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Feel like they don't really get discussed as they were overshadowed in the past to other elite fighters in higher weight classes, like heavyweight as US was producing great champions.
Currently there has been good fighters like Bam Rodriguez, Stephen Fulton and Raymond Ford who have a decent backing of fans.
As examples there is:
Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, A fast and skilled southpaw, Johnson reached a peak Ring magazine pound for pound ranking of fifth in 1998, and is the first African-American boxer to win a flyweight world title. In 2012 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. With a record of 44-5 (28 KOs) with his most notable win being over undefeated KO artist Fernando Montiel (27-0-1, 20 KOs) at Super Flyweight in an upset after Johnson lost two consecutive losses to Rafael Marquez.
Junior "Poison" Jones is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2002. He held world championships in two weight classes (122-126). With a record of 50-6 (28 KOs), he had beaten champions like Jorge Eliécer Julio, Orlando Canizales, John Michael Johnson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Tom Johnson, and Marco Antonio Barrera X2 in two consecutive bouts.
John Lee Anthony Tapia was an American professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2011. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the unified IBF and WBO super flyweight titles between 1994 and 1998, the unified WBA and WBO bantamweight titles between 1998 and 2000, and the IBF featherweight title in 2002. Tapia was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017. He had beaten champions like John Michael Johnson, Rolando Bohol, Danny Romero, Nana Konadu, Jorge Elicier Julio, Cesar Soto and Manuel Medina.
Michael Carbajal (born September 17, 1967) is an American five-time world boxing champion of Mexican descent. His nickname was "Little Hands of Stone" after his favorite boxer, "Hands of Stone" Roberto Durán. With a record of 49-4 (33 KOs) he had beaten champions like Will Grigsby, Muangchai Kittikasem, Melchor Cob Castro, Jose Quirino, Humberto Gonzalez and Jorge Arce. Michael Carbajal and former rival Humberto González were elected together to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006 as they fought in the first Junior Flyweight "super fight" and championship bout to headline a Pay Per View event.
Currently there has been good fighters like Bam Rodriguez, Stephen Fulton and Raymond Ford who have a decent backing of fans.
As examples there is:
Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, A fast and skilled southpaw, Johnson reached a peak Ring magazine pound for pound ranking of fifth in 1998, and is the first African-American boxer to win a flyweight world title. In 2012 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. With a record of 44-5 (28 KOs) with his most notable win being over undefeated KO artist Fernando Montiel (27-0-1, 20 KOs) at Super Flyweight in an upset after Johnson lost two consecutive losses to Rafael Marquez.
Junior "Poison" Jones is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2002. He held world championships in two weight classes (122-126). With a record of 50-6 (28 KOs), he had beaten champions like Jorge Eliécer Julio, Orlando Canizales, John Michael Johnson, Tracy Harris Patterson, Tom Johnson, and Marco Antonio Barrera X2 in two consecutive bouts.
John Lee Anthony Tapia was an American professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2011. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the unified IBF and WBO super flyweight titles between 1994 and 1998, the unified WBA and WBO bantamweight titles between 1998 and 2000, and the IBF featherweight title in 2002. Tapia was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2017. He had beaten champions like John Michael Johnson, Rolando Bohol, Danny Romero, Nana Konadu, Jorge Elicier Julio, Cesar Soto and Manuel Medina.
Michael Carbajal (born September 17, 1967) is an American five-time world boxing champion of Mexican descent. His nickname was "Little Hands of Stone" after his favorite boxer, "Hands of Stone" Roberto Durán. With a record of 49-4 (33 KOs) he had beaten champions like Will Grigsby, Muangchai Kittikasem, Melchor Cob Castro, Jose Quirino, Humberto Gonzalez and Jorge Arce. Michael Carbajal and former rival Humberto González were elected together to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006 as they fought in the first Junior Flyweight "super fight" and championship bout to headline a Pay Per View event.
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