ATG Fighters Who ''Clearly'' Ducked A Certain Fighter?

[Southpaw Great]

Name some ATG fighters who clearly ducked a oppoenent that they had a oppurtunity to fight. Give PROVE behind your answer.

[Earl-Hickey]

Rid**** Bowe, threw his belt in a dustbin out of Fear of being Ko'd for a second time by Lennox Lewis

[Thread Stealer]

How about a debate on the Leonard-Pryor situation?

Leonard offered Pryor "only" $500,000. Pryor said no, and that he'd fight him for a mil.

Who ducked who?

[Thread Stealer]

The "clearly" part makes it tricky, since there's other factors at play. Ray Robinson basically priced himself out of a Charley Burley fight, doubling his asking price to fight Burley. On the other hand, since when does an up-and-coming welterweight contender have an obligation to face a contender who's mainly campaigning at middleweight? Burley himself did not blame Ray and said he would've done the same thing.

I would say Bowe-Lewis, but I don't consider Bowe an ATG anyway. Dempsey-Wills always gets mentioned, but eventually it was going to get made. Tex Rickard cancelled the fight, not Dempsey, who signed the contract.

[JAB5239]

How about a debate on the Leonard-Pryor situation?

Leonard offered Pryor "only" $500,000. Pryor said no, and that he'd fight him for a mil.

Who ducked who?

I'd say Pryor ducked Leonard. Two things bring me to this conclusion.
One, besides the Arguello fights I doubt (though I don't know) he was making any huge pay days. Half a mil ain't bad. Two, if he was confident of really being able to beat Ray he would have jumped at the chance to put himself in the drivers seat for a return fight where he could have commanded a monsterous payday, had he won. Jmo.

[carlos slim]

Rid**** Bowe, threw his belt in a dustbin out of Fear of being Ko'd for a second time by Lennox Lewis

rid**** bowe is not all all time great....entertaining but not alltime status....he beat holyfield who he was 50 pounds bigger then....he also got his ass kicked by golota twice....

[sonnyboyx2]

Lennox Lewis ducked John Ruiz, Chris Byrd & Vitali Klitschko (rematch) Lewis was stripped of all 3 title belts for refusing to fight these No1 contenders, Lewis also ducked Tyson in 96 and Bowe in 93 & 95.... links below.

[mickey malone]

Jones clearly ducked Collins

[mickey malone]

Jones clearly ducked Collins

Sorry, I forgot my proof.. It's quite open to debate, but clearly points toward Jones avoiding him.. This is Wiki's take on it:-

Collins had said some years before that before retirement he would like to fight at Celtic's home ground. However, Collins was billed to fight Joe Calzaghe and then at a late stage withdrew because of injury, had his title stripped, and then retired. Chris Eubank stepped in to take Steve's place in fighting Calzaghe, but for the then vacant WBO title.

Collins reportedly stated in the press that he had no motivation left as he had spent the best part of his career chasing Roy Jones Jr. for a unification fight that had been promised to him many times. A fight with Calzaghe would do nothing to satisfy the desire he had for fighting Jones. He then added he wanted to retire on a high note with a good pay day, "Joe is a good up-and-coming kid, but he wouldn't fill a parish church".

In 1999, he announced his decision to come out of retirement in order to fight Roy Jones Jr. Jones is said to have offered in excess of £3 million for the fight. Collins is said to have been su****ious regarding the money that Jones was offering and said to the papers that "for £3 million I would fight Mike Tyson"; this only spurred the spin doctors to assume it was a challenge at Iron Mike.

Controversy surrounded the fight as it was rumoured that Collins would have to fight Calzaghe first before a showdown with Jones. Collins had accepted this and started to prepare to fight Calzaghe. In his preparation training for the fight that was never to be, Collins collapsed during sparring. When doctors told him that blows to the head could result in his death, he retired for a second time.

He is reported to have stated in Boxing World that he has spent so long chasing Roy Jones Jr that money was not an important factor any more and that he would "fight him in a phone box in front of two men and a dog".

[Toney616]

Jones clearly ducked Collins

No he didn't, Hbo werent very interested in a Jones-Collins fight, and Murad wanted Jones to fight Reggie Johnson instead, which he did.

Mohammad insists that there is no question of Jones facing Collins in Las Vegas, Dublin or anywhere than in the Irishman's imagination. He refutes the support which Jones' manager, Stanley Levin, has given to the fight, and says that Levin must either have exceeded his authority to speak for the fighter, or else has been misquoted or misinterpreted.
Yet, Levin, a Florida lawyer, who gives the impression of operating on a rather higher moral plain than is customary in this business, stands by his word. There is clearly a split in the ranks, and one possibly significant aspect of the affair is that Mohammad is trying to steer Jones into a light-heavyweight championship unification match with IBF title holder, Reggie Johnson. Jones already holds the WBC and WBA versions.