Fighters you liked that accomplished nearly nothing

[Anthony342]

A little mean to say "nearly nothing", but here are some fighters I liked who never won a major world title, in the era where more titles existed.

David Tua
Michael Watson
Micky Ward
Razor Ruddock

I like watching David Tua's fights too.

[Thread Stealer]

I usually root for local fighters (SF Bay Area). One of my good friends grew up with Karim Mayfield and his brother, so that adds to it.

[KnockoutNed]

Tua and Golota. Hard to believe neither of those guys were ever able to win a single version of the HW title(although Golota was robbed 2x against Byrd and Ruiz). Bert Cooper aswell, exciting journeyman who was in some brutal wars.

[Eff Pandas]

Jeremy Williams - as already mentioned, was a big fan of him as an amateur, never really got anywhere in the pros

Bojoda - as already mentioned, maybe one of the biggest expectation boxers to land the flattest in this era

Ricardo Williams - huge life **** up while being an exceptional amateur

Jorge Paez Jr - huge fan of his dad back in the day, been rooting for him since day 1 as a pro, has had some minor successes, namely beating Julio Jr's brother, but nothing big

[McGoorty]

Muhammed Abduleav-

I first saw him in Sydney in 2000 (this was the last year i was in boxing at 17 before i quit) and i loved his peak-a-boo style, the way he would get off his punches from the guard really impressed me for some reason. His showing against Cotto was fairly decent but he didnt have the power to trouble him and Cotto sort of...mowed him down. lmao. But it was still a fighter i enjoyed watching during his brief career.

Francisco Bojado-

This was a guy i genuinely thought would be incredible, Mayweather Sr as his trainer, quickness, head movement, power, speed, i thought he had it all. He didint embody your prototypical mexican fighter, he was a student of the sweet science and didint rely on taking one to get one. Instead he ended up losing to Jesse James Leija (with mcgirt in his corner) and faded into obscurity, in 2006 he was supposed to have a comeback but i never heard from him ever again, biggest dissapointment since...


Joan Guzman-

In a way i sort of feel for him because his showdown with Humberto Soto was actually supposed to setup a fight against Pacquiao, instead after dismantling soto (in one of the best fight posters i can remember) Arum wanted no parts and Pacquiao fought marquez for a second time, from then on weight issues and his eventual decline made little tyson little more than another fighter in a long line of inevitable dissapointments within the sport. I loved his shoulder roll, combinations and dominant ring generalship. However his dedication to the sport just couldnt hold up.

My Grandfather Fred who is 94 but lying in hospital very ill is my favourite pro boxer cos he is my Pop, he is in BoxRec with one Pro fight which he lost on points, he wasn't hurt just missed out on a decision against a far more experienced fighter. He loved the sport and wanted to continue fighting but Hazel told him she wouldn't marry no boxer so he promptly chose her and retired from boxing, Hazel was important because without her I would have never existed, she of course is my Nan. RIP Nan, dear Fred will soon be with you......... it is a pretty emotional time for me atm as you may have guessed.

[soul_survivor]

Well I dunno about guys who didn't accomplish anything but guys at domestic level I always enjoyed were Jamie Moore, Danny Williams (did get that BIG tyson win), Michael Watson (watched most of his stuff on video) and currently Matthews and Coyle always put on fun fights.

[Anthony342]

David Tua
"Baby" Joe Mesi