Which Heavyweight Champ Had The Shortest Prime?

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  1. On The Money

    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    Re Mike. Tell me another guy who was past prime at 24? Most hw guys at 24 are not even pro.
     
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  2. WhyYouLittle

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    Yea Bowe is not a bad call.
     
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  3. latineg

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    that's a good pick :good
     
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  4. N_ N___

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    Sam Langford was only like 5'9 in his prime
     
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  5. Seamus

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    Tell me another guy who was prime at 20 and taking over the division. It cuts both way. He was a prodigy.
     
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  6. On The Money

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    Nobody I can think of, but a lot of that prime was based on intimidation and bums that were not up to snuff. Once Douglas blew that away he lost the aura, and after jail he was never the same except for that one blasting out of Bruno.
     
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  7. he grant

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    I agree. From 68 to 72 Fraizer reigned. A very nice run actually.

    Corbett was pretty short, essentially the Sullivan fight but he had a ton of inactivity

    Douglas for sure
     
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  8. Nighttrain

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    Braddock
     
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  9. Coco

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    Buster Douglas if you can call one fight and one night "Prime".
     
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  10. Nighttrain

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    . . . then why not Spinks?
     
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  11. Seamus

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    Alex Garcia!
     
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  12. foreman&dempsey

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    In many cases the short primes are invented as excuse by the fans when his ídol loses
     
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  13. choklab

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    Ingemar Johansson.

    From the Eddie machen blow out to the first Patterson fight nobody could have done better.
     
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  14. Mendoza

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    Sullivan, Bowe, Frazier and Tyson fit. Dempsey, perhaps.
     
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  15. mcvey

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    But not too difficult if you're fighting Ziggy,Stander, and Daniels.
     
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