Boxing's Wasted Talents......

Does Joe Mesi count as wasted talent?

Without a doubt tyson is the biggest waste of talent in boxing history , if tyson stayed with rooney he could of gone 100-0 without ever being in a competitive fight . Tyson if he stayed with rooney would of become even more dominant as he got older, bear in mind that rooney said tyson only fullfilled 50 % of his boxing potential by that I mean boxing skills . its true but sad. after he fired rooney(why did he fired him anyway?) he didnt have the speed(head movement) power left and if that isnt enough he took drugs and no training at all.what a waste of talent.

Without a doubt tyson is the biggest waste of talent in boxing history , if tyson stayed with rooney he could of gone 100-0 without ever being in a competitive fight . Tyson if he stayed with rooney would of become even more dominant as he got older, bear in mind that rooney said tyson only fullfilled 50 % of his boxing potential by that I mean boxing skills .

1. tyson i wish cus had been with him a little longer and he had ali´s heart. 2. bowe he had all but was to lazy and bad discipline. 3. corrie sanders,ike golota

Corrie Sanders is at the top of the list

I think the biggest waste of talent was Corrie Sanders.

William Joppy. :) Look no further than the man in my signature my friends. BAR NONE the most dissapointing fighter I have ever watched. Ever since loosing a controversial decision to Byrd in the Olympics when he was at middle, he has been the whipping boy in the middleweight division and the best gatekeeper IMO. If you feel he lacks the talent. Watch his fights again. Ones that he won preferably. Like the Eastman fight. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

The following fighters had some great wins, some many. But ..... - Mark Breland (Just simply gave up) - Razor Ruddock (Big guy with all the right skills, but would not commit himself to the game) - Prince Hamed (I really despise this guy. He got caught-up in his own marketing hype, instead of building his skills and learning to take a punch, he preferred to flop around like a clown) - Lennox Lewis (Always be remembered as the guy who didn't / couldn't give Klitchko the rematch that all boxing fans wanted) Regarding Lennox - for Christ sake doesnt the guy deserve to go out when HE wants to? - rather than end up a punch drunk has been? He took on and beat the best during his time - please stop beating up on the guy, as he always acted in a decent way out of the ring. But then Lennox beating aint nothin new on here unfortunatly(much as i love the forums/site).

Toney Tucker was a damn good fighter no doubt about that, and Green was fucking tough as shit... When you talk about Milt aren't you referring to the drubbing that Donald Curry put on him...sure the body snatcher got too him too but once Curry outclassed him it was pretty much over for Milt. You made a great point,Scap,about Milt's beating from Curry.In some truth,though, Milt's end may have began with the two Colin Jones fights. Before that, I thought Milt was better than Donald but afterwards, Curry was the man. And then there was the knockdown against Breland in a sparring session.... :(

I did have to say: Ricardo Williams Panchito Bojado ( He can turn it around if he dedicates himself) Spadafora

ya Aaron "The Hawk" Pryor!

I dont think its fair to put Sanchez on this list. Considering he is regared as one of the 3 greatest featherweight of all time by pretty much everyone. Same with Meldrick Taylor. Who was a spectaular fighter who had it beaten out fo him. His only crime was fighting his heart out. both these guys had other circumstances play into why they did not do what they were supposed to do. Niether guy wasted anything You cant say they "wasted" there potential now they may not have "realized" it and those are two very very different things. I couldn't agree more:D

i just remembered another big fucking waste ricardo williams what the hell was he thinking,he had been charged with distribution and trafficking of illegal substance :mad:

Mitch Green-drugs and management ruined him Tony Tucker-drugs took away his talent. Milton McCory-never quite came back after McCallum. Toney Tucker was a damn good fighter no doubt about that, and Green was fucking tough as shit... When you talk about Milt aren't you referring to the drubbing that Donald Curry put on him...sure the body snatcher got too him too but once Curry outclassed him it was pretty much over for Milt.

panchito bojado :mad:

sorry if someone has mentioned this guy before (i did'nt read the whole thread) but kirkland laing comes to mind. got to be one of the best fighters i've ever seen, but just pissed it all away. beat duran in 82 and then disappeared for 18 month smoking weed while duran went on to beat davey moore at the garden. he lives in an alchoholic daze in london now, what a waste.

morad hakkar could have been a great fighter , he only he wasnt morrad hakkar.

Bernard Mays. Too bad he couldn't lay off of the beer. It sounds like he would have been the best ever.

I'm a little hazy on this one but what about John Conteh? Gave up his world title to fight the non-,mandatory cvhallenger in the belief he would get another crack at the title and he never did. Lol

Mike Tyson, Mark Breland, Tommy Morrison, Razor Ruddock, Howard Davis Jr., Kelcey Banks.