Times when a young gun has been shot down by a wily veteran.

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  1. pow

    pow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Any classic examples of this? From the UK we recently had Gal Yafai vs Gavin McDonnell and Zelfa Barret vs Ronnie Clark.
     
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    Nate Campbell beating Juan Diaz
     
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    Zora Folley vs Oscar Bonavena 1
     
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    Michael Caebajal vs Jorge Arce is the best answer.
     
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    Mauricio Herrera did it twice in one year against Jose Benavidez and Danny Garcia but got robbed both times.
     
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    Stevie Forbes beating Francisco Bojado rings a bell.
     
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  7. Devon

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    Carl Thomson vs David Haye
     
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    Katsunari Takayama vs Riku Kano
    Daisuke Naito Vs Daiki Kameda

    Maybe not so much shot down but... Still the youngsters were both given a lesson
     
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  9. pow

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    Will group this one in with Khan v Prescott.
     
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  10. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    See: Half of Bernard Hopkins career.

    Start with Hopkins v Pavlik.
     
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  11. Devon

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    Prescott was 25 at the time, Khan was younger than Precott by quite a lot, but Prescott wasn't old at the time and he was 17-0 something like that
     
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  12. George Crowcroft

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    Ali-Foreman
    Schmeling-Louis I
    Duran-Barkley
    Langford-Wills V
    Ortiz-Laguna III
    Pacquiao-Thurman
    Gavilan-Ortega I
    Saddler-Elorde II
    Gonzalez-Yafai
    Harada-Famechon I
    Morales-Pacquiao I

    Not all fit the bill of 'shot down', if that's supposed to mean KOs but all were pretty spectacular past prime performances or wins.
     
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  13. pow

    pow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agree, Thompson was a proper battle hardened veteran at the time he beat Haye.
     
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  14. pow

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    Pacquiao had almost 40 fights by this time, hardly a novice.

    I would also say Thurman was slightly past young gun by this point.
     
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  15. George Crowcroft

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    I assumed it was just guys in their prime. If not, then only 2/3 of my examples count lol
     
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