Biggest Wasted Potential?

[QueensburyRules]

Who out of these fighters had the greatest potential but due to outside or interal influences stopped their career from being better than it was?

I am not going to including fighters that did a crime and got sentence to a long prison sentence or someone who got into a freak accident.

1. Zab Judah
2. Jeff Lacy
3. Deontay Wilder
4. Leon Spinks
5. Adrian Broner
6. Andy Ruiz
7. Allen Green
8. Jermall Charlo
9. Kelly pavlik
10. Ray Mercer
11. James DeGale
12. Victor Ortiz
13. Gary Russell Jr.
14. Andre Berto
15. Abner Mares

If you think none of these names fit the bill. Submit your boxer.

- - Judah had the greatest physical p4p gifts of all of your list. Unfortunately he was cursed with 2 cents worth of brains that highlights the necessity of Intellect found in the truly great fighters.

[MalevolentBite]

His main problem was from when he started on FNFs on Espn after the Olympics he only stepped up his level of comp to the C level and didn't improve at all from his pro debut. He was even recently still throwing that clownish bolo uppercut, that isn't going to cut it against top level guys and can get you countered badly. By the time he fought Benavdiez he was a bit past his peak not going to the natural progression needed to improve. He fits the category of wasted potential for sure.

I agree and he needs to go back to 160. He takes another L from most of the top 5 in that division.

At 160 he got the tools to beat most in that wasteland of a division.

He must had gotten alot of money to beat up on bums his entire career.

[MalevolentBite]

- - Judah had the greatest physical p4p gifts of all of your list. Unfortunately he was cursed with 2 cents worth of brains that highlights the necessity of Intellect found in the truly great fighters.

Facts!!!!!!!!!! Totally agree.

[Willie Pep 229]

Facts!!!!!!!!!! Totally agree.

"Facts" -- LMAO

[MalevolentBite]

"Facts" -- LMAO

Welcome back Willie

[Marchegiano]

Taking a liberty with semantics but every single time the UK fails to have an all UK fight for all the belts at HW. Started the sport but can't bring together UK HW champions for ****.

[The D3vil]

Bernard "Superbad" Mays

Kirkland Laing

John Conteh

[MalevolentBite]

Should we add Juan Manuel López to the list??

[MalevolentBite]

Bernard "Superbad" Mays

Kirkland Laing

John Conteh

Are you from Michigan? Alcohol gotta be one of worst drugs ever. I quit drinking six years ago. My grandfather was an Alcoholic on my mom's side, my brother is an drunk, uncles on my mom side drunks. My dad's mother was a drunk. My mom wouldn't admit she had a drinking problem. And half of the drunks in my family are also degenerate gamblers which i also have a taste for. I only go to the casino once or twice a year now. I had to stop playing numbers because I was just wasting money. I used to hit the small lottery and I used to win thousands on the blackjack table and baccarat but yes sad story for Mays. But i think he was more regional known then nationality known you let me know.

It's crazy how some drunks live long lives and others don't. My grandfather got so bad the doctor said if he quit drinking he would die. I guess the withdrawal would had killed at his age. Rip granddad korean war vet.

yea i know if alcohol ever touched my tongue again I would be back on the Rollercoaster to hell. I got some many wild drunk stories.

[JAB5239]

Bernard "Superbad" Mays

Kirkland Laing

John Conteh

Mays is a great call, maybe the best yet. Mays is to boxing, what Earl Manigault was to basketball, only without the feel good story after the fact.