Forgotten Fighters

[IronDanHamza]

Harold Johnson, for sure.

Beat two Top 10 ATG's and he's not known at all to the casual audience.

[Bodyshot3]

Brian Mitchell - someone started a thread a few days ago, yeah!
Eusebio Pedroza - multiple WBA 'away' defences over a long period of time.
Christophe and Fabrice Tiozzo - some big wins in there for the Tiozzo Freres.
Anaclet Wamba - another good Frenchman, WBC belt holder.
The Rocchigiani brothers - sehr gut deutsche bruders.
Zsolt Erdei - should have faced some better men earlier, was a talent.

[aaron.king]

One guy who you hear absolutely nothing about is Bobo Olson. He was a top ten (if not top five) middleweight for about 15 years and held the world title in the 1950s. Most people remember him only for his two losses to Sugar Ray Robinson, but he had an incredibly long, excellent career.

There are a bunch of old great Euro fighters who get overlooked/forgotten (at least on this side of the Atlantic). Two who come to mind are the middleweight great Terry Downes and the immortal Duilio Loi. And actually, speaking of great French fighters, Marcel Thil deserves mention too.

[Ben Bolt]

A good link when searching for fighters who made a name for themselves:

The Ring's Annual Ratings 1924-2012
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Th...Annual_Ratings

[Trenchant]

You hardly ever hear the name Ben Tackie anymore, he was a good Ghanian fighter with an iron chin and killer power and stamina. He was a good contender and beat some good fighters. Kostya Tszyu beat him and then Tackie didn't do much after that. Ricky Hatton also beat him but I thought he did ok vs Hatton.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

ken buchanon
carlos zarate
sammy agnott
lou ambers

all seem to be really great fighters from what ive read and watched but they dont get much mention here,,,

especially zarate,,, he had a fablous record,, i wasnt around back then but from all i have watched and read about him, he seemed like a killer,, but it does seem like he always lost the big mega fights,, is that an accurate description

[Scott9945]

ken buchanon
carlos zarate
sammy agnott
lou ambers

all seem to be really great fighters from what ive read and watched but they dont get much mention here,,,

especially zarate,,, he had a fablous record,, i wasnt around back then but from all i have watched and read about him, he seemed like a killer,, but it does seem like he always lost the big mega fights,, is that an accurate description

I was around for Zarate and was lucky enough to see him fight live. His power was no myth and you could hear the snap in his punches. When he was the WBC champion, unbeaten KO sensation Alfonso Zamora was the WBA champion. A fight between these two Mexican rivals was a natural. The WBC and WBA were being difficult, so they just made it a 10 round non title fight and screw the parasites out of their share of the money. The fight sold out the Forum and I had to drive an hour to Anaheim to see it close circuit. Zarate scored a decisive KO in a great fight that should be easy to find. The only major fight that Zarate really lost was to ATG Wilfredo Gomez in Puerto Rico when Zarate was moving up in weight and supposedly sick. The other loss to Pintor was considered a terrible decision and after a seven year layoff Zarate was just a shell of himself.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

You hardly ever hear the name Ben Tackie anymore, he was a good Ghanian fighter with an iron chin and killer power and stamina. He was a good contender and beat some good fighters. Kostya Tszyu beat him and then Tackie didn't do much after that. Ricky Hatton also beat him but I thought he did ok vs Hatton.

tackie was a very tough dude,,, i remember watching the hatton-tackie fight, and that is when i first realized that hatton was the goods,,,, i was very impressed with both guys in that fight,,,

It was the same night as one of don kings mega ppv's with 5 title fights and i was so disappointed because it ******, judah ko1 over rangel, ruiz-rahman in one of the worst snoozers ever, hopkins totally disfigured joppy in 12 lopsided rounds, mayorga lost on some bullcrap to spinks,, the only highlight was simms brutally ko'ing garcia out of a clinch,,, I was so mad that night, but then came home flipped on showtime and caught hatton and tackie going to war and it made the night better

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I was around for Zarate and was lucky enough to see him fight live. His power was no myth and you could hear the snap in his punches. When he was the WBC champion, unbeaten KO sensation Alfonso Zamora was the WBA champion. A fight between these two Mexican rivals was a natural. The WBC and WBA were being difficult, so they just made it a 10 round non title fight and screw the parasites out of their share of the money. The fight sold out the Forum and I had to drive an hour to Anaheim to see it close circuit. Zarate scored a decisive KO in a great fight that should be easy to find. The only major fight that Zarate really lost was to ATG Wilfredo Gomez in Puerto Rico when Zarate was moving up in weight and supposedly sick. The other loss to Pintor was considered a terrible decision and after a seven year layoff Zarate was just a shell of himself.

thank you,, great post,, yeah i always think about the gomez fight when zarate is mentioned,, Glad to know his power was legit and he did have some great wins,,, from what i have seen from zamora, he could also ****

how would donaire, mares and rigo matchup with these guys??

[joseph5620]

Chacon kind of had two careers. First as a fast handed featherweight, then as a gritty brawling junior lightweight. I saw him many times on the way up and he was very talented and skilled. Making weight for the second Olivares fight seemed to take the edge off his reflexes.

Scott, did you see the Bobby Chacon- Danny "little red Lopez" fight? I imagine that must have been a big win for Chacon.