Shawn O'Sullivan Toronto, Canada 1984 Olympic Star 156 lb. Silver Medal Winner Sugar Ray Leonard protoge' Turns pro on October 10, 1984 Wins 11 straight, 11-0-0 (8 KO's) Gets pushed in with Simon Brown on National Television on June 18, 1980 Gets bombed out and loses by a TKO 3. The Star 'crashes and burns' after 20-months. Does come back with 6 straight wins over fringe contenders, including Chris Clarke and Darryl Anthony, but suffers big upset losses in early-1988 to Luis Sanatana 1/13/88 (L KO 11) and Donovan Boucher 3/23/88 (L KO 2). Career pretty much over after 20-bouts, with a record of 17-3-0 (12 KO's).
If England we had middleweight Errol Christie. He had an outstanding amateur record. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ez_CLXC68Q[/ame] It took 2 or 3 defeats at least to convince the hype machine to settle down on building up Christie.
:good Good recall as i remember that so well when he & i think Doug DeWitt also was under Leonards banner i think & did'nt he also get get blasted out when matched with Smokin Bert Cooper? I'am sure they appeared on the same cards when on the up!
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great pick. he was one of the few canadian boxers this country got behind. we got behind him so much we through him in with someone the quality of brown after almost no real pro career to speak of. who's to say what he would have done but he was nowhere near ready for that
considering he's a top 10 all time heavyweight, that's not too bad for a "crash and burn". a lot of boxers would LOVE to crash and burn with that kind of legacy :good
I have it : Ali Louis Lewis Holmes Foreman Marciano (on achivement, H2H I have him a fair bit lower) Frazier Jack Johnson Tyson Holyfield/Wlad/Liston Number ten is a tough one for me.
Not sure what they were thinking up there above the Northern-Belt. Ray Leonard pushing the 24 year-old Shawn 'way too fast'. Only a professional for 20-months, 11-bouts and 45-rounds of ring experience. Had gone only 8 Rounds twice, and 6-Rounds once. Taking on Simon Brown at the C.N.E. Coliseum in Toronto in June 1986. Looks like they took the 'short money' to get him some National TV exposure. One Bad Mistake,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,they could have fought Horace Shufford, Manning Galloway or Veabro Boykin instead, for the same $$$.