Biggest Prospect Bust

[Animal Squabbs]

Audley Harrison is already a bust, and Dominick Guinn, Micheal Grant, Ricardo Williams, Clifford Etienne, Francisco Bojado, Hector Camacho Jr

[Verstyle]

Green did have a little bit of a name as a prospect when he first started out, as I believe he was one of only two or three heavyweights that were part of the "Tomorrow's Champions" that were so often featured on NBC.

Then again, that heavyweight group also included Chris McDonald, so...

he wasnt a huge prospect. so i dont credit him

[Yogi]

he wasnt a huge prospect. so i dont credit him

You're right, he wasn't a huge prospect (his career kinda stalled from the beginning), as was the case for the rest of the heavyweights from his amateur class...Green, Tony Tucker, James Broad, Marvis Frazier, McDonald, etc. Generally considered decent prospects overall, but none of them were ever considered the heir to the throne or anything really close to that by the general boxing public.

There was certainly a greater amount of hype for the previous class of heavyweights, that's for sure, with fighters like Gerry Cooney, Greg Page, Michael Dokes, all recieving more than their fair share of hype coming up, and to a lesser extent, even guys Jimmy Clark & Marvin Stinson were talked about some as good pro prospects.

[BuddyChacon]

And in truth, I'd call him a bit of an overachiever if anything, as he was not even close to being the most touted of that "Tomorrow's Champions" group (Ayala was the most hyped, Ramos & Bumphus were up there too in hype). Yet, I believe he accomplished more (or "much more" in some cases) than any single one of them.

I could pick a few uncomplimentary names to use in describing Czyz, but a "bust" would not be one of them.

Czyz is definately an overachiever and was the least hyped out of the Duva Ice Palace crew. He did the most out of the group, although Bumphus did okay. Ayala was a criminal and the Worm didn't pan out.

[Jazzy Paul]

Francisco Bojado
Engels Pedroza
Micheal Grant

One for the future....Amir Khan...

[Welter_Skelter]

[quote=Jazzy Paul;1966008]Francisco Bojado
Engels Pedroza
Micheal Grant

One for the future....Amir Khan...[/quote]

You took the words right out of my mouth

[Piggu]

You took the words right out of my mouth

He says he will be a multi-division champion by the time he is 25, and then he will retire at that age.

[macman]

Marvis Frazier.

Very hyped at one point, trained by George Benton I think, & an excellect up & coming boxer.
Then his old man took over his career, tried to turn him into a slugger, & threw him in against Larry Holmes way way way too early.
Holmes annihilated him.

Still managed to get a big money fight with Tyson years later, mainly because of the famous name, but hadn't improved at all, & Tyson dutifully annihilated him as well.

[Dynamite76]

Marvis Frazier.

Very hyped at one point, trained by George Benton I think, & an excellect up & coming boxer.
Then his old man took over his career, tried to turn him into a slugger, & threw him in against Larry Holmes way way way too early.
Holmes annihilated him.

Still managed to get a big money fight with Tyson years later, mainly because of the famous name, but hadn't improved at all, & Tyson dutifully annihilated him as well.

Probably was in the wrong division too.Cruiserweight would've been more like it.

[Hydro]

Michael Grant, Howard Davis, among others.

The names that come to mind are Francisco Bojado, Ricardo Williams,Jo-El Scott, Danell Nicholson,Dezi Ford. Love to hear more.

Jo-El Scott is not only a waste of talent, but a waste of human life.