Fighters who excelled quickly

[Bill Paxtom]

Cassius Clay would have beaten Floyd Patterson for the HW title if given the opportunity..

Not in 1961 or 1962.

[IamInuit]

Any idea who?

No clue.

Young Stribling.

[Bill Paxtom]

Floyd 'The Panther' Patterson

That was Floyd's nickname early in his career.

[Master]

Julio ceaser Chavez

Fernando Vargas

[powerpuncher]

Julio ceaser Chavez

Fernando Vargas

Vargas is a good one. He was very good at a young age

[powerpuncher]

How about people without much of an amateur background?

Ahhh...

How about Wilfredo Vazquez Jr, started training in his early 20s and went pro with no amateur career. Won the Latino super bantamweight belt 2 years into his career and won the Super Bantamweight belt 3 years, 18 fights into his pro career.

Kermit Cintron was another guy who didn't start boxing until 20 and had less than 30 amateur fights, won a welterweight title 3 years in or so.

Pac was another guy with hardly any amateur background who won a world title 3 years in or so. Duran beat Buchanan 4 years in with hardly any amateur bouts. I think Duran said in an interview he was terrible as an amateur.

I did think of vasquez but he didn't really excel. He did well and then totally lost it after the arce fight.

[Bill Paxtom]

Wilfred 'El Radar' Benitez

Hector Carrasquilla

Alfonso Zamora

Jose 'Pipino' Cuevas

Roberto Duran

Esteban DeJesus

Danny 'Little Red' Lopez

Sean O'Grady

Perico Fernandez

[Beanflicker]

How about people without much of an amateur background?

Ahhh...

How about Wilfredo Vazquez Jr, started training in his early 20s and went pro with no amateur career. Won the Latino super bantamweight belt 2 years into his career and won the Super Bantamweight belt 3 years, 18 fights into his pro career.

Kermit Cintron was another guy who didn't start boxing until 20 and had less than 30 amateur fights, won a welterweight title 3 years in or so.

Pac was another guy with hardly any amateur background who won a world title 3 years in or so. Duran beat Buchanan 4 years in with hardly any amateur bouts. I think Duran said in an interview he was terrible as an amateur.

I did think of vasquez but he didn't really excel. He did well and then totally lost it after the arce fight.

True but he learned quick and he did win a world title.