Fighters who had their brief time in the sun

Good correction Bailey. Knew it was Buster's very next fight and that he got stopped. How quickly we forget though.

 

Cristian "amsterdam's god" Mijares

 

Jeff Lacey was on his way until Joe Calzaghe ruined him.

 

Sergei Liakhovich. That Brewster fight will be talked about for a long time

 

Edwin Valero-KTFOs ALL his foes until he decided to KTFO his family and his own dick.

 

Martinez

 

Benny "The Kid" Paret
such a sad end.

 

Lloyd Honeyghan's big upset over Donald Curry, he was highly regarded for a little bit also beat Bumphus,Blocker,Hatcher before splitting a couple fights with Vaca. Really went down hill after getting beat up by Starling, then kod by Breland.. After that was never really world class or highly regarded.

Frankie Randall was on everyones pfp list for awhile after upsetting Chavez.. Beat Coggi and a couple others but after a year or 2 got old and faded away.... Was really good early on too, but wasnt promoted well,had drug problems,Jail time, and also was upset by Priimo Ramos.


Gabriel Ruelas looked like a future great and after beating Leija for the title made a couple impressive title defenses, before his tragic fight with Jimmy Garcia.. After that was never the same getting blown out by Azumah Nelson... SHowed flashes against Gatti in an excellent fight but Gatti came from behind to ko Ruelas.

Danny Romero was a huge punching Fly and JB champ and highly regarded, when blowing past all the flys and JBs (except for minor setback to Salazar).. His fight with Tapia was somewhat of a superfight for the lighter divisions.... Never seemed the same after being outboxed by Tapia.. Was still a contender at Bw,JF but his punched seemed to fade and he just seemed a little flat after.

Michael Nunn was pretty awesome when beating Frank Tate for the title,,, Had a good run at MW beating guys like Barkley,Kalamby,Roldan,Starling,Curry but after his upset ko loss to Toney.. Was never that elite pfp type of fighter anymore.. Won titles at SMW and LH after,but was just a solid top guy not the unbeateable phenom he was during his middle weight reign.

Alejandro Cobrita Gonzalez looked really good in beating up a prime Kevin Kelley for the Fw title... Even made in on Ring and Ko magazine pfp list after that ,Defended against Espinoza,Green before being upset by Manuel Medina.. Medina was a good fighter but, i dont know what happened to Cobrita he shouldnt have let Medina beat him,he was better than that... Then was kod by Luisito Espinosa... He had some good wins at Jl and LW beating prime Forbes,john Brown,Young Orlando Salido as well as a close fight with Stevie Johnston,,, But no longer the elite pfp guy he looked like when beating Kelley.

 

anarci^
great detailed post


how about riddick bowe? although not as popular as tyson, holyfeild, lewis or foreman in the 90's he was on top long enough to have his own video game.

 

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Buster Douglas is the most famous example without a doubt.

What does he do now?

 

Riddick Bowe started looking like the new torch carrier after mugging Holyfield in Vegas then whooping on Dokes and Ferguson then unfortunately got handed what was until this day his one and only loss to Evander in a rematch.. Even though he beat Evander in that rubber match.. He was dethroned of everything he owned by his own hand (and the trashcan) and a little help from his refridgerator and KFC...

 

Douglas monitors his diabetes carefully now... He is another one of the lost refridgerator era.... beaten by his passion for all things BBQ'd..lmao.