Biggest Waste of Talent ,Fighters who never fullfilled there true potential , some of the names i have posted were World Champions but in the right circumstances they could have acheived so much more ,who are your picks for biggest waste of talent
Michael Nunn
Riddick Bowe
David Reid
Michael Moore has been making good movies all along. Why u dissin him?
His efforts just keep getting better.
lmao, yeah man but he got beat by grandpa foreman coming out of retirement in his prime, c'mon
...a former p4p and likely Hall of Famer really wasted his talent. Kinda like Shane Mosley, huh?
Barry McGuigan and Gerald McClellan are in the Boxing HOF
LMAO
yep Toney has to be one of the most talented fighters who did'nt acheive everything he was capable of ,and he acheived quite a bit in any case just shows how good he really was talentwise :beerchug:
Totally agree with that james wasted alot of his talent.
that mike ayala guy who fought danny lopez in a fight of the year losing by KO 15. i checked him out on boxrec after watching the fight and i couldnt believe he didnt go on to win another world title. he challenged for several more but lost all his attempts. i thought he boxed very well and was more than worthy to hold a title, what happened there?
I think he had drug problems. Mike Ayala said he was strung out on heroin when he lost to Lopez.
Salvador Sanchez.
he stopped Azumeh Nelson, Wilfredo Gomez, and Dany Lopez x2, and had victories over Ruben Castillo, Juan La Porte and other guys I dont remember. all this was done in less than 3 years, and before the guy was even 24.
I dont think he would have had a long career, probebly would have been past it by 30, but had he lived I think he would have ended up being one of the best fighters of all time, top ten ATG material.
I don't know of too many historians that rank Mosley all that highly at lightweight (The Ring had him barely inside the top 20). He is rated fairly highly due to potential and talent, but not on resume. His opposition at 135 was rather weak.
The top 2 are generally considered to be Roberto Duran and Benny Leonard.
Pernell Whitaker, for instance, I rank clearly higher than Mosley at 135 because of his achievements there.
I think Mosley would be a handful though for most lightweights in history. Not just because of his talent, but also because of the weigh-in procedures. He's bigger than most lightweights of the past.
But on the basis of beating WHOM?
Like Stealer said... ability and talent.
I guess it wouldn't make sense for me to mention that when you said his accomplishments... my fault Dios. Forgive me?
He is given a pass by most because he was "too small" to be operating at welter or junior middle.
I agree with you though...
I don't know how many fighters get absolutely dominated twice by two different fighters in two different ways. He didn't even just have a guy who had his number, or a style that he couldn't overcome. Two different guys with two styles who dominated Mosley is two different ways.
Forrest battered him around the ring and Wright outclassed him.
EDIT: He is widely considered the 2nd best lightweight ever, which is why people keep him so high in their mind.
I don't know of too many historians that rank Mosley all that highly at lightweight (The Ring had him barely inside the top 20). He is rated fairly highly due to potential and talent, but not on resume. His opposition at 135 was rather weak.
The top 2 are generally considered to be Roberto Duran and Benny Leonard.
Pernell Whitaker, for instance, I rank clearly higher than Mosley at 135 because of his achievements there.
I think Mosley would be a handful though for most lightweights in history. Not just because of his talent, but also because of the weigh-in procedures. He's bigger than most lightweights of the past.
That fucking image nearly made me gag. I HOPE to hell it was an accident.
Well then this video is for you. lol
http://www.twisted-humor-online.com/index.php/Twisted-Videos/2-Girls-and-a-cup.html
Yeah... I saw the entire career of the guy who went 1-1 with Oscar Delahoya.
And beat...Um, who again?
He is given a pass by most because he was "too small" to be operating at welter or junior middle.
I agree with you though...
I don't know how many fighters get absolutely dominated twice by two different fighters in two different ways. He didn't even just have a guy who had his number, or a style that he couldn't overcome. Two different guys with two styles who dominated Mosley is two different ways.
Forrest battered him around the ring and Wright outclassed him.
EDIT: He is widely considered the 2nd best lightweight ever, which is why people keep him so high in their mind.
Bowe, and Tyson really stick out in my mind. They were both from the same neighborhood. Both were very good coming up, but once they reached the top they lost interest in the sport. Bowe a lot sooner than Tyson, or maybe Tyson was just that good that he lasted longer. Both huge disappointments. I'm sure there's more, I just need to be reminded. lol
Zab Judah and..
http://www.medizin-forum.de/afp/medizin/SGE.NCD76.110102123558.photo00.default-351x384.jpg
David Reid ... he was suppose to be the next best thing till he met Felix Trinidad, hasnt faught since 01