Best Natural talent gone to waste?

[SkillspayBills]

Rid**** freaking Bowe, could have dominated the heavyweight division.
Also Vernon Forrest, he could be legendary by now.

[gixxer]

Boxing over the years has seen some great natural talent, for whom the game appeared so easy, yet despite this they never achieved their full potential in the game for whatever reasons. As a brit the best example I can think of is Kirkland Laing, this guy could have been so much better, if only he trained properly and put the effort in, but because he was so naturally gifted he felt he was gonna beat anyone and didn't need to train. Regarding american fighters, one of the best natural talents I can remember in recent years was Michael 'second to' Nunn, and although winning titles at 2 weights, he never achieved his full potential, the Toney defeat had a big impact on him as well. He should never have lost that fight, but he believed he was unbeatable and was ****y and lazy. Toney as good as a fighter as he was, wasn't in the same class as Nunn. He should have ruled the middleweights for years. He had the talent to beat Toney,RJJ,Hopkins,Benn,Eubank and all the others.

mike tyson

[NeXt In Line]

While people say Judah couldn't have won all the fights he lost, that's not true at all. It's his head, his ****iness and just disregard for his own profession that killed him in the end. He was beating Kosta Tszu for the entier first round, then when he dropped his hands, he got clocked, and if he he had kept his mind right he coulda knocked him out within 6, easy.

The Mayweather fight, Zab was winning the first 4, 5 rounds but he ended up just, letting Floyd take over, and instead of fighting back he ran into a corner and hid not knowing what to do. He's not properly trained to handle that situation, which is why Yoel needs to get the boot.

The Cotto fight, I admit Cotto got the better of him but once again, for some reason he just wasn't in that fight. The low blows did have SOMETHING to do with it, but not everything like Zab would like you to believe. If he didnt get hit low, and stayed focused, I think Zab could have easily beaten Cotto.

It's not necessarily a waste, just a misuse of his taleent. Zab's loyalty to his father is what will kill him in the end, because I can understand and respect his dad teaching him, but he's not a boxer, he's a kickboxer. Zab needs a real trainer to take him to that next level and help him better prepare for stressful situations in a fight.

[ben41193]

Zab judah.....His hands are so remarcably fast. Its absoluty tradgic that he just doesnt know how to propperly use his god given gift.

[jaredleto]

zab judah is a sad history now everyone wants to fight him cuz he just fades after round 8
fernando vargas had lots of talents he was close at beating mosley he shoulda been managed better

[ben41193]

zab judah is a sad history now everyone wants to fight him cuz he just fades after round 8
fernando vargas had lots of talents he was close at beating mosley he shoulda been managed better

I think if zab judah knew how to honestly utalize his speed he could beat ANYONE in boxing today....Anyone

[jaredleto]

I think if zab judah knew how to honestly utalize his speed he could beat ANYONE in boxing today....Anyone

well he could be dangerous but he tires too quickly and his chin aint exactly great

[JakeNDaBox]

I'm surprised so many people mentioned Nas. I disagree for several reasons.

For starters, he lived and died on his power and odd angles. He was basically the Michael Vick of featherweights - force him to play the game conventional and you see just how ordinary he really is. It was when Nas can punch from all angles, as well as get enough leverage for that one money shot to get through, where he excelled.

Next, no other featherweight during his era accomplished as much as he did. Tom Johnson, Wilfredo Vazquez, Cesar Soto - if not for boxing politics, Nas would've beaten Bernard by about five years as the first fighter ever to hold all four titles in a particular weight class.

To suggest he was wasted talent would be to say that he left a lot in the locker room or even in the gym prior to his fight w/ Barrera. When in fact, the truth is that the Barrera fight exposed not only Nas' limitations as a fighter, but also how far he had slipped from his fight w/ Steve Robinson in 1995.

[ben41193]

well he could be dangerous but he tires too quickly and his chin aint exactly great

well obviosly hed have to condition himself better your right. But with hands like that......you realy shouldnt get hit to much anyways so his chin while it would be a draw back wouldnt realy be challenged much...but hey this is just my opinion of course.

[Super_Lightweight]

There are many good candidates.

Corrie Sanders
Terry Norris
Gerald McClellan
Vernon Forrest (but let's see where he goes from here)

One guy I would name is Mike McCallum. He had an awesone, HOF career, but in his prime was never given the chance to fight guys like Tommy Hearns, Ray Leonard, and Marvin Hagler...and I personally think McCallum had a reasonable shot to beat alll of these men.