Fighters who came throught the hard way

[NChristo]

Every fighter who doesn't have a big, successful amateur background.

Mike Tyson?, had a small am background and came up a lot faster then others / was more recognized then others.

[DR.ORGYY]

obvious answer- manny pacquiao

[Miburo]

Mike Tyson?, had a small am background and came up a lot faster then others / was more recognized then others.

Tyson had a fantastic amateur career. Just because he didn't make it to the olympics doesn't nullify that.

[NChristo]

Tyson had a fantastic amateur career. Just because he didn't make it to the olympics doesn't nullify that.

15-2 is fantastic ?.

Edit: Just looked at an old thread on am careers of boxers and John Scully has verified that he lost more then that even

Tyson DEFINITELY had more than 2 losses as an amateur (he lost twice to Henry Tillman, was stopped by Al Evans and was DQ'd against Kimmuel Odom...he also lost in R.I. one year to Ernie Bennet...

[ny123]

juanma

[ny123]

sergio martinez yonnhy perez

[Miburo]

15-2 is fantastic ?.

I've seen the figure 24-3 given, amateur records aren't well recorded so who knows how many bouts he actually had. In any case, he took silver at the junior olympics winning all bouts by KO with such a small number of fights, somewhat reminiscent of Foreman in the amateurs who won gold with I believe under 20 fights.

[Real King Kong]

nate campbell