Best No Amateur Background Fighters?

[JulioCesaChavez]

Anthony Mundine had NO amateur fights. He was a professional rugby league player and then quit and knocked back big money contracts to take u boxing at 25. Had his first fight 7 months later then soon became the WBA Super Middleweight champ.

I read iN BM that he had 2 amateur bouts at age of 17 before turning pro in Thugby. Michael Owen had 2 am bouts and won them, wonder if he is thinking about becoming a paper champ like Anthony?

[JulioCesaChavez]

As much as i hate the guy, i would have to say Anthony Mundine is A great boxer with no (chin) amatuer career.

Give him a chin, and he is still average IMO

Yes Johhny Nelson did have amature fights, but he wasn't the best of amatures.

He wasn't best of pro's either! So called 'world' champ was not even best in Yorkshire and admitted he did not want to fight Mark Hobson, Enzo Macca or Hayemaker because in his words 'being world champion has meant alot to me and retiring as champ would be the best way'. In other words if he foguth them before he bored the **** off, he would have got KTFO!

ricardo lopez breif am career.

Anorexics do not count

[ironalex]

Give him a chin, and he is still average IMO
He wasn't best of pro's either! So called 'world' champ was not even best in Yorkshire and admitted he did not want to fight Mark Hobson, Enzo Macca or Hayemaker because in his words 'being world champion has meant alot to me and retiring as champ would be the best way'. In other words if he foguth them before he bored the **** off, he would have got KTFO!



Anorexics do not count

anthony mundine challenged for the world title on his 10th professional fight? so how does that make him a guy who fights nobodies.. "anorexics do not count" that is an ignorant veiw point as some of the best ever fighters come from lower weight categories, but hey, your french, what do the french no about boxing?..not a great deal. your just another mundine hater. plus nelson would of beaten hobson, idk about enzo..and yes would of got knocked the *** out against haye...

[JulioCesaChavez]

anthony mundine challenged for the world title on his 10th professional fight? so how does that make him a guy who fights nobodies.. "anorexics do not count" that is an ignorant veiw point as some of the best ever fighters come from lower weight categories, but hey, your french, what do the french no about boxing?..not a great deal. your just another mundine hater. plus nelson would of beaten hobson, idk about enzo..and yes would of got knocked the *** out against haye...

Enzo-Hobson 1 could have gone either way (Enzo was the Sports Network boy and got favoured), and the rematch was won on a rabbit punch so go do ya homework lad. There is nothing to proove Nelson could have beaten any of them 3 when they were at their peak. We must know something since we have more boxers at olympics than the Oz everytime.

I'm not hating on Mundine, I actually like his style and his soundbites! I just wish he travelled a bit more, instead of making the most of his ticket selling prowess in his own homeland. Some of the best fighters do come from lower divisions but not minimumweight division.

Everyone that actually WATCHES boxing knows them anorexics are a joke and need to be taken out! Fighting someone with a 4-4 record in a wrodl title fight says it all about the competition levels they have there! IMO flyweight should be the last division just as it was back in the days. Plus Jose Suleiman jumped in the ring to change rules and make the Alvarez loss into his draw instead. Alvarez was hardly a top fighter himself and was first guy he faced with any experience.

[Southpaw16BF]

Give him a chin, and he is still average IMO
He wasn't best of pro's either! So called 'world' champ was not even best in Yorkshire and admitted he did not want to fight Mark Hobson, Enzo Macca or Hayemaker because in his words 'being world champion has meant alot to me and retiring as champ would be the best way'. In other words if he foguth them before he bored the **** off, he would have got KTFO!



Anorexics do not count

Dude actually Him and Maccernelli was on before he got a really bad injury and had to retire and he didn't avoid Hobson or Haye.And the reason it ment so much to him retiring world because he had worked so hard and all the odds were stacked against him.

[ironalex]

you say this but in my opion, i dont kno about anyone else on here..but super flyweight is defintly one of the best weight divisions right now, just to name a few:
mijares,
darchiynan,
arce,
monteil,
castillo,
navvaro,
Donaire,
among many others.