Thread: One-Hit Wonders in Boxing History

Leon Spinks
Buster Douglas

.......please feel free to list who comes to mind. These 2 come to my mind immediately.

Oliver McCall? Hasim Rahman?

Was Ingemaar Johanssen a 1-Hit Wonder? In a way, I think.

Carlos Baldomir was a bit of a one hit wonder. Well, he beat Gatti too, so maybe a 2 hit wonder, but Gatti was well on the slide by then.

I don't know....even though he was a pretty good amateur of whom people had high expectations I would venture to say Vince Phillips Not sure though, I think he beat Mickey Ward also. Could be wrong but too lazy for research on the smartphone.

Jim "Chesney Hawk" Braddock

yeah but Vivian Harris was a bit of a 1-hit wonder as well, so 2 one-hitters cancel each other out. Harris smoked Doibylis or some nancy like that, it was odd but it was his 1-hit Wondership coming home to roost. After that, wow, Victor Ortiz smoked him with a series of hooks to the liver in ONE ROUND.

In a way, Sonny Liston could be considered a 1 hit wonder, he won the HW title from Floyd Patterson, defended it against Patterson 10 months later, then lost the HW title to Ali 6 months later.

You can defend Liston and say he beat some good fighters, but Ali & Patterson were his trip to the elite level and he lost twice to Ali.

Kirkland Laing
Rubin Carter
Chucho Castillo
Billy Backus
Montell Griffin (I know it was a DQ but still)
Randy Turpin

David Reid?

Originally Posted by CutMeMick

Kirkland Laing
Rubin Carter
Chucho Castillo
Billy Backus
Montell Griffin (I know it was a DQ but still)
Randy Turpin

REALLY disagree with both Castillo and Turpin. Chucho beat a whole series of ranked bantams in Pinto, Medel, Caraballo, Nakane, Pimintel and of course Ruben Olivares. He was a heck of a fighter in the very best era of bantams there has ever been.

Turpin didn't have as many good wins but Tommy Yarosz was no joke and neither were Cockell or Humez or Buxton. Turpin also earns points for giving Robinson absolute hell is the rematch before getting KO'd.