a round, also give the big punching ron lyle his first defeat and had wins over buster mathis and floyd patterson. He was just around at the wrong time and couldnt beat all time greats ali and fraizer

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                  Some marquee names not being brought up here...

                  Young Stribling
                  Lew Tendler
                  Jack Blackburn
                  Joe Choynski

                  All those guys fought and won at the world class level in at least 3 full weight divisions (before the junior divisions). And what Young Stibling did makes Pac's move up in weight look trivial.

                  I'm not making a list tho...too hard.
                  Last edited by Obama; 01-10-2010, 02:21 PM.

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                  • GJC
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                    Originally posted by Obama
                    Some marquee names not being brought up here...

                    Young Stribling
                    Lew Tendler
                    Jack Blackburn
                    Joe Choynski

                    All those guys fought and won at the world class level in at least 3 full weight divisions (before the junior divisions). And what Young Stibling did makes Pac's move up in weight look trivial.

                    I'm not making a list tho...too hard.
                    More good names there, Young Stribling for sure deserves to be top 10.
                    To my mind, Sam Langford, Charley Burley, Jimmy Bivins, Young Stribling and Packy McFarland are nailed on top ten then its take your pick.

                    I will obviously put forward Joe Baksi after the initial rush

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