Most successful boxer in history before they hit 24 years old?

Villa
Tyson
Sanchez

in that order for me

 

bingo!!!

 

Tyson or Mancini.

 

:-(

 

Villa is extremely overrated. Only notable win as far as I'm concerned is a shot Jimmy Wilde.

 

Name Villa's notable wins!

 

juan baby bull diaz

 

He's quite overrated to be honest. I think of him more as a HoF than an ATG participant. Someone mentioned a shot Wilde as one of his victims. that is one of his claims to fame, along with Frankie Genaro. He basically is the father of pinoy boxing though, in the same way that Fighting Harada is his nations early symbol of the sport.

Fighting Harada actually was an atg though.

 

Salvador Sanchez...an ATG before he was allowed to turn 24.

 

- Has to be Jimmy Wilde

- Named "Flyweight Fighter of the Century" along with Miguel Canto by the Associated Press in 1999.

http://boxing.about.com/library/weekly/aa123099k.htm

- Died at young age of 23 yrs old after 80 wins and 5 loses.

 

Ask EZE. It is not enough that you have to write Hernandez x 2. You have to specify Carlos and Genaro.

But the post has Hernandez x 3?

 

All great choices tbh.

 

Jeff Fenech was 19-0 and a legit 3 division champ before he was 24

 

And you are forgetting the true best.
Joe Louis (35-1) Heavyweight champion, 3 defenses
Notable wins: Carnera TKO6, Levinsky TKO1, Baer KO4, Uzcudun TKO4, Sharkey KO3, Pastor UD10, Braddock KO8, Farr UD15
Notable loss: Schmeling KO12
... and his 24th birthday was a month before the Schmeling re-match.

Clearly, the answer is Joe Louis. Ketchel is the obvious 2nd and Tyson 3rd. Pacquiao does not belong with the others listed.

 

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