Name Some Past and Present Champions or Contenders who lost there Pro Debut

[Joey Giardello]

Name Some Past and Present Champions or Contenders who lost there Pro Debut

[NChristo]

Alexis Arguello, Bernard Hopkins, Wilfredo Vazquez and Henry Armstrong.

[katsidis]

Johnie nelson, rafael marquez and j m marquez

[BennyST]

I find it seriously freaky that the Marquez brothers both lost their first pro fight, both became great avoided champs early on, both became HOF, multi weight champions and among the greatest Mexican fighters ever, and most creepy, the brothers married sisters!

They both have great technique and counter punching combined with power and can fight off the back and front foot, though Rafa is better at fighting as a lead fighter and Juan is better at countering.

They also both fight very, very similarly and have the same style, will, heart and determination to never say die. Obviously Juan is a bit tougher in the chin department though.

[hhascup]

Here's a list that I came up with not too long ago.

World Champions who lost there professional debut:

1. Marcela Eliana Acuna (female)
2. Bruno Arcari
3. Henry Armstrong
4. Rodolfo Blanco
5. Joe Brown
6. Victor Callejas
7. Miguel Canto
8. Freddie Castillo
9. Jesus Castillo
10. Frank Cedeno
11. In-Jin Chi
12. Chang-Ho Choi
13. Billy Conn
14. Roberto Cruz
15. Carlos Teo Cruz
16. Pipino Cuevas
17. Gamaliel Diaz
18. Joe Dundee
19. Harry Forbes
20. Nestor Giovanni
21. Jhonny Gonzalez
22. S T Gordon
23. Bernard Hopkins
24. Daniel Jiminez
25. Sung Jun Kim
26. Tae-Shik Kim
27. Tippy Larkin
28. Alfredo Layne
29. Benny Leonard
30. Ted Kid Lewis,
31. Benny Lynch
32. Tacy Macalos
33. Angel Manfredy
34. Juan Manuel Marquez
35. Rafael Marquez
36. Eddie Martin
37. Ricardo Mayorga
38. Manny Melchor
39. Johnny Nelson
40. Manuel Ortiz
41. Freddie Pendleton
42. Eddie Perkins
43. Fahlan Sakkreerin
44. Bonecrusher Smith
45. Sung-In Suh
46. Sebastian Sylvester
47. Wilfredo Vasquez
48. Miguel Vazquez
49. Mike Weaver
50. Jess Willard
51. Prince Charles Williams