Great fighters from the past you never heard of

[JAB5239]

Holman Williams - went 145-30-11 (35) fom 1936 to 1948. Was never given a shot at the welterweight title because of his color but beat such notable fighters as Charley Burley, Bob Satterfield and Archie Moore.

[RichCCFC]

A few years from now... Floyd Mayweather.

[Shaun Oliver]

the guy who beat eder jofre, fighting harada. i also barely knew about khaosai galaxy

[MikeBrew328]

I am a little biased against him because he beat my friend Emmile Griffith in their trilogy. Griffith had him down and hurt in the third fight and a younger version of himself would have finished the job. Unfortunately he didn't and to this day I don't understand why not.

Benvenutti was a good scientific fighter with a lot of game. I always gave him props for being an excellent fighter. The problem was that he was already old when he came to America so we don't see much of prime Benvenuti.

Man, Griffith was permanently ruined from the Paret fight. He was no longer a "killer". I guess it's understandable, plus Griffith and Benvenuti became great friends throughout their trilogy.

Maybe I'm biased too though lol, he's a very nice guy I've seen him in a couple of gyms

[Roque_sevilla]

I'll start with this guy:

Nino Benvenuti

Olympic Gold Medalist in 1960 Rome at welterweight.

Went undefeated as an amateur with 120 wins and no losses......wow.

As a pro, he went 65-0 before losing for the first time.

Was a 2-division world champion. WBC/WBA jr.middle and middleweight champ.

Retired with a overall 82-7 (35kos) record.




Pretty impressive, I never really heard of this guy before. I'm suprised people don't mention him as much as the Willie Pep's, SRR's etc,.

watch benvenutti-takeshi fuji...ull enjoy

[ben41193]

Marcel Cerdan! Thread Over!!!!

[Scott9945]

Eder Jofre 72 (50) - 2 (0) (Greatest bantamweight of all time)
And I never heard of him.

Great choice. I've seen tape of him fighting and he is one of the all time P4P greatest. His record stands up to anyones.

[Scott9945]

Not bad and he lived through the period of time when there was only one world champion changing to WBA/WBC world champ.

I see the same guy handled him twice.

The only fights Eder Jofre lost were two very closes decisions to one Japanese guy (Fighting Harada) he fought in Japan. He took a few years off, moved up a division, won a title and never lost again.

[Hattonrules]

Well that's what I'm talking about. Just look at his record. He went 120-0 as an amateur and 65-0 as a pro. That's 185 wins in a row with a gold medal in the olympics.

And all he's known for to some is the beating he took from Monzon at the late end of his career????

That's something to think about

[Hattonrules]

The only fights Eder Jofre lost were two very closes decisions to one Japanese guy (Fighting Harada) he fought in Japan. He took a few years off, moved up a division, won a title and never lost again.

You have a fish head fetish. Japanese fighter too?