Mine was David Reid, Fernando Vargas, Shane Mosley. I thought all three would go a lot further than they did. And Andrew Golota, too.
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Who Was Your Yoka?
Who were you riding high on and betting he was a future champ if not a future great, but then things got spoilt?
I remember well my own Yoka.
He was making a good stir among junior welters and welters back in the mid to late 70's. Unfortunately, an all time great on anyone's list was moving up in weight right then, and my tip, Monroe Brooks, was going to be his first opponent.
We didn't know as much about Duran back then. I figured Brooks would give him a helluva fight, if not KO him with one of his coiling roundhouses. I was really looking forward to it on free TV. But Brooks got broken down and destroyed over eight rounds by the ferocious Duran. He fought hard, but Duran turned out to be a technical marvel as well as a tiger.
These days Brooks could be (and would be) safely guided to a championship. His management decided to take on Duran, and the rest is fate.
Tell me who your Yoka or your Brooks was.
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