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You know who they are and you always presumed they were going to lose; but without these quality fighters that are just a notch below elite, you'd never know how good your prospects really are...because these journeymen are a cut above and if your boy's got a weakness, they will find it and expose the next big thing as merely the next.
Pick any weight class you want or go pound-4-pound; but these warriors deserve to be recongized.
I'm going to go with the best Journeymen Heavyweights of the last thirty years.
1.-Oliver McCall..so good he actually won a championship
2.-Bert Cooper....hot and cold; but when he was hot, look out
3.-Mike Hunter....so good he was avoided by most
4.-Ross Purity...beat Joe Hipp, Wladimir Klisthko, and drew with Tommy Morrison
5.-James Tillis...slick when he was on, many a contender met the "Punching Cowboy" in the ring to earn his rep
6.-Tyrell Biggs...this former Olympian was always oh-so close to the top and gave nearly everyone a tough go; but lacked the stamina and mentality to close the big shows
7.-Art Tucker....a bit chinny; but he could take you out with one shot
8.-Jesse Ferguson...A staple in the heavyweight division for nearly 10 years; there are very few who made it to the top without getting by "The Boogeyman".
9.-Jose Ribalta...took Tyson into the tenth; and everybody wanted a piece of Jose for the rest of his career....a must stop for any contender in the late-80's and early 90's
10.-Wimpy Halstead...this tough S.O.B. was no wimp
That's my list...what's yours?
Pick any weight class you want or go pound-4-pound; but these warriors deserve to be recongized.
I'm going to go with the best Journeymen Heavyweights of the last thirty years.
1.-Oliver McCall..so good he actually won a championship
2.-Bert Cooper....hot and cold; but when he was hot, look out
3.-Mike Hunter....so good he was avoided by most
4.-Ross Purity...beat Joe Hipp, Wladimir Klisthko, and drew with Tommy Morrison
5.-James Tillis...slick when he was on, many a contender met the "Punching Cowboy" in the ring to earn his rep
6.-Tyrell Biggs...this former Olympian was always oh-so close to the top and gave nearly everyone a tough go; but lacked the stamina and mentality to close the big shows
7.-Art Tucker....a bit chinny; but he could take you out with one shot
8.-Jesse Ferguson...A staple in the heavyweight division for nearly 10 years; there are very few who made it to the top without getting by "The Boogeyman".
9.-Jose Ribalta...took Tyson into the tenth; and everybody wanted a piece of Jose for the rest of his career....a must stop for any contender in the late-80's and early 90's
10.-Wimpy Halstead...this tough S.O.B. was no wimp
That's my list...what's yours?
What can I say? I'm biased. 
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