Fighters That You Thought Were Gonna Be Great, But Flopped?

[StarshipTrooper]

Funny, but I want to say Meldrick Taylor. He wasn't a flop though, his time as a world-class fighter was just very short courtesy of all the unnecessary wars he allowed himself to be dragged into.

Poet

[GJC]

Funny, but I want to say Meldrick Taylor. He wasn't a flop though, his time as a world-class fighter was just very short courtesy of all the unnecessary wars he allowed himself to be dragged into.

Poet

He's reminded me of Howard Davis Jnr who I thought fell a bit short too

[GJC]

He showed great skill in knocking out Nigel Benn, the year before McCallum totally destroyed him. When he beat Benn, it was such a surprise because Benn was destroying everyone before Watson whipped him.

Will say too with Watson that McCallum took him to school but he was the type of fighter that would have learnt a lot from that and improved.

[1SILVA]

Will say too with Watson that McCallum took him to school but he was the type of fighter that would have learnt a lot from that and improved.

I agree, but he took such a ferocious beating in that fight, similar to the beating Trinidad took against Hopkins that I don't believe he was ever the same.

[GJC]

I agree, but he took such a ferocious beating in that fight, similar to the beating Trinidad took against Hopkins that I don't believe he was ever the same.

You might be right most fighters are never the same from a whupping.
Will say he didn't look shot against Eubank but maybe pre McCallum he would have handled Eubank better?
Difficult to say really as his career was cut short so tragically.
Would say I don't neccessarily agree with him being in this thread as I never though he would be great as such just a very good fighter which he was. As for him flopping, apart from a loss early in his career, losing to a top form McCallum "losing" a close fight to Eubank and getting caught by an out the blue punch he had a pretty good career I reckon

[yeykax]

I agree, but he took such a ferocious beating in that fight, similar to the beating Trinidad took against Hopkins that I don't believe he was ever the same.

Trinidad was still the same he just out challenge himself!!!

[1SILVA]

You might be right most fighters are never the same from a whupping.
Will say he didn't look shot against Eubank but maybe pre McCallum he would have handled Eubank better?
Difficult to say really as his career was cut short so tragically.
Would say I don't neccessarily agree with him being in this thread as I never though he would be great as such just a very good fighter which he was. As for him flopping, apart from a loss early in his career, losing to a top form McCallum "losing" a close fight to Eubank and getting caught by an out the blue punch he had a pretty good career I reckon

I think I was taken by Watson's great win over Benn. Benn had come into that fight with a Foreman, Tyson like killer puncher who was going to destroy Benn. The way Watson weathered Benn's early onslaught and then ko him really impressed me. Then McCallum destroyed him and I was very disappointed, as I really thought Watson was going to be a great fighter. McCallum was just too good for him.

[1SILVA]

Trinidad was still the same he just out challenge himself!!!

Look at Trinidad's fights post Hopkins- he was almost ko'd by Cherifi and Winky and Jones totally outclassed him. His win over Mayorga he took an awful lot of punishment as well.

[GJC]

I think I was taken by Watson's great win over Benn. Benn had come into that fight with a Foreman, Tyson like killer puncher who was going to destroy Benn. The way Watson weathered Benn's early onslaught and then ko him really impressed me. Then McCallum destroyed him and I was very disappointed, as I really thought Watson was going to be a great fighter. McCallum was just too good for him.

Watson fought a great fight that night, Benn did look awesome in his early fights though the Logan(?) fight did put some doubts in my mind.
Earn't a few bob on that fight BTW, usually I'm the kiss of death for any fighter I back lol
Benn learnt a lot that night and I think it paved the way for his later successes. Goes to show that keeping that elusive 0 often hinders improvement.