fighters who burnt out young

[margaret thatcher]

i was thinking of hughie fury, and how at 27 next month it still often gets mentioned that 'he's still just a babeh', but seemingly has shown little sign of improving with age


made me wonder about a related issue.....who are some fighters who burnt out at a younger age than normal and didnt have the normal peak years?

[oogiebe]

i was thinking of hughie fury, and how at 27 next month it still often gets mentioned that 'he's still just a babeh', but seemingly has shown little sign of improving with age


made me wonder about a related issue.....who are some fighters who burnt out at a younger age than normal and didnt have the normal peak years?

Hughie was never hot enough to burn out.

I'll get to you on the thread topic.

[bennie]

Wilfred Benitez. World champ at 17 and shopworn at 24.

[lefthook82]

Tyson

[Bleak]

I seem to Remember Paul Appleby
Winning the British Title quite young,
He faded quite soon after though

[DrDuke]

Riddick Bowe, Floyd Patterson, Tommy Morrison.

[handsofstone]

Hatton

[Old bones Ian]

Matthew Hilton champ at 21 finished by 23/24

[My Name Is Earl]

'Boom Boom' Mancini.

Champ at 21'ish, finished a few years later. To be fair he fought for another title in a comeback
in his late 20's. Cracking short career.

[MasterG]

George Collins.

[Coco]

Hamed

[handsofstone]

Hamed

I was gonna say Naz but did he burn out or just lose the hunger? I still reckon a fit and focused Naseem Hamed is a ATG Featherweight but I guess we'll never know

[jameswilson]

Lewis Ritson.

[stujones]

Considering he was oldest heavyweight champion - it might seem daft - but I will say Foreman. Even when he returned he was super slow considering he was 38 - which isn't exactly overly old for a heavyweight these days.

[coghaugen11]

It was overly old for a heavyweight in those days.

And he didn’t throw a punch for 10 years.

[Flump]

Fernando Vargas, David Reid. And possibly Josh Kelly, but that may be more that he just isn't very good.

[Foggy]

Spencer Oliver - although wish the circumstances could have been better for him

[orbtastic]

Francisco Bojado had a lot of hype. I’m faritly certain he was in one of the fight night games too.

[Old bones Ian]

George Collins.

I'm sure there were question marks over his age

[Old bones Ian]

Barry McGuigan 1st phase of career finished by 24/25

[Old bones Ian]

Sean O'Grady 86 fights and retired at 24

[margaret thatcher]

Sean O'Grady 86 fights and retired at 24

wont see that a champ like that again!

[Coco]

Colin Jones

[oogiebe]

Donato Paduano.

[oogiebe]

Mike Rossman was only 24 when he started his fall. 1979.