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Anyone remember a fella named Larry LaCoursiere who ran in each round away from Julio Cesar Chavez in the undercard of Lewis-McCall?
He was called "Lightning"!
That guy will be tough to KO. By anyone!
Just playing...
Actually, LaCoursierre was KD'd 3 times in the first round by Winky Wright and was sent to dreamland by Kostya Tzsyu also in the first round.
It's just that, the image of Chavez chasing LaCoursierre for all of 10 rounds was what came to me upon reading the thread title.
The last 50 years...?
My votes go to (in no particular order):
George Chuvalo- his chin was the kind of stuff from which legends are made. He stubbornly refused to drop to the floor while being pumelled by Foreman, forcing his corner to throw in the towel.
Nicolino Locche-- was stopped only once in 136 fights, and not because he was dropped (he was seldom hit, much less dropped) but because he failed to come out for the 10th round finding it difficult to breath through a bloody nose.
The young Sugar Ray Leonard (who withstood/eluded the power of heavy hitters like Hearns, Duran, Hagler...)
Marvin Hagler- Nobody but nobody stopped him in 67 fights.
Winky Wright- Defense is his game. Nobody has stopped him in 52 fights. Julio Cesar Vasquez dropped him five times in four rounds of their 12-round fight, but not only did Wright go the distance, he refused to let Vasquez totally dominate the fight.
Among Asians, the ones I can quickly remember are (randomly):
Jiro Watanabe- ruled as WBA champ but was stripped when he tried to unify the SuperFly title by facing WBC champ Payao Pontarat of Thailand. He won over Pontarat by controversial SD, and thus became WBC champ. He vindicated himself by taking on Pontarat in his first title defense, dominated the Thai for most of the 10 rounds before dispatching of his opponent in the 11th. He was never stopped. Summing up his apperances as WBA and then WBC champ, he had about a dozen successful title defenses. He lost his WBC crown by decision to Gilberto Roman.
Gerry Penalosa- He still has not been stopped; I don't know if he was ever knocked down in any of his 60 fights.
Fighting Harada- In 62 fights, he was stopped only by Jose Medel ( he subsequently decisioned Medel) and Johnny Famenchon (in Harada's last fight). The other HOF's he faced were Eder Jofre (won, SD) and Lionel Rose (lost, MD).
Johnny Famenchon (French-born Australian)- Lost only 5 of 67 fights and not one of those losses was by stoppage. Lost by decision to Vicente Saldivar and won twice over Fighting Harada (first, by controversial decision in which the great Willie Pep, who was referee and lone scoring judge, was seen to have committed a serious blunder; and, subsequently, by 14th round TKO.)
Hiroyuki Ebihara- Short-lived "Undisputed Flyweight King" (WBA and WBC) in the early 60's. Was never stopped in 68 fights, having lost only 5. Faced the likes of Pone Kingpitch and Bernabe Villacampo.
He won the title from Pone via 1st round KO then surrendered the title to Pone in the return match by SD. He also lost to Villacampo years later in a bid to take Villacampo's WBA crown.
He was called "Lightning"!
That guy will be tough to KO. By anyone!
Just playing...
Actually, LaCoursierre was KD'd 3 times in the first round by Winky Wright and was sent to dreamland by Kostya Tzsyu also in the first round.
It's just that, the image of Chavez chasing LaCoursierre for all of 10 rounds was what came to me upon reading the thread title.
The last 50 years...?
My votes go to (in no particular order):
George Chuvalo- his chin was the kind of stuff from which legends are made. He stubbornly refused to drop to the floor while being pumelled by Foreman, forcing his corner to throw in the towel.
Nicolino Locche-- was stopped only once in 136 fights, and not because he was dropped (he was seldom hit, much less dropped) but because he failed to come out for the 10th round finding it difficult to breath through a bloody nose.
The young Sugar Ray Leonard (who withstood/eluded the power of heavy hitters like Hearns, Duran, Hagler...)
Marvin Hagler- Nobody but nobody stopped him in 67 fights.
Winky Wright- Defense is his game. Nobody has stopped him in 52 fights. Julio Cesar Vasquez dropped him five times in four rounds of their 12-round fight, but not only did Wright go the distance, he refused to let Vasquez totally dominate the fight.
Among Asians, the ones I can quickly remember are (randomly):
Jiro Watanabe- ruled as WBA champ but was stripped when he tried to unify the SuperFly title by facing WBC champ Payao Pontarat of Thailand. He won over Pontarat by controversial SD, and thus became WBC champ. He vindicated himself by taking on Pontarat in his first title defense, dominated the Thai for most of the 10 rounds before dispatching of his opponent in the 11th. He was never stopped. Summing up his apperances as WBA and then WBC champ, he had about a dozen successful title defenses. He lost his WBC crown by decision to Gilberto Roman.
Gerry Penalosa- He still has not been stopped; I don't know if he was ever knocked down in any of his 60 fights.
Fighting Harada- In 62 fights, he was stopped only by Jose Medel ( he subsequently decisioned Medel) and Johnny Famenchon (in Harada's last fight). The other HOF's he faced were Eder Jofre (won, SD) and Lionel Rose (lost, MD).
Johnny Famenchon (French-born Australian)- Lost only 5 of 67 fights and not one of those losses was by stoppage. Lost by decision to Vicente Saldivar and won twice over Fighting Harada (first, by controversial decision in which the great Willie Pep, who was referee and lone scoring judge, was seen to have committed a serious blunder; and, subsequently, by 14th round TKO.)
Hiroyuki Ebihara- Short-lived "Undisputed Flyweight King" (WBA and WBC) in the early 60's. Was never stopped in 68 fights, having lost only 5. Faced the likes of Pone Kingpitch and Bernabe Villacampo.
He won the title from Pone via 1st round KO then surrendered the title to Pone in the return match by SD. He also lost to Villacampo years later in a bid to take Villacampo's WBA crown.
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