One-Hit Wonders in Boxing History

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I don't know....even though he was a pretty good amateur of whom people had high expectations I would venture to say Vince Phillips Not sure though, I think he beat Mickey Ward also. Could be wrong but too lazy for research on the smartphone.

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Jim "Chesney Hawk" Braddock

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yeah but Vivian Harris was a bit of a 1-hit wonder as well, so 2 one-hitters cancel each other out. Harris smoked Doibylis or some nancy like that, it was odd but it was his 1-hit Wondership coming home to roost. After that, wow, Victor Ortiz smoked him with a series of hooks to the liver in ONE ROUND.

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In a way, Sonny Liston could be considered a 1 hit wonder, 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.

You can defend Liston and say he beat some good fighters, but Ali & Patterson were his trip to the elite level and he lost twice to Ali.

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Kirkland Laing
Rubin Carter
Chucho Castillo
Billy Backus
Montell Griffin (I know it was a DQ but still)
Randy Turpin

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David Reid?

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Kirkland Laing
Rubin Carter
Chucho Castillo
Billy Backus
Montell Griffin (I know it was a DQ but still)
Randy Turpin

REALLY disagree with both Castillo and Turpin. Chucho beat a whole series of ranked bantams in Pinto, Medel, Caraballo, Nakane, Pimintel and of course Ruben Olivares. He was a heck of a fighter in the very best era of bantams there has ever been.

Turpin didn't have as many good wins but Tommy Yarosz was no joke and neither were Cockell or Humez or Buxton. Turpin also earns points for giving Robinson absolute hell is the rematch before getting KO'd.

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Does Frankie Randall belong on this list?

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Buster Douglass. Zahir Raheem.


and jut to get a rise out of cutmemick

Duran....

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Does Frankie Randall belong on this list?

Nope. Especially considering he was well on his way to duplicating his 'one hit' before Chavez hopped out the fire exit and slid down the ladder when given the opportunity in rematch. Randall won that fight but he lost the politics. The guy won the belt thrice when frankly he should not have "lost" it twice. He had solid boxing punching skill set, sat amongst the p4p 10 and had solid comp in Pendleton, Rosario, Fuentes, Ramos early through some serious screw jobs put to him, yes including his demons and a stint in jail in 89. His implosion with Ramos still baffles but thats boxing 101. He became obsessed with getting Chavez back in the ring for 3rd fight right away but frankly JCC and King couldn't wait for him to go away. He relapsed after domination of solid Champion Coggi and late in career was out of weight, out of senses and eventually out of time. When I think one hit wonders I think flukes or lucky shots. For me Randall put on one of the most disciplined executions of a game plan and break down of a legend ever seen. He should have been much longer lasting but he wasn't a fluke.

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Kirkland Laing
Rubin Carter
Chucho Castillo
Billy Backus
Montell Griffin (I know it was a DQ but still)
Randy Turpin

REALLY disagree with both Castillo and Turpin. Chucho beat a whole series of ranked bantams in Pinto, Medel, Caraballo, Nakane, Pimintel and of course Ruben Olivares. He was a heck of a fighter in the very best era of bantams there has ever been.

Turpin didn't have as many good wins but Tommy Yarosz was no joke and neither were Cockell or Humez or Buxton. Turpin also earns points for giving Robinson absolute hell is the rematch before getting KO'd.

Compare the names of Olivares and SRR vs the other names...
For my likings they never matched those wins.
That makes them one hit wonders.

[marbleheadmaui]

Kirkland Laing
Rubin Carter
Chucho Castillo
Billy Backus
Montell Griffin (I know it was a DQ but still)
Randy Turpin

REALLY disagree with both Castillo and Turpin. Chucho beat a whole series of ranked bantams in Pinto, Medel, Caraballo, Nakane, Pimintel and of course Ruben Olivares. He was a heck of a fighter in the very best era of bantams there has ever been.

Turpin didn't have as many good wins but Tommy Yarosz was no joke and neither were Cockell or Humez or Buxton. Turpin also earns points for giving Robinson absolute hell is the rematch before getting KO'd.

Compare the names of Olivares and SRR vs the other names...
For my likings they never matched those wins.
That makes them one hit wonders.

Well, ok, but doesn't EVERYONE have a best win? I mean who the heck did you want Turpin to beat to match the Robinson win?

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Kirkland Laing
Rubin Carter
Chucho Castillo
Billy Backus
Montell Griffin (I know it was a DQ but still)
Randy Turpin

REALLY disagree with both Castillo and Turpin. Chucho beat a whole series of ranked bantams in Pinto, Medel, Caraballo, Nakane, Pimintel and of course Ruben Olivares. He was a heck of a fighter in the very best era of bantams there has ever been.

Turpin didn't have as many good wins but Tommy Yarosz was no joke and neither were Cockell or Humez or Buxton. Turpin also earns points for giving Robinson absolute hell is the rematch before getting KO'd.

I agree with this certainly regarding Turpin, I don't know enough about Castillo. Turpin beat some real solid guys, but let's face it Robinson stands out so far on his resume because of who he was.

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.

Aside from the obvious such as Rahman, Douglas & Raheem, I'd make an argument for Freddie Norwood & Sergio Mora.

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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.

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.