Name me examples of prospects/young fighters who stepped up too soon

[tommyg6]

As we saw this past weekend, several people were big on Lubin and his potential but now, he ended up on the canvas instead of raising his hand in victory. perhaps Lubin stepped up too soon to a guy like Charlo.

with that said, name me some other examples of young promising fighters who stepped up too soon and ended up losing or KOed.

[MasterPlan]

Amir Imam comes to mind.

[Lopez_Boxing]

Vernon Paris victor Ortiz

[FrankieClutch]

Vernon Paris victor Ortiz

What was Ortiz' step up that was too soon? Maidana was an unknown guy from Argentina that Ortiz was supposed to demolish at that point

[tommyg6]

my picks.
Canelo stepping up to Mayweather
Julian Williams stepping up to Charlo

[E10Rifle]

In recent times Charlie Edwards springs to mind. Casamiero came far too early for the kid.

[Heavyhands420]

Fernando vargas for sure. Usyk was another but proved himself.

[Lopez_Boxing]

What was Ortiz' step up that was too soon? Maidana was an unknown guy from Argentina that Ortiz was supposed to demolish at that point

Kinda referring to stepping up to a heavy hitter not a big name. It takes chin to make it to the top.

[Eff Pandas]

I always feel like Fernando Vargas is the poster boy for stepping up too early. He was already a younger guy coming out of the Olympics then was fighting for a title within 2(?) years which is wayyyy above average since most guys don't win their first title til 4 years after their pro debut. Then he's fighting Tito inside of 4 years pro. Had a lot of success despite stepping up early, but you feel like he stepped a lil too far a lil too early too which likely hemmed his overall greatness a lil.

Randomly I feel like the way Lubin got KO'd is the more noteworthy thing here. How many guys have been KO'd like he was or worse & have had a championship level career post that moment? Not that many mfers that I can come up with. Those types of KO's seem to show something about a guy or effect their own confidence or beyond that impacts their future success (or maybe its just such a rare thing to see kinda scary/disturbing KO's like that one that few stats can actually be fruitful its such a rare thing idk).

[tommyg6]

you could also say Anthony Joshua when he took on Klitschko in only his 19th fight and even Eddie Hearn said it was soon for AJ but fortunately for Eddie, AJ stepped up and passed the test.