Has there been a greater win by a 19 year old?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Journeyman92, Jan 3, 2022.

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Do you agree?

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  1. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 banned Full Member

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    I think Lionel Rose’s portrait against 68 Harada is about the best a prodigy has ever done in my books. Obviously you can include wins by younger men the ceiling for the age in this discussion is 20.
     
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    I think Ezzard beating Charley Burley aged 20 is up there.
     
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    Benitez v Cervantes.
    Kid was 17.
     
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    Tony Canzoneri deserves looking at.
    As does Jimmy McLarnin.

    Probably a lot of fighters from that era, in the lower weight classes.
     
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    I don’t think Cervantes is a better scalp then Harada and Wilfred was actually older then labeled by about 2 or more years.
     
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    Sure, I agree Harada is a better scalp.
    I didn't know that about Benitez. If true, that would explain a lot.
     
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    Yeah, there was a birth certificate for a WILFREDO Benitez with an older age. There is an article titled "Broken Radar" or something like that, that goes into a bit of detail about it I was taken back and a little disappointed to be honest as Benitez was my first true boxing hero I was obsessed with his style and back story growing up and when I first stepped into the gym I wanted to know how to fight like El Radar...
     
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    Les Darcy beat Jimmy Clabby at 19
     
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    At age of 19 Mike Tyson had a score 23 - 0 in the run up to 37 - 0
    Thats great.
     
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    Fighting Harada dominated Pone Kingpetch to win the world flyweight title aged 19. The way he took him apart was mightily impressive.
     
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    Funny enough I thought you might be talking about Rose before I even opened this thread. It was a masterclass for me.
     
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    Roberto Duran beating Ernesto Marcel at age 18, beating Ken Buchanan at age 21.
     
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    There were circumstances, but a 17 year old Sam Langford defeating prime Joe Gans was absolutely astonishing. The method of the victory - it was widely reported that Langford had "out-generalled" or out-thought Gans - was even more so.

    Gans was fighting Langford as a part of a barnstormer and he had a stomach problem going in, but still.
     
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    Les Darcy.
    while 19 beat :
    Crouse
    McGoorty
    Clabby
    Smith
    Chip.
    Not too shabby. keep well.
     
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    That's what I was thinking
     
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