Fighters who achieved the most in the shortest amount of time

Sugar Ray Leonard

 

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james toney.
was a junior am back when he was 13 but dropped it looking towards a nfl career. going up to 186 pounds doing so, while also selling crack as support.....but less of that we should say. after getting into a fight it rekindled what he thought he could do as a pro. slimmed down went back into the ams and within 3 months won a novice golden gloves and 3 others titles. goes pro in 1988.......beats michael nun in 1991.

3 and a half years

 

montell griffin is similar, coincidentally getting one of his best wins over toney only after 1 AND a half years of amateur competition. seeing off well installed light heavy olympic contender jeremy williams in the box-offs and john ruin.
going to the olympics, having his pro debut then beaten toney 3 years after relaxing gloves.

 

on a very minor level but still relevant and still improving. stuart hall was an amateur when he was 15. but grew up and wound up a nightclub tout in Ibiza and spanish coast tourism for drunk english tourists and residents. he blew up to over 200lbs. massively unhealthy, a pack a day smoker. until coming back to britain for a a few days. just put himself back in a gym to drop a few pounds,he trained for a few months, at age 27 and 78 pounds lighter, got a pro fight in 2008 at 28, and beats martin power X2, ian napa, gary davies, john donally. these 4 being the top british bantams. and is now ranked higher than the european champ and commonwealth champ. and is knocking at a world title tilt soon

pretty stunning stuff. puts me into a mood to get back in the gym...but cant be arced.

 

Marciano retired om 55 not 53.

He is a great pick though.

 

Marciano had his last fight in 1955. But he retire on April 27(Yeah its coming up lol.) 1956.

 

Mike Tyson winning HW belt at 20 in 1986 and collecting all 3 belts 1 year later

 

Veeraphol Sahaprom
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?cat=boxer&human_id=6077

First pro fight won the WBC International super flyweight title.
Fourth pro fight won the WBA World bantamweight title.
All that in 9 months 2 weeks. Not bad eyy?


Lost his 5th pro fight.
Then in his 21st pro fight after not loosing againhe won the WBC bantamweight title.

All that in his first four years.

 

yeah this guy was real good. his career set is worth getting if only for the Nishioka fights.

 

...jeffries...corbett......."modern times" johansson...

 

Nigel Benn's career lasted less than 10 years.

 

Guillermo Rigondeaux so far

 

SNV became linear people's champion as soon as he turned pro and defended the title 53 times from 1993-2009. 53 world title fight defenses in 16 years is amazing. More than Chavez and Louis!