Biggest Waste Of Potential/Talent EVER?

[jabsRstiff]

Joe Louis with anger problems like 1970's Foreman?

Joe Louis' icy, clinical demeanor was scarier than most guys' fire.

[McGoorty]

Joe Louis' icy, clinical demeanor was scarier than most guys' fire.

You are 100% on the money there my friend...... Joe Louis was SCARY.

[SBleeder]

Sam Langford, through no real fault of his own.

Man could have been Middleweight, Light-heavyweight, and Heavyweight champion simultaneously had he been given the opportunities he deserved.

[The Surgeon]

I'd have to say that among the HW's.... that Buster Douglas was a severe disapointment.

U take the Buster from the Tyson fight and he gives everyone fits, too bad he thought the best way to train for a defence was to eat hambugers in the sauna...

[McGoorty]

U take the Buster from the Tyson fight and he gives everyone fits, too bad he thought the best way to train for a defence was to eat hambugers in the sauna...

Yeah he wasted a LOT of potential.

[The Surgeon]

Yeah he wasted a LOT of potential.

Total waste, he had a great 1-2

I read on here tho that he was very savvy with his cash tho and now has millions and lives in luxury unlike most of the guys around his time do now

[paulsinghnl]

James Toney was either the #1 or #2 lb4lb (with Whitaker) fighter in the world the night Roy completely dominated him.

me being a Toney fan, he should've given him the rematch at light heavy to cement their legacies further. but then again, Roy should've had Toney's mentality to fight anyone... but they'll both be remembered as ATG's.

[EMSLDB]

Cant believe no one has said Michael Nunn This guy had a lot of talent He had a habit of getting lazy in a fight. But when he on he was a beast. I think he had the potential to be a top 3 Middlewight of all time, in the late 80's Leonard, Hearns, and Duran wanted nothing to do with him. He had great speed, good punch, decent chin for a big middleweight he could also fight in the inside he threw a vicious uppercut to the body similar to Bute today. In saying that I think he might be Hall of Fame worthy especially considering Mcguigan is in.

[Terry A]

Tony Ayala is who always 1st comes to mind when "wasted talent" is discussed. The sky was the limit for him.

[SBleeder]

U take the Buster from the Tyson fight and he gives everyone fits, too bad he thought the best way to train for a defence was to eat hambugers in the sauna...

Exactly what did Douglas do in that fight that would lead you to conclude that he would "give everyone fits"?

He teed off on a guy standing perfectly still who was only throwing about 20 punches per round. Then he'd grab and hold on whenever he sensed danger. Tyson fans make him out to be some world-beater; in reality he beat a guy who offered less opposition than a heavy bag.