Boxing >> Name your favorite journeyman/gatekeepers

10/18/12 11:07 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
AristidesBrito 16 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 1473	I was thinking about a few guys today, that I haven't thought about in a long time and I was curious who else has a favorite journeyman/gatekeeper ? Mine are in no particular order 1. Tyrone "butterfly" Crawley 2. Harold Brazier 3. Terrance Alli

10/20/12 5:22 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
martinburke 53 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 5712	Chuck Wiggins An OGer born a century too early You have ignored this user.

10/21/12 11:20 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
fearOfABlackPlanet Member Since: 7/25/08 Posts: 4140	emanuel augustus You have ignored this user.

10/22/12 4:10 PM

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buddie 22 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 5953

Martin, didn't know Wiggins, found this on boxrec: On October 21, 1930, the United Press reported that Chuck Wiggins had once again been arrested by local police, the night before -- this time for allegedly "cleaning out" a restaurant and chasing patrons into the street. According to the UP: "Police said he gave them no trouble although on a previous occasion he soundly drubbed three officers who attempted to arrest him in a North Side hotel lobby. 'Just getting a little training, that's all,' Wiggins remarked as he climbed into the patrol wagon. After he had fought three prisoners in the city jail he was removed to solitary confinement." INDIANAPOLIS, May 18, 1942 (AP)--"Charles F. (Chuck) Wiggins, veteran of hundreds of fights in and out of the ring, died yesterday in City Hospital of a fractured skull, which he apparently suffered in a fall down a stairway. He finished his formal schooling with the completion of the seventh grade. Street fights built up his interest in the prize ring and he had his first professional fight at the age of fifteen. Wiggins always said Greb was 'the greatest I ever met.'" You have ignored this user.

10/22/12 5:36 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
martinburke 53 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 5713	Looking back 80+ years, the guy is hilarious. Actually having to deal with him in real life was probably a huge pain in the ass. But no doubt he was a tough mutha. He fought Harry Greb NINE times, and Greb said, "He was the best butter I ever butted with." You have ignored this user.

10/23/12 4:03 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
ya 7 Member Since: 8/25/09 Posts: 950	Another vote for Emanuel "Ya" Augustus. You have ignored this user.

10/24/12 1:04 AM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
WillyMaunawili 99 Member Since: 6/29/05 Posts: 4125	You have ignored this user.

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WillyMaunawili 99 Member Since: 6/29/05 Posts: 4126	Always liked watching Abdullaev fight when I was growing You have ignored this user.

11/3/12 11:36 AM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
JAMangual 2 Member Since: 7/28/02 Posts: 42	Another vote for Emanuel Augustus. One of the most entertaining boxers I've ever seen. You have ignored this user.

11/4/12 9:08 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
pharochuck 24 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 7567 MixedMartialArts LLC, Moderator	JAMangual - Another vote for Emanuel Augustus. One of the most entertaining boxers I've ever seen. Talk about have gloves will travel You have ignored this user.

11/5/12 11:19 AM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
Gamebred 13 Member Since: 7/1/01 Posts: 887	Arturo gatti by far Ricardo mayorga Mickey ward Burt cooper You have ignored this user.

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pharochuck 24 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 7574 MixedMartialArts LLC, Moderator	Gamebred -  Arturo gatti by far Ricardo mayorga Mickey ward Burt cooper cooper could have been something if he would have not loved partying and coke so much You have ignored this user.

11/5/12 2:19 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
martinburke 53 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 5715	Jose Medel Talk about shitty luck - he was a bantam when Jose Becerra, Eder Jofre, Fighting Harada & Ruben Olivares were roaming the landscape. That's a fucking Murderers' Row right there. I think he was Fighter of the Year in Mexico 2 or 3 years in a row. You have ignored this user.

11/23/12 3:58 PM

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glass neck 16 Member Since: 12/10/07 Posts: 417

what about freddie pendleton? he's gotta have the worst win percentage to win a belt emmanuel augustus of course anybody know marteze logan? the kid was good, but started to take all these top prospect fights and seemed to just settle into paycheck cashing same thing with darnell boone both of those guys have the skills to be contenders but didnt have the right people managing them You have ignored this user.

11/25/12 11:19 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
AristidesBrito 16 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 1593	Freddie Pendleton became a champion, which keeps him.from being a gatekeeper. Speaking of Pendleton, I saw a video on YouTube that Danny Garcia posted recently, Pendleton is shadowboxing in it and looks to be in great shape. I'm shocked by the lack of love Harold Brazier is getting on this thread... A very under appreciated fighter You have ignored this user.

11/25/12 11:20 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
AristidesBrito 16 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 1594	I remember Marteze Logan, I swear I watched a short documentary on him You have ignored this user.

12/7/12 11:35 PM

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chadk 95 Member Since: 5/12/03 Posts: 10494

I was a Brazier fan too. Not the most gifted guy but always in shape, tough & smart. How about Buck Smith? Oklahoma boy who fought at least 200 bouts during the late 80's and 90's. I say "at least" because he had a buddy he'd travel around with and he'd fight him (and others) under assumed names in the Midwest corn circuit. Said he'd rather get paid to fight, than train for free. You have ignored this user.

12/10/12 1:27 AM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
fearOfABlackPlanet Member Since: 7/25/08 Posts: 4432	Mr positive - Marty jakubowski, Emmanuel Augustus Marty jakubowski, now that is a name i have not heard in a while You have ignored this user.

12/10/12 12:14 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
martinburke 53 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 5750	Can't believe this thread has gone this long with no mention of Bad Bennie Briscoe. Some of the others mentioned on this thread are more trial horses than gatekeepers. For a looong time, the only guys that beat Briscoe were world champions. You have ignored this user.

12/10/12 12:35 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
chadk 95 Member Since: 5/12/03 Posts: 10516	Robbie Sims: If you couldn't get by him, you sure as hell wanted no part of his half-brother Marvin Hagler. You have ignored this user.

12/10/12 1:50 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
buddie 22 Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 6035	^ I really liked his fight against Barkley. Sims only seemed to lose against good fighters. You have ignored this user.

12/12/12 8:20 AM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
glass neck 16 Member Since: 12/10/07 Posts: 442	Aristedes there was a documentary...on showtime maybe? about journeyman boxers that followed marteze logan into his fight with anthony bowman without consulting boxrec, im pretty sure that may have been logan's last win You have ignored this user.

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