Fighters that were shot in their 20s

[jon09]

Naseem Hamed

[jon09]

Felix Trinidad was never the same after BHop knocked him out.

[CGM]

Felix Trinidad was never the same after BHop knocked him out.

Could have been his encounter with Bouie Fisher that did him in.

[ICB]

Mike Tyson
Matthew Saad Muhammad

[Majesty]

Mike Tyson is the biggest name there I believe.

[Spicoli]

Mike Tyson
Matthew Saad Muhammad

Was thinking Tyson at first but he may fall into that 'not what he once was' category as opposed to fully shot.He was still winning straps,unifying and yet to fight Holyfield.At that time very few if any were giving Evander a chance,openly fearing for his health,saying he was on the fast down slide.Good call on Saad.His candle burned at both ends with the Lopez,Johnson among others wars.Sad the way he went out,hanging on for so long as a stepping stone 'name'.

[SaltyBacon]

michael moorer

[El Kabong]

I was going to post Tyson but he won titles AND was at least top 5 after 1990, he wasn't really shot until he was 30 when he lost to Holyfield twice and even then he was still able to win a title here and there.

There have been any number of heavyweights other than Tyson who were "shot" before the end of their 20's:
Domminick Guinn - 29 when he lost to Monte Barrett, never recovered
John Tate - 25 when he lost to Mike Weaver, never recovered
Donovan 'Razor' Ruddock - wasn't the same after the 2nd loss to Mike Tyson at age 28
Joe Mesi - he just misses the cut having only just turned 30 when he squeaked by Monte Barrett, he wasn't the same after that either.

[jokaleras]

Naseem Hamed

i disagree.

[Tysonbruno]

Naseem Hamed

Just because he lost had 1 fight then never fought again don't mean he was shot just didn't want to fight on but he had made about £50m

[SweetPea]

Ya, there's a big difference between being past your peak and being shot. Hamed and Tito were not shot after their first losses.

[jon09]

Alright just testing the waters. With that being said then the obvious 1 to me was Angel Manfredy.

[Tysonbruno]

Robin Reid,David reid,Fernando Vargas, and not so much shot but never reached true world level again just drifted down and down next up Amir Khan

[skel1983]

Robin Reid,David reid,Fernando Vargas, and not so much shot but never reached true world level again just drifted down and down next up Amir Khan

Robin Reid

How was he shot??

At aged 28 alot of people thought he beat Calzaghe, went on to beat Brian Mcgee as a big underdog is his own backyard at 33, and was robbed of a victory against Sven Ottke at aged 32.

Far from shot mate, he was basically just not that good a decent fighter who was just as good at 33 as he was in his mid to late twenties.

[gest12645]

Jeff Lacy