One-Hit Wonders in Boxing History

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Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

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Originally Posted by jonesjrmayweather

buster douglass. Zahir raheem.


And jut to get a rise out of cutmemick

duran....

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not just our of mick. [banging head on desk]

i realize i am being played but i can't help myself!

Ken buchanan
esteban dejesus (twice)
ray lampkin
carlos palomino
ray leonard
pipino cuevas
davey moore
iran barkley

[back to banging my head on desk] i hope my concussion pleases you!

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lol

One of my favourites: Max Baer. Maxie KO'd Primo Carnera and in his first title defence 364 days later lost the decision to Jim Braddock. He may have been a "one hit wonder", but he was also a great fighter.

Baer landed some decent shots on a 21-yr old Brown Bomber as well, with good speed behind them.

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Originally Posted by Dave Hughey

One of my favourites: Max Baer. Maxie KO'd Primo Carnera and in his first title defence 364 days later lost the decision to Jim Braddock. He may have been a "one hit wonder", but he was also a great fighter.

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Don't forget Max also destroyed Max Schmeling in 1932 or 1933.

OK wait...

See for me one-hit wonders are boxers who had 1 big win and then never followed it up with another big win or won a title.

I'm not expecting Turpin to beat someone better then SRR.
But certainly beating a "champion" would merit for me, not falling into this list.
I just don't consider the opponents they beat after good enough not to have them as one hit wonders.

Frankie Randall defended a title several times.
No where near the caliber of JCC but he was a champion and defended it.
That to me does not say one hit wonder.

I'd like to add Nino Valdes.

Drake Thadzi

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Drake Thadzi

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Niiiiice!

Frank Bruno

Vincente Escobedo. Great fighter that kicked off his career with a 9 early round KO/TKO win streak but every time he musters up a fire of potential superstardom, it gets doused by a close defeat. Imagine a Nonito Donaire that lost SD's and UD'S to Darchinyan, Conception, and then Montiel. e___e'' Man.

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Originally Posted by JazzWolf

Vincente Escobedo. Great fighter that kicked off his career with a 9 early round KO/TKO win streak but every time he musters up a fire of potential superstardom, it gets doused by a close defeat. Imagine a Nonito Donaire that lost SD's and UD'S to Darchinyan, Conception, and then Montiel. e___e'' Man.

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Which fight would be his one hit?

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Originally Posted by JazMerkin

Liston is the worst suggestion on this list (apart from what I hope were jokes about Duran & Pacquiao). He fought just 2 opponents with sub .500 records his whole career & was beating up on experienced guys from his 6th fight. Avenged his first loss, which he fought with a broken jaw. Apart from Patterson, he beat some really credible guys in Summerlin, Cleveland Williams, Folley & Machen. He's much more than a 1 hit wonder, he just happened to get defined by his losses to probably the greatest HW of all time.

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I'm gonna stick with Liston being a 1 hit wonder, like I said earlier in this thread, 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. His main claim to fame at the Championship level was his two 1st round destruction's of Patterson which made everyone believe he was fuckin' superman.

Was Liston a feared above average HW, and did he have a few nice wins besides Patterson? Sure, but what he was actually able to accomplish in ring wasn't really all that special, especially in title fights. Remember, Ali was far from being a "legend" when he fought Liston, he was a 22 year old kid with 19 pro fights and was something like a 7 -1 underdog before their first fight.

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That kind of makes him not a one-hit wonder, you know. You can't say he had a "few nice wins" and still call him a one-hit wonder.