Greatest boxer at destroying careers?

Julio was the first name that came to mind.I think his steady accumulation of punishment was more damaging than an explosive, quick KO artist, because guys who went the distance with him or anything close to it soaked up a lot of extra punishment that way.

 

Rocky Marciano ended Ezzard Charles, Joe Louis, Rex Layne, Jersey Joe Walcott, Roland LaStarza, Don Cockell, Carmine Vingo, Lee Savold, etc.

Of course you could say that some of them were close the end of their boxing careers either way but still...

 

It's a fair point though, whether they were long in the tooth or not some of those guys never fought again, and those that did were certainly not the same. Archie Moore took a bit of a battering from Marciano too.

 

Moore took a beating but he was able to continue his career for nearly 10 years at a high level. Most of the people I listed were pretty much done.

Rex Layne scored a controversial win Charles after the KO loss to Rocky but he lost most of his fights other than that.

Charles was shot when he had looked solid until the Marciano fights.

Vingo was put in coma and never fought again.

Cockell, LaStarza hardly won a fight afterwards.

Louis, Walcott and Savold were just old I'd say but the beatings Rocky gave to them certainly didn't give them any help.

I would say that the likes of Chavez and Marciano often do the most damage to fighters' careers.

 

Felix Trinidad.

Antonio Margarito, time will only tell there though.

 

Bob Foster. The guy didn't just win, he ruined fighters. And he caused a lot of physical damage to guys in there.

 

Bernard Hopkins

 

Hate to sound newbian but anyone think Manny Pacquaio belongs here?

Smashed the careers of Barerra, Morales, Hatton, De La Hoya to name a few in recent memory.

 

tyson ended spinks who was in young and in his prime, i think this career killer destroyed all in my opinion.

 

32, having fought just once in the past 2 years. Spinks would've ended his career earlier if not for Tyson and the huge payday he got from fighting him.

 

In my opinion he is not.

Just for the fact look at all the wars barerra and morales were in before the fights with pacquiao and look at the stage of their careers when they fought him.

All of the 4 mentioned were in their late stage of their careers anyways.

 

B-Hop for sure.

Pavlik, Trinidad etc. were destroyed.

 

I think that Tyson destroyed the careers of Spinks, Tucker, Thomas, Biggs, Ruddock, Alex Stewart for sure....some of these guys had losses already but the beating he put on some fo these guys had to have changed their minds about their future in the divisions with Tyson being around for a long time in the coming years...