Highly Successful Short Careers

He has been mentioned.

 

Rocky Marciano was only active for a little over 7 years.

 

Davey Moore....both of them..
Although the original did have 68 fights, he only boxed ten years before being killed in the ring defending his title against Sugar Ramos.
The second, despite the crushing loss to Duran, won a world championship which he defended 3 times before losing it to Duran. He even managed a win over Benitez after losing the title. Not bad for only having 23 fights in his career.
Ironic in a way that both men died at nearly the same young age (30 and 29)

 

I just made this ****ing thread, lol

 

Sylvester "Bunk" Kelly. Only had a handful of fights, no one ever saw him in person, and he still gets talked about as a potential great 70's heavyweight.

I'd vote for Leo Randolph, Jamal Hinton, and David Reid as well....

 

Idk if you would count him or not by the standards of this question, but Michael Bentt comes to mind:

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=005642&cat=boxer

 

it wasnt a short career but mike tysons was successful for only a short amount of time

 

I see Bowe hasn't been mentioned. Surely a great example.

He done a lot in 7 years and made a load of money. Ultimately a dissapointment but he was successful.

 

Kostya Tszyu - 34 fights and multiple world titles.

 

Jeff Fenech - 33 fights and multiple world titles.

 

Great avi pic Al :good

Sadly some absolute idiots vandalized Lionel's statue recently with white paint atsch

 

Cheers, that's me and our kid with Michael Rose, what a great day. I'm sickened to here Lionel's statue has been vandalised :-(

 

Is the statue Lionel Rose?

 

Jimmy Britt. 23 pro bouts, with wins over Kid Lavigne, Frank Erne, Young Corbett, Battling Nelson, and other good to excellent fighters.

 

It is!