Quote Originally Posted by THE THIRD MAN View Post
1) It has to be Leon Spinks, all time greatest overachiever, he wins a SD against an old and tired Ali in his 8th fight, promptly loses the rematch and then is blasted out in 1 round by Gerrie Coetzee and 3 rounds by Larry Holmes. Career effictively over by age 28! Leon Spinks can lay claim to being undisputed World Heavyweight Champion...if ever there was an over achievement then this was it!

2) Billy Backus beats Welter king Jose Napoles on cuts and becomes undisputed World Welterweight Champion until the re match where he is KO'd in 8 by Napoles. Blink and you would have missed his career altogether. Considering Napoles standing in any top 10 all time Welterweight listings this was one helluva over achievement.

3) Buster Douglas, he survives the long count against Tyson and then pulls off the upset of the century only to be out in 3 rounds against Holyfield 6 months later. Buster Douglas will always be remembered as the man who beat the invincible Mike Tyson, can't take that away from him. Amazing over achievement.

I think we have the same concept of what an "overachiever" is..... someone who reaches further than he should have, given his set of skills. Leon and Buster both are DEFINITELY in that category. Not too familiar with Backus, though.