Pro Boxers' Amateur Careers

[D4thincarnation]

Sugar Ray Robinson went 85-0 in the Amateurs

Didn't Robinson beat Pep in the amateurs and then was arrested because they thought he was a pro.

[EdMon917]

Sugar Ray Robinson went 85-0 in the Amateurs

69 knockouts—40 coming in the first round

That is truly amazing.

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Brandon Rios: 230-35
Antonio Margarito: 18-3
Mike Tyson: 24-3
Devon Alexander: 300-10

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Didn't Robinson beat Pep in the amateurs and then was arrested because they thought he was a pro.

That's interesting, I've never heard of that.

Anyone know if this is true?

[EdMon917]

Brandon Rios: 230-35
Jessie Vargas: 120-20
Kermit Cintron: 24-3

Anyone know if it's true about Joel "The Love Child" Julio being 85-0 in the ams? I heard about it somewhere

[D4thincarnation]

Mark Breland 110-1

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Andre Berto: 69-8
Andre Ward: 114-5

[D4thincarnation]

That's interesting, I've never heard of that.

Anyone know if this is true?

Pretty sure it is true, I think Robinson was 19 at the time, it was some small town where Pep was fighting, and he the class act.

SRR beating Pep was a bit of a shock to the locals.

In 1938, Pep was outpointed by Sugar Ray Robinson in an amateur bout in Hartford, Connecticut. Many locals didn't believe that Robinson was really an amateur, so he and his trainer, George Gainford, were put in jail overnight while Robinson's amateur standing was checked. The following morning, after Robinson's amateur standing was confirmed by an AAU official in New York, the two were released. (Sugar Ray, Sugar Ray Robinson with Dave Anderson, page 52)

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Willie_Pep

[EdMon917]

Here's the Roy Jones Jr vs. Park Si-Hun Olympic Scandal



Here is Oscar's story

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Yuriorkis Gamboa




His Ring Life where he talks about the Olympics and his gold medal. I do hope one day he is able to get it back.