Bigger waste of talent?

[johnee5]

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[THe TRiNiTY]

Biggest mis-use of talent would go to Judah. Waste is a bit much. Considering he has won titles, was a TRUE WORLD champion.

[tills9191]

Zab Judah.
Mike Tyson
and Mayweather - he has so much talent, but is not making the most out of it.

[Dynamite Kid]

Michael Nunn ,Bowe ,Norris ,Taylor ,Tyson

Judah maybe a wasted talent but that is because he lacks a fighters spirit aint nothing ever gonna cure that ,he is a Boxer 1st fighter 2nd he lacks the mental make up of a fighter ,all of the above were true fighters who would get down in the trenches & fight when push come to shove

Bowe was excellent inside ,Norris was a gun slinger aswell as a Boxer,Taylor the same as Norris ,some would disagree with Tyson's fighting spirit however it outweighed Zab's IMO

[Addition]

Zab Judah.
Mike Tyson
and Mayweather - he has so much talent, but is not making the most out of it.

I don't see how Mayweather is one of the biggest waste of talent.

[SpeedKillz]

IMO, hands down Tyson takes the cake of the biggest waste of a talent, by a mile...

[RichCCFC]

James "Buster" Douglas.

[Benny Leonard]

Out of the ones listed, I would say Tyson. Early 20's and threw it away, although I can understand someone else’s post where they say "other circumstances" basically derailed him.

If we go by what Lott says, Tyson was only showing a fraction of what he could do in a fight if you compare what he was trying to perfect in training/sparring. You only use what you are comfortable with, what is a reaction, in a real fight, while you work on perfecting the teachings/techniques in training. So, considering Tyson was what, 22/23 years old when he left Rooney, supposedly still improving, and “prime” usually doesn’t start until at least 25 years old, in which is considered the start of your “man-strength-stage”, I wonder what could have been if he stuck with it. I also wonder the same with Ali if he hadn’t lost those few years in exile, and rusted.

[Benny Leonard]

James "Buster" Douglas.

All the physical gifts, just like Tyson, but also like Tyson, needed to be mentally stimulated to stick with it. Both peaked when they fulfilled their need to show they could become Champion to the person they loved, for Tyson, D’Amato and Jacobs...peaking for Spinks to unify the title, and after falling off with no more left to prove. For Douglas, his Father, and more importantly, his Mother. Like Tyson, once fulfilled, and without the stimuli alive, they fell off.

At least it sounds cool, even if it may not be 100% true.

[Derranged]

These three are the worst I can think of.

I agree with that list, but Tyson DID make something great out of his career, as brief as it was. Judah and Golota never came close to Tysons superstar status...