best boxer to retire early?

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  1. peakbay

    peakbay Active Member Full Member

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    who do you feel wasted their talent the most. ali had a few years off as did SRL and floyd more recently but who is the best boxer to retire early and never return.

    the most obvious one for me is prince naseem hamed, despite common belife he still won a fair few rounds against barrera and there was quite alot of big fights at the time around his division. im not saying he could of beaten them all but if he could of focused on his training properly we could of have seen some competitive and fun fights.
     
  2. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Salvador Sanchez (allthough its tragic, he could have been the mexican goat)
     
  3. Quincy K

    Quincy K Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    michael spinks.

    could've moved back down to cruiserweight and dominated rof a few years after his ko loss to tyson.
     
  4. Lartize

    Lartize Active Member Full Member

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    I think you have all missed Rocky Marciano...
     
  5. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't think Hamed could function properly now the world knew he could be well beaten.I think Haye has went out too early after showing himself up with the toe.That guy should at least have one more go if he doesn't want to be remembered for the wrong reasons.I wish Calzaghe had fought Hopkins again but I suppose he didn't retire "early"
     
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    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I agree he would almost certainly have been Mexico's greatest but he didn't really choose to retire and not come back.Would top my list of
    who might have been the greatest though.
     
  7. zarman

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    I think Ali taking the years off was a good thing
     
  8. Titan1

    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano, Brian Mitchell.
     
  9. peakbay

    peakbay Active Member Full Member

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    how most people seem to think that they could have been some of his prime years
     
  10. DDDUUDDDEE

    DDDUUDDDEE Undisputed Ambien (taker) Full Member

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    Nah, Marciano retired at just the right time... he was starting to look a lot older and slower in his last few fights, and he never had the style suited for longevity anyway.
     
  11. DanishFightfan

    DanishFightfan Boxing Junkie banned

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    This :deal.. There was also some good rising contenders, so Marciano made right choice and retired when he was starting to decline..
     
  12. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tito's first retirement after the Hopkins loss, he could of gone back to 154. A few decent wins and then a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya would of been huge.
     
  13. Sean Juan

    Sean Juan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Marciano? :huh

    Is this similar logic to Lennox Lewis retiring on a win being a problem for people?
     
  14. Sean Juan

    Sean Juan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good post, same as Lennox Lewis.
     
  15. luuk166

    luuk166 New Member Full Member

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    I think after Johnson, jeffries could be a good contender but I'm not sure, he looked **** against Johnson.