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

NO it's not that clear, but Louis is a good mention. And agree that Pac does not belong on this list.

Benitez and Fenech are other good mentions!

 

Along what was mentioned, Kid Williams, Bud Taylor, Abe Goldstein.
He was never KO.
Notable defeat: Frankie Genaro x2
80-5 record at 24 years old.

 

tito

 

Jimmy McLarnin. Aged 24 he had 58 fights, 48 wins, 7 losses and three draws. He beat numerous HoFers like Bud Taylor, Billi Petrolle, Al Singer, Fidel LaBarba, Pancho Villa mong others. Despite that he didn´t win a world title during this time. He picked up the ww title later on though.

 

He also lost to Taylor and Goldstein!

And more than 50 of his 80 wins were over Filipino Jeepney drivers!

Villa is a good legend but an overrated boxer! Definitely does NOT belong in this group!

 

Roberto Duran was making terror at LHW. He beat Buchanan at 21. Was 49-1 when he defeated Ray Lampkin at 24 and before he defeated: De Jesus, Takayama, Ishimatsu, Thompson, Kobayashi, Marcel

 

I think you can seperate Sal Sanchez from Tyson quite easily. The first world champion Sal faced was the guy in my avatar. A heavyweight equivalent of Little Red would have tore Tyson a new *******.

 

I would have to say Mike Tyson

 

NO CONTEST it's Wilfred Benitez who had won 3 genuine world title's by 22 years of age:deal

WBA 140LB..Lt/Welterweight...Antonio Cervantes..17years old
WBC 147LB..Welterweight.......Carlos Palomino......20years old
WBC 154LB..Lt/Middleweight... Maurice Hope........22years old

This is back in the day of only 2 governing authorities WBC/WBA.

Don't even compare the likes of Mayweather too EL RADAR as if had been Benitez in the ring with floyd instead of Mosley then this is what would have been the result in round 2:smoke

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