Who are your favorite club fighters?

[Mr. Ryan]

It's easy to like someone on top, quite another to like someone who probably won't make it to that next level. Who are your favorite club fighters?

Curtis Stevens
Emmanuel Augustus
Like it or not, Edison Miranda is likely to be a club fighter in South Florida for the rest of his career.

[NAPO]

ricardo mayorga.

[Sealhound]

Until about 40 fights into his career... Calzaghe?

[larryx]

gatti............

[Mr. Ryan]

ricardo mayorga.

Mayorga isn't a club fighter because he doesn't fight in clubs, or smaller venues, but rather in big arenas against the likes of Felix Trinidad and Shane Mosley.

Joe Calzaghe, you can't be an international champion and be a club fighter.

A club fighter would be a regional attraction like Peter Manfredo Jr or Micky Ward. Guys who aren't top contenders but fight locally where they attract fans.

[Mr. Ryan]

Jimmy Campbell, 11-3 (8 KO), from Indianapolis, IN. This guy has his own little fanbase out there who go to his fights. Watch this fight, it's actually very exciting.

[Sealhound]

Mayorga isn't a club fighter because he doesn't fight in clubs, or smaller venues, but rather in big arenas against the likes of Felix Trinidad and Shane Mosley.

Joe Calzaghe, you can't be an international champion and be a club fighter.

A club fighter would be a regional attraction like Peter Manfredo Jr or Micky Ward. Guys who aren't top contenders but fight locally where they attract fans.

Calzaghe never fought the top dogs in his division for about 8 years. That doesn't make you a champion, just a belt holder.

[Mr. Ryan]

Calzaghe never fought the top dogs in his division for about 8 years. That doesn't make you a champion, just a belt holder.

Still, a belt holder does not = a club fighter.

[johnm is...]

Something tells me he's not looking for fighters you've paid to see on PPV.

[Mr. Ryan]

Something tells me he's not looking for fighters you've paid to see on PPV.

Exactly, I had a feeling this would degenerate into a hate thread.