Which fighter went from 'hot' to 'shot "in a short period of time?

Thanks, Fergy, and I just thought of another one while writing. Without looking at boxrec, I recall a kid who was really hot stuff on ESPN named Dana Roston. Man, he was just a prospect but he thought he was the second coming. His mouth was flapping and ESPN was eating it up. He was matched with this tough clubfighter named Rocky Garcia (I think) and Roston won every round and started screaming, "I'm tired of fighting this s**t" Well, Karma can be brutal, because I don't think he won another fight.

 

Leon Spinks?

 

The preparation for the Marlon Starling fight in '89 took a massive amount of preparation, and the loss that followed takes a hell of a lot out of you. The loss to Breland was a bit of a turning point. At 30 years old you struggle to make the weight, and that itself can drain you however fit you are.

 

That guy got beaten by Steve Cruz in the '80s I think.

 

Yes, his first loss was to Lennox Lewis iirc.

 

False. He was legit for Damiani.

 

Seth Mitchell

 

On the subject of derailed prospects I can think of Simon Brown putting a stopper in the progress of Shawn O'Sullivan in about 3 rounds. The Olympic silver medalist never regained his footing after that. The real funny one I remember though was a kid from Venezuela named Jose 'The Threat' Baret, a real KO sensation that everyone was talking about until they matched him with Marlon Starling. Starling took him out in about 4 rounds and the magazines were then calling him Jose 'Not Yet' Baret or Jose 'No Sweat' Baret. Tailspinned after that.