Who are some of your favorite lesser knowns?

Paul Briggs

Alexander Munoz

Humberto Soto

 

I'll be impressed with Chavez jr. when he steps up his competition.

Maybe by his 50th fight? :dunno:

He is not a bad fighter but damn just cause he had a short amateur carreer they are moving him along like snail.

I think Alfonso Gomez will fuck him up if they do fight.

 

EMANUEL AUGUSTUS-BURTON COUNT, I MEAN WE POOR SHMUCKS KNOW HIM BUT NO ONE OUTSIDE OF US DO....????:dunno:

 

I think, at the very least, 'lesser known' means lesser known in the US.

 

dsimon writes:

Mike Stanley a solid second stringer... he played the whole center of the field (second base, shortstop) and he would sign an autograph now and then:tease:. Thurmond was my hero god rest his soul:dunno:.

Do me a favor and take a look and see who the idiot was who started this stupid thread and get back to me cause I want his ass banned!!opcorn: ::

 

Isn't he fighting Rey Sanchez next? Granted, it's probably a fight that should've come 1-2 years ago, but it's a significant step up.

In comparison, I'd pick Sanchez to beat someone like Tim Bradley.

People tend to forget about JCC that, yes he's 33 fights into his career. But he's also only been a pro for just over 4 years.

Sanchez is better than any one on the resume of the Peterson brothers, both of whom were Olympic-caliber amateurs, and only one year behind as pros. Andre Ward, a Gold medalist, is just now stepping up in competition.

The one complaint I can understand about JCC Jr is that too many of his mismatches make its way to Telefutura, or PPV undercards. But beyond that, his career progress really isn't that far behind many other prospects.

 

dsimon writes:

I hear you Latin but slow and steady wins the race. He gets more accurate and he is very young. A lot of those guys do fight a goodamount of fights, learn the craft and then they are good fighters. I applaud learning the craft when possible, itw what guys did in the old days which is why they could do everything and fight for fifteen rounds.

 

Juanma is a very, very average fighter. I doubt he becomes much of anything. That stoppage vs Dianzo was a joke.

 

I've always liked

Omar Sheika
Anthony Thompson
Jorge Castro
Lawrence Cley-Bey

 

Hmmm...so our faves that are not necessarily top fighters (from a record perspective) and are not among the popular set?

Just guys you like to see and root for and/or are fun to watch.

Jose "Carita" Lopez

Jorge Linares

Silence Mabuza

Joseph Agbeko

Lehhlo Ledwaba (pretty much done now; but a beautiful boxer)

David Alfonso Lopez

Paul Briggs

Eagle Kyowa

Rodel Mayol


Some lesser-known "historical" guys...if you can remember or know of 'em!

Marcos Villasana

Crisanto Espana

Gilberto Roman

Mando Ramos

Nana Konadu

Victor Callejas

Betulio Gonzalez

Chango Carmona

Azabache Martinez

 

Fernando Trejo- always comes to fight and is rarely in a non entertaining fight

Brandon Rios- a lesser known prospect who fights out of Oxnard and is a pretty good kid with fast hands

Austin Trout- kid out of NM we used in prepping for Paul Williams. This kid has got some serious skill and hopefully will start making noise soon

Miguel Huerta- even though he has been on TV recent I have been a fan of his for a while.

 

Huerta's cool.

 

You know who else I liked? Wilfredo "Papin" Negron....even though he's pretty much done now.

Ivan Valle too, and Baby Zepeda.

 

I've seen him fight. I forget where...perhaps it was on Telefutura or Fox Espanol.

 

I always forgot you were the board's other Papin fan.

OK, I'm a fan because he's related to my wife (3rd or 4th cousins, I forget the lineage).

What's YOUR excuse? ::

 

Double L's a white guy who wants to be Mexican

Donny's a white guy who wants to be Puerto Rican.

 

I don't know if they count as lesser known but I like Jorge Linares, Adrian Diaconu and Jean Pascal.

 

Your three...

The first is a promising prospect

The second is a good pressure fighter

The last is a fraud.

 

Therefore they don't count as lesser known... Ok...

Then I don't like any lesser known fighters...

 

I like Paul Clavette ( he kind of fight like Sven Ottke ) and Justin St-Juste ( mf got huge power in his southpaw left but hes kind of old for a prospect ). Not lesser known but my favorite current fighter is John Ruiz.

 

I don't know... Donny's greatest affinity is for Nacho Beristain-trained fighters. More Aztec than Taino in that group ::

 

I just talked to him right now and he fights tomorrow then again on dec 21st

keep an eye out for him he had a pretty good ammy career

 

That's probably true.

His greatest desire in life is to learn to speak Spanish so he can inherit the job on HBO Ray Torres used to have.

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I really used to love watching Antwon Echols (Alway's had a good fight when he fought) and Ebo Elder!!

Both don't fight anymore,I think??:dunno:

 

:: Hey, he punched hard, was exciting, and showed flashes of very good boxing at times which made you pull your hair out (why didn't he do it more often?!?!)...never in a dull fight.

Like the kid.

 

I included Jorge Linares in my list. :clap:

 

:nono: You make too many assumptions, brother.

The phone doesn't tell you the whole story. :crafty: ::

 

Yo domino el Espanol, hermano. :nono:

 

Atta boy, Donny, You're well on your way to getting the job.

 

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