Fighters who had no or very little amature experience but were good pro's?

[cotto20]

Who are they? or fighters who had bad amature back grounds

[GPater11093]

Julio Cesatr Chavez

[cotto20]

Librado Andrade said his amature career was embarrising he won 3 out of 15 amature fights, when he told people he was turning pro they laughed at him, he sure proved them wrong

[cotto20]

Julio Cesatr Chavez
My younger brother is thinking about turning pro he is 22 and had 10 fights he trains hard, he doesnt really follow boxing, so thats why am asking

[Jorodz]

hasim rahman isn't TOO bad for only a few am fights

[cotto20]

hasim rahman isn't TOO bad for only a few am fights
Yeah i heard the rock only had 2 amature fights, the guy went on to become the number 1 heavyweight in the world

[Thread Stealer]

The Camden Buzzsaw

[kidargentine]

Khaosai Galaxy...though he had experience as a Muay Thai fighter.

[Jorodz]

The Camden Buzzsaw

:goodhell's yeah. and what about hopkins? did he have ANY amateur fights?

[cotto20]

:goodhell's yeah. and what about hopkins? did he have ANY amateur fights?
Hopkins had about 40 amature fights before jail

[Jorodz]

Hopkins had about 40 amature fights before jail

damn i didn't realize that. figures he had to have something under his belt

[Russell]

Oliver McCall had something like 20 amateur fights.

[My2Sense]

Billy Conn
Harold Johnson
Joey Giardello

To a lesser degree, Bobby Cassidy.

[Thread Stealer]

Hopkins had a lot of amateur fights as a kid, before he got locked up.

I don't know if he had any after though.

[Muchmoore]

hasim rahman isn't TOO bad for only a few am fights

Hasim had some good skills, especially considering his late start. He's under rated as a boxer and over rated as a puncher in my opinion.

[KOTF]

Valuev had 23 amateur fights

[Pete47]

Max Schmeling

[KOTF]

I never hear about Duran's amateur career how many amateur fights did he have

[Mike T]

Hagler??? Not sure.

[Thread Stealer]

Salvador Sanchez
Julio Cesar Chavez

[Unforgiven]

Tim Witherspoon and Pinklon Thomas both had very few amateur fights.
I think Witherspoon had 6 and Thomas had 3.

[PbP Bacon]

Ken Norton started fighting very late, in 1963, when he was 20, and became a professional at 24, in 1967

Between 1963 and 1967 fought 26 times as an amateur, with a 24-2 record

[Jear]

Ron Lyle
Sonny Liston

[Unforgiven]

Ok, if people are including people who fought as many as 25 fights then throw in George Foreman who won the Oympics with 26 !

That's quite a lot of fights though.

[Jorodz]

Hagler??? Not sure.

hagler had quite a few actually, found out he had a decent amateur record in the book four kings

[Jorodz]

Valuev had 23 amateur fights

not a long of fights no, but this is about GOOD pros

[GPater11093]

I never hear about Duran's amateur career how many amateur fights did he have

think he turned pro at about 14 so didnt have alot and anyway where he was from there wasnt so much amatuer fights as just boxing matches

[Rubber Warrior]

James Toney

[redrooster]

Jeff Chandler with 2 fights

[cotto20]

Ron Lyle
Sonny Liston
Ron lyle had about for amature fights when he boxed for the usa he became the first man to knock a russian heavyweight out

[Jear]

think he turned pro at about 14 so didnt have alot and anyway where he was from there wasnt so much amatuer fights as just boxing matches


Benitez was in a similar situation

[Titan1]

Bobby Czyz.

[cotto20]

Also the most avoided man in boxing david lopez only had 3 or 4 amature fights

[essexboy]

Hopkins had about 40 amature fights before jail

I thought he went 94-5 as an amateur.

[cotto20]

I thought he went 94-5 as an amateur.
Yeah i was wrong , he had alot more than 40

[ThinBlack]

Bonecrusher Smith.

[thistle1]

ma man Bert Gilroy,

the most feared and cheated fighter in British boxing history, & arguably Britain's greatest middleweight, and now a World Boxing Hall of Famer.

Turned Pro at 15 in 1933 with NO amature experience!

[Seamus]

Did Ron Lyle have any amateur fights?

[SLAKKA]

Ken overlin

[lefe]

Dwight Muhammad Qawi.With no amateur background, Qawi left prison and turned professional at the age of 25.

[SLAKKA]

Bobby Czyz.

Bobby fought amature from 12 to 18!!

[john garfield]

Joey Giardello had no amateur experience.
Jimmy McLarnan had no amateur experience

[Zopilote]

Salvador Sanchez had like 4 amateur fights only.

[RockysSplitNose]

Rocky Marciano? What did he have like 12 amateur bouts and started as a pro real late at 26 - some say he fought like a rank amateur haha

Sam Langford not sure that he did any fighting before he started fighting for pay?

[Liechhardt]

johnny famechon never fought am.

[prime]

George Foreman won a gold medal on the skimpiest of amateur records, thanks be to that unique power.