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  • Pound4PoundG
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    Top 10 best amateurs of all time

    We often hear about the top ten ATG pros but im interested in knowing about the top 10 Amateurs of all time and also if the amateurs turned pro or not and finally if they didnt turn pro your opinion on if they would have been an ATG if they had turned pro. Thanks
  • SweetScience
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    I know Mark Breland is considered the best American amateur. He didn't do too well in the pros though.

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    • dan_cov
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      #3
      Felix Savon - Never turned pro.
      Guillermo Rigondeaux - You know the rest
      Mark Breland - Turned pro, very good welter.
      Vasyl Lomachenko - On the new 'semi-pro' circuit currently 5-0/6-0 I believe.
      Laszlo Papp - Turned pro, retired undefeated with a record of 27-0
      Teofilo Stevenson - Never went pro.
      Joel Casamayor - Multi weight world champion
      Pernell Whitaker - ATG one of the top lightweights to ever live, multiple weight world champion.
      Mario Kindelan - Never went pro
      Nino Benvenuti - Very good middleweight fought Tiger, Monzon etc

      I'm sure somebody deep in boxing history could answer better but off the top of my head that is what I've got.

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      • Pound4PoundG
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        #4
        Originally posted by dan_cov
        Felix Savon - Never turned pro.
        Guillermo Rigondeaux - You know the rest
        Mark Breland - Turned pro, very good welter.
        Vasyl Lomachenko - On the new 'semi-pro' circuit currently 5-0/6-0 I believe.
        Laszlo Papp - Turned pro, retired undefeated with a record of 27-0
        Teofilo Stevenson - Never went pro.
        Joel Casamayor - Multi weight world champion
        Pernell Whitaker - ATG one of the top lightweights to ever live, multiple weight world champion.
        Mario Kindelan - Never went pro
        Nino Benvenuti - Very good middleweight fought Tiger, Monzon etc

        I'm sure somebody deep in boxing history could answer better but off the top of my head that is what I've got.
        Thanks dude

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        • Pies
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          #5
          Laszlo Papp
          Felix Savon
          Teofilo Stevenson
          Boris Lagutin
          Aleksei Tishchenko
          Mario Kindelán
          Guillermo Rigondeaux
          Oleg Saitov
          Jerzy Kulej
          Vladimir Yengibaryan
          Vasyl Lomachenko

          In random order and it's more than 10 but those guys are amateurs legends.

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          • any craic lad?
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            #6
            dan cov and pies have alot off good shouts and ill add Kostya Tsyzu his career in the pros is well highlighted but in the ams he was sensational very fast hands,punch variation,defence and smooth combos.There a few vids on youtube off him in the ams best one is his world championship final against Vernon Forrest

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            • Simurgh
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              #7
              GGG has a very impressive amateur record of 345-5.

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              • tonyjones
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                #8
                Mario kindelan and rigondeaux are the best I've ever seen,Lou shiming has the medals but undeservedly in my opinion

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                • Tuggers1986
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                  #9
                  I don't know the exact number but Shane Mosley had something like 225-250 amateur wins with very very few losses and with regards to his pro career you already know.

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                  • Pound4PoundG
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                    #10
                    apparently andre ward didnt lose an amateur fight after the age of 12 or something?

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