Fighters who had their brief time in the sun

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  1. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Fighters who had their brief time in the sun when they came from nowhere and had great success before it was taken or they then dropped back down.

    Some examples

    Glen Johnson - beat C Woods for the IBF LHW title, defended as underdog against R Jones then beat A Tarver, a great run and Johnsons time in the sun.

    Carlos Baldamir - beat the man a WW Z Judah and then as a considered lucky champ beat A Gatti, before it all ended to Maywheather

    Kelly Pavlik - as underdog beat Miranda, then beat MW champ J Taylor where he made a few defences until he met Hopkins

    Julius Francis - probably not known much outside of the UK but as British champ and underdog, beat undefeated P Reid, undefeated D Williams, S Welsh before meeting a comebacking M Tyson.

    So who else do you have who as an unlikely fighter who made it against the odds to have a brief moment where they rode the crest of a wave before dropping back down
     
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  2. Sunchild78

    Sunchild78 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jermaine Taylor had a good run beating B hop twice to gain and defend the middle weight title until he met Kelly Pavlik.
     
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  3. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    Mayorga, thats a good one, he beat A Lewis who was favoured and then beat the man at WW Forest and then did it again in a return.

    Good call :good
     
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  4. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Meldrick Taylor, Vargas kind of, Pascal...
     
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  5. Thread Stealer

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    Buster ****ing Douglas
     
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  6. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    leon spinks
     
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  7. Lil Niall

    Lil Niall Active Member Full Member

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    Bernard Dunne-won the title in an epic fight. First defence went well til half way through round 3, then the sun went down!!
     
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  8. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace

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    Frank bruno, outpointing mccall over 12 rounds.
     
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  9. pahapoisu

    pahapoisu Superman! Full Member

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    Buster has the probably the greatest upset win and he did nothing after that.
     
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  10. The Spider

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    Huge shock. But Buster's moment in the sun lasted for the 3 rounds it took Lennox to reposses the 3 belts.
     
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  11. bailey

    bailey Loyal Member Full Member

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    It was Holyfield that took the belts of Douglas
     
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  12. splatter69

    splatter69 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Sergi lyakohvich.
     
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  13. lufcrazy

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    Oleg maskaev
     
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  14. Phys

    Phys Well-Known Member Full Member

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    James Braddock, with Buster Douglas 2nd.

    Braddock had a string of L's against bigger and bigger bums at LHW. Then brought in to be KOed, he shocked people against the #2 HW contender.
    Then won 2 more against top HW contenders to get the shot at the HW title that nobody gave him a chance to win.

    Held the HW title w.o. fighting for 2 years, and lost it to Louis.
     
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  15. Maximus

    Maximus TKO6 Full Member

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    No argument with fighters already named but Breidis Prescott should be in the mix somewhere.
     
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