Great boxers that declined very quickly

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  1. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    roy jones tops the list in recent times. looks like superman in 2003 then in 2004 is getting ko'd by the likes of antonio tarver and glen johnson. very shocking

    trying to think of others. roberto duran suffered a sudden decline from 80-83 but rose from the ashes. and his defeats were against one atg and kirkland lang a great under achiever

    wilfred benitez a duran conquerer during that time; went shot over night. looked great against hearns even though he lost but then suffered two losses in a year

    evander holyfield declined quickly after tyson fights and suffered a sudden decline after his great win over bowe in 93 til november 96 when he beat tyson. he looked shot during that period

    cant think of anyone else like jones getting kod by guys who would struggle to win a round against him in his prime
     
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  2. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not necessarily a great fighter,but Jimmy Young was certainly a very good one. The rate that that he declined between the Ken Norton fight in late 1977 and the fights with Oswaldo Ocasio the following year was nthing short of alarming.


    Lloyd Honeyghan looked like crap against Mark Breland. Lloyd was still a young man at this point.
     
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  3. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    jack johnson maybe. willard had no chance against him in his prime
     
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  4. Stevie G

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    Johnson's decline was gradual though. At the time he fought Willard,he was thirty seven years old.
     
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  5. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ezzard Charles went downhill pretty quickly. Harold Johnson as well, I think.
     
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  6. WhyYouLittle

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    Terry Mcgovern comes to mind.
     
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  7. lufcrazy

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    I was gonna say mcgovern.

    On a lesser scale, bill speary was an unbeaten featherweight star with victories over forte, archibald and jeffra but within a matter of months he had pretty much a 50/50 record. Crazy stuff.
     
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  8. Senor Pepe'

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    I wouldn't say a great boxer,

    But Saensak Muangsurin was a great fighter, who has a boxing record that will
    never be broken.

    He suffered a detached retina, then lost his title, and he was never the same.
     
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  9. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Lionel Rose
    Happy Lora
    Donald Curry
    Ayub Kalule
    Buddy McGirt
    Lloyd Honeyghan
    Jiro Watanabe
    Sung-Kil Moon
    Carlos Zarate
    Yuri Arbachakov
    Chatchai Sasakul
    Mustapha Hamsho
    Doug DeWitt
    Michael Nunn
    Jeff Chandler
    John Conteh
    Dwight Qawi
    Eddie Gregory
    JUng-Koo Chang
    MIke Tyson
    Fidel Bassa
    JIbaro Perez

    For many different reasons


    There's loads really, especially at the lighter weights where fighters used to peak early and often found it hard to get established again after losing a title.Lots staying at uncomfortable weights too long and ruining themselves because of it.Damn junior weightclasses.
     
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  10. zicas

    zicas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Tyson
     
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  11. SBleeder

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    Armstrong seemed to fall off at a pretty decent clip.
     
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  12. turbotime

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    Mike Tyson
     
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  13. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Also Shane Mosley, even though he's hung around for 100s of years, dropped off from a potentially excellent\great fighter to an inconsistent, rather uninspiring one punch at a time B level type almost overnight.

    Forrest broke him.
     
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  14. assasin

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    the one that sticks out for me was don curry. lost to honeyghan, then it all went to **** very quickly.
     
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  15. mcvey

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    Sammy Mandell.
    Al Singer.
     
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