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boxers moved too fast
Posted: 29 Apr 2021, 19:55
by margaret thatcher
fast tracking is nice, but sometimes it goes a little too fast
ivan drago was a beast of a fighter, but thrown in with a vastly more experienced world level opponent in his debut, and that eventually showed as drago started bright but was ground down late in a grueeling fight. drago with even 5 fights vs solid gatekeepers wouldve been more ready
what are other cases of pros who were simply moved too fast?
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 02:46
by bennie
Davey Moore. He won the WBA light-middleweight title in his ninth pro outing and was ruined by Duran in his 13th.
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 03:28
by Controversial
You don’t get much quicker than Pete Rademacher, he got a HW title shot against Floyd Patterson (32-1 record) in his pro debut, he was dropped many times but also dropped Patterson
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 03:41
by Londonirish
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 19:55
fast tracking is nice, but sometimes it goes a little too fast
ivan drago was a beast of a fighter, but thrown in with a vastly more experienced world level opponent in his debut, and that eventually showed as drago started bright but was ground down late in a grueeling fight. drago with even 5 fights vs solid gatekeepers wouldve been more ready
what are other cases of pros who were simply moved too fast?
No shame in that loss to The One And Only Rocky Balboa
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 03:46
by Verdi
Anthony Yarde.
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 04:00
by skanksta
Panchito.
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:19
by margaret thatcher
Londonirish wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 03:41
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 19:55
fast tracking is nice, but sometimes it goes a little too fast
ivan drago was a beast of a fighter, but thrown in with a vastly more experienced world level opponent in his debut, and that eventually showed as drago started bright but was ground down late in a grueeling fight. drago with even 5 fights vs solid gatekeepers wouldve been more ready
what are other cases of pros who were simply moved too fast?
No shame in that loss to The One And Only Rocky Balboa
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:19
by margaret thatcher
good answers chappos
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:22
by brilo33
george groves
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:23
by brilo33
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑29 Apr 2021, 19:55
fast tracking is nice, but sometimes it goes a little too fast
ivan drago was a beast of a fighter, but thrown in with a vastly more experienced world level opponent in his debut, and that eventually showed as drago started bright but was ground down late in a grueeling fight. drago with even 5 fights vs solid gatekeepers wouldve been more ready
what are other cases of pros who were simply moved too fast?
he was the charles martin of his era
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:28
by Boxing Prospect
Kwang Sun Kim seems like an obvious one
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:36
by margaret thatcher
came so close to beating chiquita didnt he
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:41
by margaret thatcher
there is a korean university professor with the same name who kinda looks like him....i assume its not the same guy though?
https://engr.ku.edu/kwang-sun-kim
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:52
by skanksta
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 13:56
by margaret thatcher
it would be kinda cool......professor and puncher. dont talk in class or he beat yo ass
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 14:12
by forestbox
Ben Hall, hearn put him in with Carson Jones and got stopped, hasn't had fight since
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 15:04
by ThereByTheGrace
Alex arthur. Fought gomez too soon and it showed
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 15:18
by Boxing Prospect
Thought I'd check and...nah
Here's a relatively recent picture of him though
https://obj-sg.thewiki.kr/data/ed9598ea ... 6a7067.jpg
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 15:19
by margaret thatcher
damn, i wanted to believe that he was the punching professor
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 15:52
by Foggy
Didn’t JMM,s brother Rafael face a former world champion in his 3 fight or something like that
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 15:54
by Boxing Prospect
Foggy wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 15:52
Didn’t JMM,s brother Rafael face a former world champion in his 3 fight or something like that
Debut!
The world champion was Victor Rabanales
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 15:54
by brilo33
Vasyl Lomachenko
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 16:26
by orbtastic
David Reid, Olympic gold medal, pro title in his 10th fight? (Ironically for the same title Davey Moore held) Pitched in with Trinidad in his 13th fight, probably career ending altough his droopy eye was causing him issues before winning the title.
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 16:27
by margaret thatcher
orbtastic wrote: ↑30 Apr 2021, 16:26
David Reid, Olympic gold medal, pro title in his 10th fight? (Ironically for the same title Davey Moore held) Pitched in with Trinidad in his 13th fight, probably career ending altough his droopy eye was causing him issues before winning the title.
got a right hammering in that fight after having some good moments himself
i remember him getting stopped by 'the punching policeman' sam hill in a fight that basically showed he was done for
Re: boxers moved too fast
Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 16:37
by orbtastic
Who was that Brazilian guy who was on a hot streak, got in with Cotto and took a pasting? I want to say Kermit but it wasn't Cintron. Talking of Kermit, he practically decapitated Matthysse's brother and that was almost career finito for him. There's one for the hairy chest thread.
