retired boxers

[eleven]

now that dlh has retired a was thinking if he should of had one more fight what other boxers do use think retired to early and am not sayin dlh retired to early would of just been gd for him to go out on a win a was thinkin of prince nas he retired to early cant belive how he went after his loss

[Killa From Manila]

He'll be back like most high profile fighter do.

[Drago]

i would like to see ODH go out with a win

[Britkid]

I am probably tempting fate, but de la Hoya is a smart cookie and hopefully will not be back.

As for fighters who retired too early, well I think the example given (Naseem Hamed) is not good. The Barrera fight finished Naseem, it was just the Prince was smart enough to realize that.

He had money, but did not have the fire in the belly no more (I guess them pies he ate, put it out), so he did the smart thing.

An example I would use of fighters who perhaps retired too early would include someone like Jemal Hinton, a Kronk fighter, who looked like he might have what he it took, just to call it a day at 22-0.

Jemal Hinton

[eleven]

has there been many gd fighters who retired early undefeated

[Britkid]

has there been many gd fighters who retired early undefeated

One of the sadder stories would be Lazlo Papp.

Papp was a truly brilliant Hungarian fighter who was the first fighter to win Gold medals in three consecutive Olympics (1948, 1952 and 1956). But because he was from a then Communist country, he was not allowed to turn pro.

Public pressure eventually forced the government to let Papp turn pro in 1957, aged 31.

Over the next seven years Papp built up an 27-0-2 record, becoming European Champion and the generally recognized #1 contender for Middleweight World Champion Joey Giardello's crown.

But with a World Championship fight in the offing, the Hungarian Government got cold feet, and refused Papp permission to fight Giardello, thus Papp called it a day.

[Spicoli]

I am probably tempting fate, but de la Hoya is a smart cookie and hopefully will not be back.

As for fighters who retired too early, well I think the example given (Naseem Hamed) is not good. The Barrera fight finished Naseem, it was just the Prince was smart enough to realize that.

He had money, but did not have the fire in the belly no more (I guess them pies he ate, put it out), so he did the smart thing.

An example I would use of fighters who perhaps retired too early would include someone like Jemal Hinton, a Kronk fighter, who looked like he might have what he it took, just to call it a day at 22-0.

Jemal Hinton

No doubt with Hinton.Huge mystery.I think alot of it was frustration over being on the back burner a bit to the Carrs,Moorers,etc.He and his father were openly ctitical of having the Championship fight elude him even with massive exposure and a solid run.You could see it in the prior to the Nolasco fight.His father seemed to butt heads with Manny.

[Tilt A Whirl]

Marvis Frazier,those two loses,he didnt fight like the Ammie he was,he tried to slug it out.
If he had re-tuned,and gone back to being a sniper,he could have made noise.
Ann Wolfe,Ann with one good arm beats 90% of the female fighters out there in any weight class she wants to be in.
Boom Boom Mancini-His head wasnt in the game,but his skills were still fine,a good therapist to get him over the Kim fight.........