In the spring of 1982, Touching Wood established himself as a fringe classic contender with two defeats in trial races.

His opponents included Samson Po'hua and Darnell Nicholson, both of whom were considered fringe contenders at the time.

He is now a professional boxer and an undefeated fringe contender.

On December 23 of that year, he suffered his first knockout defeat when Cruz Marcano, a fringe contender of the time, beat him in four rounds in Caracas.

Bugner was to fight just once more, in 1999 at the age of 49 he defeated the durable fringe contender Levi Billups, after which he finally retired for good.

In the spring of 1980, Henbit established himself a fringe contender for the Derby by winning the Classic Trial over one and a quarter miles at Sandown.

He beat fringe contenders Wayne Mulholland and Rolando Navarro, both by a knockout in the fifth round, to start 1985.

Vincent Maddalone (born December 29, 1973 in Flushing, New York) is an American boxer and is a fringe contender in the heavyweight division.

Norton built up a steady string of wins, including some over fringe contenders like the giant Jack O'Halloran.

Ibragimov is a fringe contender with an impressive 27-2-1 record, however he hasn't fought anyone on McCall's level before.