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

[HandSpeed303]

*record*....

[filup79]

tony yoka is 25. Olymic gold and gold in the world amateur championship.
Should he fight against povetkin or ortiz in his third fight?

amateur boxing and pro boxing is a very different game. You need to get accustomed to the changed pace, the longer rounds and the scoring.

Its the same the other way around. Last olympic games weve seen decent, but not elite pro boxers trying their luck at olympic games.
They failed.

Loma had like 6 fights in the WBS that were pretty much pro fights that aren't counted on his pro record. so you could say he had 6 fights where he was fighting under pro rules and scoring. You can't deny his a talent but you could argue that if FLoyd or Roy Jones stuck around in the amateurs till they were 25, that they would have been able to do what Loma has. Its more impressive to turn pro at an early age and win a title around 21. Plus Loma won a vacant title against a talented and unproven Mr. TBA Russell.

[filup79]

He was too inexperienced in the pro's. If Loma would fight Salido now would you still pick Salido to win ?

Salido is shot to hell even more than he was when he fought Loma the first time. Loma should have beat him then and if he can't beat him now than theres something wrong. And weight excuse is ridiculous, lesser fighters have beaten guys that a weight advantage of 15 lbs or less.

[sicko]

Michael Grant stepping in with Lennox Lewis is still probably the biggest one

Fernando Vargas stepping in with Tito Trinidad is another

[JJRod]

Fernando Vargas comes to mind.

[daggum]

Michael Grant stepping in with Lennox Lewis is still probably the biggest one

Fernando Vargas stepping in with Tito Trinidad is another

lewis cheated as much as ward in that fight. holding grant behind the head and knocking him down over and over. tony weeks was prob the ref

[Willy Wanker]

Canelo against Mayweather.

And Canelo against GGG later.

Canelo is too young and clearly wasn't experienced enough. He also needed at least 4 more years before he was acclimated to 160 and at least another 3 years before he was ready for a real MW like GGG.

I don't think Canelo will ever recover.

[Zaroku]

Michael Grant stepping in with Lennox Lewis is still probably the biggest one

Fernando Vargas stepping in with Tito Trinidad is another

Lewis made sure he fought grant early.

[dranoel]

Never understood this question tbh

I always just think of Muhammad Ali (then, 22 years old) stepping up to Liston.
If you got the boxing ability, you should be okay.

And the thing is, these guys are athletically at their peaks around 20-25. Scientifically your body starts to decay at 25. (correct me if I'm wrong.)

So by 'stepping up' I am sure you mean: by taking a risk?
It's never too early if you're going out to take names.

[daggum]

Lewis made sure he fought grant early.

and to cheat nonstop