H.O.B.O. Retired Fighters

[Brooks TVB]

Heroes Retirement

Fighter: Johnny The Stranger
Division: Middleweight
Record: 15(3)-38(15)-5

Notes: Johnny was never more than a club fighter. Johnny's longest winning streak was 2 wins, his longest losing streak was 7 fights. Johnny never had a fight scheduled for more than eight rounds. He only made it to the eight round 31 times out of 58 fights. Johnny's last fight was fifth round knockout loss to a tomato can.

[bigMatt]

Originally Posted by Brooks TVB

Heroes Retirement

Fighter: Johnny The Stranger
Division: Middleweight
Record: 15(3)-38(15)-5

Notes: Johnny was never more than a club fighter. Johnny's longest winning streak was 2 wins, his longest losing streak was 7 fights. Johnny never had a fight scheduled for more than eight rounds. He only made it to the eight round 31 times out of 58 fights. Johnny's last fight was fifth round knockout loss to a tomato can.

Looks like Johnny wasn't a stranger to his opponent's fists...

[Brooks TVB]

Originally Posted by bigMatt

Looks like Johnny wasn't a stranger to his opponent's fists...

Apparently not, it must have been a painful introduction.

[mikehoudini]

Originally Posted by Brooks TVB

Heroes Retirement

Fighter: Johnny The Stranger
Division: Middleweight
Record: 15(3)-38(15)-5

Notes: Johnny was never more than a club fighter. Johnny's longest winning streak was 2 wins, his longest losing streak was 7 fights. Johnny never had a fight scheduled for more than eight rounds. He only made it to the eight round 31 times out of 58 fights. Johnny's last fight was fifth round knockout loss to a tomato can.

Perhaps if he adds just one letter to his name and becomes Johnny the Strangler, he could take up wrassling and become that rarity, a two sport star!

[bigMatt]

Originally Posted by mikehoudini

Perhaps if he adds just one letter to his name and becomes Johnny the Strangler, he could take up wrassling and become that rarity, a two sport star!

An inspired career move no doubt. Perhaps one he should have considered, oh, 40-50 fights ago.

[Brooks TVB]

Fighter: Woolf Bendoff
Division: Heavyweight
Record: 9(3)-44(31)-3

Notes: Woolf was not even close to being a mediocr fighter, he was just plain terrible. He started off his career in 1890 with a knockout loss in the first round and ended his career in 1898 with a technical knockout loss in the first round. Woolf never had a fight go past the eighth round, his fights averaged 4.5 rounds in his career. Bendoff scored an unimpressive 6 knockdowns in all of his fights and was dropped 53 times.

Woolf averaged a 29% connect percentage compared to 37% by his opponents.

[mikehoudini]

Originally Posted by Brooks TVB

Fighter: Woolf Bendoff
Division: Heavyweight
Record: 9(3)-44(31)-3

Notes: Woolf was not even close to being a mediocr fighter, he was just plain terrible. He started off his career in 1890 with a knockout loss in the first round and ended his career in 1898 with a technical knockout loss in the first round. Woolf never had a fight go past the eighth round, his fights averaged 4.5 rounds in his career. Bendoff scored an unimpressive 6 knockdowns in all of his fights and was dropped 53 times.

Woolf averaged a 29% connect percentage compared to 37% by his opponents.

Maybe his first name should have been Lamb!

[Brooks TVB]

Originally Posted by mikehoudini

Maybe his first name should have been Lamb!

I'm glad these bums are starting to retire.

[Brooks TVB]

Fighter: Owen Hannon
Division: Bantamweight
Record: 15(2)-42(10)-7

Notes: Hannon made a brief appearance in the main division with no success. He was moved back to beginners division after only three fights. The one good thing you can say about Owen is that he sure knew how to take a beating.


Fighter: Denny Kelliher
Division: Heavyweight
Record: 21(9)-37(14)-1

Notes: Denny was a decent fighter from time-to-time, the problem was his bad times were for longer periods than his good. Denny spent some time in the old club division with moderate success before being dropped back to beginner when the club division was disbanded.

[mh2365]

Good stuff Brooks!

[Brooks TVB]

Originally Posted by mh2365

Good stuff Brooks!

Thanks Mike. I am finally getting some depth to my universe.

[Brooks TVB]

Fighter: W C McClellan
Division: Middleweight
Record: 16(4)-41(12)-9

Notes: McClellan was another punching bag. He spent some time in the main division early in his career but had zero success. McClellan lost his last six fights, four of those by knockout.

[mh2365]

going to blatantly steal this format for my retired folks!

[Brooks TVB]

Originally Posted by mh2365

going to blatantly steal this format for my retired folks!

I've blatantly stole plenty of ideas from you over the years it just seems fair.

[Brooks TVB]

Fighter: Bill Bushell
Division: Lightweight
Record: 10(2)-40(6)-7

Notes: Bill fought a short time in the former club division with no success. At one point Bill lost 15 consecutive bouts to tomato cans. As bad as his record was not many fighters stopped him during his lack luster career.



Fighter: Mick Ives
Division: Welterweight
Record: 18(3)-49(21)-2

Notes: Mick fought once for the HOC (Heroes Oceania Championship) but lost a unanimous decision. After that his career just fell apart. He was moved back to the beginners and had very little success against the tomato cans.

[Brooks TVB]

Fighter: Joe Coverwell
Division: Heavyweight
Record: 18(4)-38(15)-5

Notes: Joe had winning streak of 5 fights early in his career. he suffered a losing streak of 13 fights at one point as well. His last ten fights he went 0-9-1.


Fighter: Luke Keegan
Division: Light-Heavyweight
Record: 20(3)-44(14)-7

Notes: The most noteable thing in looks career is that he landed less than 20% of his punches.


Fighter: Dick Moore
Division: Middleweight'
Record: 14(2)-49(19)-2

Notes: At one point Dick lost 15 consecutive fights. The most fights he won in a row was 3. Both of Dick's stoppages were eighth round knockouts.

[Brooks TVB]

Fighter: Tom Hinch
Division: Heavyweight
Record: 18(4)-41(12)-5

Notes: Hinch spent some time in the ring with a few bright stars from the main division but didn't win any of those fights.


Fighter: Micky Kirby
Division: Lightweight
Record: 15(5)-38(11)-8

Notes: Kirby never made a move into the main division. His one bright spot in his career is that he was only cut three times.



Fighter: Patsy Sheehan
Division: Bantamweight
Record: 10(1)-47(14)-8

Notes: In 429 rounds of boxing he only scored four knockdowns and earned one stoppage.

[Brooks TVB]

Fighter: George Fletcher
Division: Lightweight
Record: 18(3)-35(7)-8

Notes: Fletcher was never a threat at moving into the main division. He spent his career building tomato can records.


Fighter: Fred Millar
Division: Middleweight
Record: 15(4)-50(19)-4

Notes: Millar was only stopped 19 times out of 50 losses, that is fairly impressive.



Fighter: Boko Thompson
Division: Lightweight
Record: 19(5)-39(10)-4

Notes: Just another bum



Fighter: Jack Welsh
Division: Heavyweight
Record: 24(4)-38(10)-5

Notes: Welsh was a streaky fighter, he would win for a while then lose for a while. If he had found some punching power he might have been a contender.

[mh2365]

Still "Bum of the Month" retirements huh?

[Brooks TVB]

Originally Posted by mh2365

Still "Bum of the Month" retirements huh?

Yeah, I've got one or two middle-of-the-road fighters coming up on time to retire. There could be a random retirement pop up here and there too. But as for now yeah its still just the bums.