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  • #2
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57,375 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    barney4001 wrote: »
    26 straight kos

    http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=468841&cat=boxer

    he sure is bowling them over

    I seem to recall the Beast Mugabi being exactly 26-0 with 26 KOs right before the Hagler fight. Will check up to make sure.

    Edit: 25/0


  • #3
    el flaco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 323 ✭✭el flaco


    A quick google turned up this guy.
    Lamar Clark.

    http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=009367&cat=boxer

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

    ...not exactly stellar opposition though!


  • #4
    djhaxman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭djhaxman


    Acelino Freitas won his first 29 by k.o. iirc.


  • #5
    barney4001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,447 ✭✭✭barney4001


    el flaco wrote: »
    A quick google turned up this guy.
    Lamar Clark.

    http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=009367&cat=boxer

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

    ...not exactly stellar opposition though!

    Did you notice that 25 of his opennents never had a fight before meeting him


  • #6
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,371 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    Edwin Valero, 27 straight KOs against some real opposition


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  • #7
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Wilder is the most protected boxer out there. Obvious power but very upright and will get splattered against anybody with average skills imo.


  • #8
    el flaco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 323 ✭✭el flaco


    barney4001 wrote: »
    Did you notice that 25 of his opennents never had a fight before meeting him

    Yeah and about his first 30 opponents had 5 wins between them :)


  • #9
    megadodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭megadodge


    barney4001 wrote: »
    Did you notice that 25 of his opennents never had a fight before meeting him

    Even nowadays Boxrec and other recordkeepers aren't 100% accurate, so imagine how hard it is to track records of nobodies back in the 1950's and 60's.

    I'm not claiming his opponents weren't nobodies, but I would have huge doubts that 25 of them were making their debut.


  • #10
    megadodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭megadodge


    walshb wrote: »
    I seem to recall the Beast Mugabi being exactly 26-0 with 26 KOs right before the Hagler fight. Will check up to make sure.

    Edit: 25/0

    I'm like you and thought it was 26, even though Boxrec has it 25. It certainly was 26-0(26) on the TV screens on the night of the Hagler fight and was advertised as 26 beforehand.


  • #11
    colly10
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    Wilder's second last fight was against a guy who had only fought once since 2007 and only weighed 170 in 2007 (he is also currently 39).
    If Flintoff fights on Wilder will probably be looking for him, it's impossible to take him seriously


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  • #12
    gene_tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭gene_tunney


    Wilder sure can bang, which is unsurprising for an athletic guy his size, but he sure can't box. He has time to learn, it all depends on matchmaking and how he bounces back if he gets KTFO.


  • #13
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57,375 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    megadodge wrote: »
    I'm like you and thought it was 26, even though Boxrec has it 25. It certainly was 26-0(26) on the TV screens on the night of the Hagler fight and was advertised as 26 beforehand.

    I checked that. Yes, Mugabi was announced by Chuck Hull as 26/0 with 26 KOs. The screen also showed this for his record. I knew I wasn't imagining it.

    Also, Hagler was listed as one inch taller than Mugabi. It's clear from the screen at instruction time that Mugabi is taller.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttRrZZAwAZ0


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