Fast Trackers: Fighters who were ATG's before their 25th birthday

Oscar probably missed it by a few months, as I think he was 25 when he beat Whitaker.

 

Muhammad Ali, he had won and already made 7 defences of the HW world title by the time of his 25th birthday. :happy

 

Mike Tyson

 

Andre Berto

 

Youngest ever HW champ.
Becoming an undisputed champ by 22.
5 defences as undisputed.

Picked up 2 more titles after prison.

He must be pretty friggin close to an ATG

 

:deal

Don't forget about Manuel Charr.

 

A fair number of old timers.
As for new timers from 60's onwards...Fighting Harada, Ruben Olivares, Julio Cesar Chavez, some more, but not many.

 

If thats all it takes to be an ATG then I'd hate to see what it takes to just be a HOF'er.

 

Now that's stupidity at its finest and that's saying a whole lot considering the abominations posting here. Ask your idiotic self these questions. When did Mike Tyson become the youngest Heavyweight Champion ever?, was that achievement accomplishment by anyone else since he did it?, and when was the last time we had a Heavyweight that beat 3 separate WBC, IBF and WBA Champions to unify those three belts?.

If that's joke material, surely there should be a long list preceding him that only you have heard of.

 

An ATG only in his fans' minds.

 

So the AGE at what accomplishments are made play a role now. So if some fighter at age 16 were to win the IBF belt then he'd be an ATG? That's ludicrous. Age has ZERO FACTOR in ATG ranking. At least in mine.

 

It's almost impossible to say a fighter proved he was an atg by 25. Most atgs did have a win or two over another atg early, but a fighter should have to prove his greatness by also beating at least several of the best fighters of his era if not several other atgs. It doesn't get better than beating Benitez, Duran, and Hearns before 25, but Leonard was a rare exception. Sanchez too of course.

Pacquiao was not an atg by 25. Pacquiao's only great win by 25 was over Barrera. The jury was still out on Pac then, so he definitely was no atg. Floyd had his most questionable win at 25, vs Castillo. But before he had impressively beaten Generao Hernandez, Manfredy, Corrales, Carlos Hernandez, and Jesus Chavez. Pac had the greater single win, but Mayweather I think had truly proven he was an atg first.