From Brilliance to Mediocrity: The Boxers who fell in the shortest time

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  1. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who were the Boxers who fell from grace in the shortest time?

    Buster Douglas and to a point, Roberto Duran (LeonardI and II) come to mind.

    But who else, of the less obvious variety, showed brilliance in a career best performance, only to encore with mediocrity?
     
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  2. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dominic Guinn
     
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  3. goat15

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    benitez. shot at 24.
     
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  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Vernon Forrest? Beats the P4P best fighter in the sport and then goes and loses twice in quick to succession to Ricardo Mayorga.
     
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    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Don Curry.
     
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  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    When was Guinn ever Brilliant? Talented yes, and seemingly with potential (I will admit, I brought quite a bit of the hype), but Brilliant?
     
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  7. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  8. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good call. The only thing I would say, is styles make fights, and Forrest had beaten Mosley as an amateur, and I (smugly;)) never fell for the Mosley hype, and called Vernon to give Sugar Shane hell (although, I did not have the bottle, to call the Forrest win, for fight one:mad:.)
     
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  9. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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  10. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thad Spencer deserves a mention even if he wasn't ever exactly brilliant he was riding high after beating Terrell and then he promptly fell appart after that.
     
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  11. dubace

    dubace Well-Known Member Full Member

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    pavlik more recently. douglas is also a good call. jeff lacey is close, but he was never brilliant and has no credible wins.
     
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    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    leon spinks...
     
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  13. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Terrible Terry McGovern started his violent career at the age of 17 years old in 1897.He proceeded to flatten such great featherweights like George Munroe,Pedlar Palmer,
    George Dixon,Eddie Santry,Oscar Gardner, Aurelio Herrera,and about 35 other men,until
    he met Young Corbett in 1901,and lost his title by a KO. McGovern was only 21 years old and through as a fighter. No great fighter was through by the age of 21 years old,as
    Terry McGovern...
     
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  14. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Antonio Margarito. He entered the limelight after a victory over Miguel Cotto only to then get battered in his next fight against Shane Mosley.
     
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    Meldrick Taylor.
     
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