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cotto20
10-05-2009, 06:27 PM
Who is it? Choi Tseveenpurev comes to mind on only his 3rd pro fight he was matched with the then 18 and 1 former wba world bantamweight champion Veeraphol Sahaprom. He got beat on points now thats hard match makeing any others?
Rollo
10-05-2009, 07:02 PM
Leon Spinks
Rollo
10-05-2009, 07:03 PM
Pete Rademacher
TBooze
10-05-2009, 07:49 PM
Pete Rademacher

Yes, met the World Champ in fight one, the #1 contender in his second bout.
Dempsey1238
10-05-2009, 07:59 PM
Pete Rademacher would be it, than again most of Patterson's title foes had the hardest match up early lol.

Larry Holmes is a close 2nd.
Mankind
10-05-2009, 08:13 PM
Holyfield had to fight a pretty damn tough Quawi in ony his 12th pro fight 18 months or so into his career. And there was no turning back after that.

i'd say that qualifies.
quintonjacksonfan
10-05-2009, 08:45 PM
What about Pernell getting robbed in France. I think Ramirez had 100 wins and Sweat Pea had 15 fights. Davey Moore against Duran
Russell
10-05-2009, 09:46 PM
Oleg Maskaev, Lionel Butler, Sonny Liston.
My2Sense
10-05-2009, 09:53 PM
Didn't you do this thread last week?

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My2Sense
10-05-2009, 09:54 PM
Oh, and the answer is still Rademacher.
cotto20
10-06-2009, 12:10 PM
Oleg Maskaev, Lionel Butler, Sonny Liston.
oleg maskaev was matched hard early on!
TheGreatA
10-06-2009, 12:16 PM
Rafael Marquez fought former WBC bantamweight champion Victor Rabanales in his pro debut and lost by 8th round KO.
GPater11093
10-06-2009, 12:26 PM
Wow TGa 2 things surprise me there

Rafa foughtan ex world champ and went 8 rounds

how long was the fight scheduled for?
cotto20
10-06-2009, 12:40 PM
Rafael Marquez fought former WBC bantamweight champion Victor Rabanales in his pro debut and lost by 8th round KO.
i have always said nacho has got to be one of the worst managers, also matching marquez up with chris john for $30 thousand dollars? the guy should stick to training fighters
Flea Man
10-06-2009, 01:30 PM
Cotto20 strikes again!!!
lefthook31
10-06-2009, 04:53 PM
Fernando Vargas
David Reid
Francisco Bojado
Floyd Mayweather
Ike Ibeabuchi
Miguel Cotto
Jermain Taylor
he grant
10-06-2009, 11:11 PM
Sam Mcvey getting thrown in w Jack Johnson ...
Titan1
10-27-2010, 06:38 PM
Saoul Mamby.
El Bujia
10-27-2010, 06:43 PM
Saoul Mamby.How so? The best guys he faced in his first 25-30 fights were Victor Ortiz and notable journeyman Angel Robinson Garcia.
Titan1
10-27-2010, 06:54 PM
How so? The best guys he faced in his first 25-30 fights were Victor Ortiz and notable journeyman Angel Robinson Garcia.

Faced Edwin Viruet in his 14th fight, which was a draw.
janitor
10-27-2010, 06:56 PM
Jim Jeffries would have to be in any discussion about hard matching early in your career.
El Bujia
10-27-2010, 07:00 PM
Faced Edwin Viruet in his 14th fight, which was a draw.Viruet was around the same point in his career, though. Neither man had taken on anything resembling world class opposition by that point.
doug.ie
10-27-2010, 07:21 PM
burt spoke about jimmy britt here recently...

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burt bienstock
10-27-2010, 08:09 PM
burt spoke about jimmy britt here recently...

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Yes Dougie. Not even close.
Jimmy Britt was was fed to the lions at the beginning of his career.
At the start of his career in his first 16 bouts, he faced 6 world champions
Terry McGovern
Battling Nelson
Joe Gans
Young Corbett
Frank Erne
Kid Lavigne
Wow ! His mgr didn't like Britt....
tommy the hat
10-28-2010, 04:45 PM
Leon Spinks was thrown in with a faded Ali in only his 8th pro fight and got away with it, and partyed the title away in the rematch in his 9th fight. But in in his 10th fight he was put in with an undefeated Gerrie Coetzee overseas and was blasted out of there in 1 round. In his 15th fight he was thwown in with Larry Holmes and taken out in 3. Although he beat a shot Ali, being thrown in so soon into his career didnt allow Leon to develop properly into a world class professional like he should have.
jaffay
10-28-2010, 07:02 PM
Nobody mentiond Joe Jeanette