Best Natural talent gone to waste?

[GranTorino]

oovavu - I think Tony Booth is not a wasted talent, more of a waster in fact. By the look of him he liked to fill his gut as well, so it was him who ate all the pies.

That's right. Attack the man when he's not around to defend himself.

[Fox McCloud]

That's right. Attack the man when he's not around to defend himself.

To be fair, Booth has made a Gerald McClellan cripple joke... and I don't think McClellan is in any position to defend himself, he's ****ing blind for god's sake.

[mickeyb]

McClellan would still beat Tony Booth.

He fights on 25th Sept, when he loses that will be his 100th loss. A British record to be proud of im sure.

[oovavu]

I was joking, the bloke who pretends to be him is quite funny though, if you don't take him seriously, but on topic hamed and and zab

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I see you guys saying names like Tyson, Judah and Hamed. Those guys were world champions. In Judah's case, a two-division champion. They have all been on the P4P list at some point. They have very real accomplishments.

My thought is more along the lines of an Oliver McCall. A guy who has prioven that he can succeed at the very top of the sport, but he just has a bucket full of crazy.

[oovavu]

im saying them as they could have been much more, even though what they did achieve was pretty impressive.

[-Antonio-]

God I knew everyone was going to say Judah. I'm so tired of this...

Why does everyone believe the same sad excuse when it comes to Judah? Its always the same thing, he doesn't train for 12 rounds, he isn't focused blah blah.

Naw I call bull**** on that. Baldomir aside (that one seems legit, and I had Judah up by a point anyway), Judah has lost because he's plain not good enough. Zab admitted himself that he was running 8 miles a day, and sparring three minute rounds with thirty second rest in between. I made sure I remembered that because I knew people would bring up the same weak excuse that Judah didn't prepare.

Talent isn't just physical ability, its mental ability too. When to slip punches, when to move out of the pocket after punching, when to set traps etc. Its not called the sweet science for anything. You have to be smart in the ring too. Some people can prepare their whole life for that and still not be good at the mental aspect of boxing, and Zab just isn't good enough in that department.

I feel Toney could have been an ATG if he didn't let his weight get the best of him. I wouldn't say it went to waste though.

[SkillspayBills]

I change my mind I have to say David Tua, How can you combine one of the greatest chins in history, with one of the greatest punching power in history and not be a champion at least once.

[Ryn0]

Ike Ibeabuchi, Mike Tyson or Naseem Hamed all could be truly great but fell

[American_Ninja]

Tony Ayala;The Baby Bull. Had a very bright future. Ended up in prison.