Whos the most wasted talent of this era?

[abadger]

Hamed won a lot of titles and made millions of dollars while building an outstanding record. To me that means his career was a tremendous success.

It was. But I think he had the talent to be at a Mayweather type P4P kind of level. Since he never got near, I think thats a ton of wasted potential.

It's not a diss, just an observation.

[Mugwump]

Man, Hamed was a great boxer, he doesn't have to prove anything to me on that score, and for me he could and should have beaten Barrera, but he just didn't have the focus to prepare properly.

TBH, I'm not sure he prepared at all.

Which is all the more infuriating.

[Scott9945]

Zab easy, he showed sparks of future greatness, otherwise he just got sparked

I'm not predicting this will happen, but Zab will be fighting for another title this year and could still go on to have a great career. It just seems a little premature to bury the guy.

[NeXt In Line]

Zab Judah without a doubt. His street lifestyle kept him from becoming one of the best 140-147 pounders of this era. If Zab wasn't trying so hard to be a thug, and dedicated himself 100% to the training aspects of the sport, he would probably be undefeated right now. Every fight he lost, he was in for a while:

Tszyu - Handily won the first round until he got ****y, then jumped up too quick.
Spinks - Thought he had the fight in the bag, didn't do enough to handily win, showed his dedication in the rematch though.
Baldomir - Simply didn't take him serious and it cost him.
Mayweather - Was beating him to the punch, but caved under pressure.
Cotto - Rocked him in the first round, and continuously hit him with left hand shots through the 3rd, even after the low blows, but lost. Low blows may have been a factor, though.

Zab had so much potential and it never came to fruition, it's sad how great he could have been.

[wmute]

To me Ike is more disappointing than Zab or Naz. I think dedication is a talent, just like reflexes. Ike was what he was and we didnt get to see him, Zab and Naz could not put it together IN the ring (or gym but you get my boxing), Ike's trouble was OUT of the sport.

[xcaret]

i agree Hamed gets hammered because he retired after losing but people dismiss how good he was

Hamed would have knocked J M Marquez into next week with his glass

Just like Pacquiao did right? the hardest hitter in s. featherweight ?....hamed would've gotten schooled even worse by Marquez and possibly got his ass KTFO.. too bad barrera didnt push for the KO

hamed was good against bums

[617BRAWLER]

yeah i'd say Judah he just lets his frustrations get the best of him and his dad didnt help much either

[Pugilistic™]

Zab "Super" Judah.

[El Jesus]

Just like Pacquiao did right? the hardest hitter in s. featherweight ?....hamed would've gotten schooled even worse by Marquez and possibly got his ass KTFO.. too bad barrera didnt push for the KO

hamed was good against bums

agreed, hamed woulda got his ass handed to him by a younger, cautious vicious counter puncher like jMM.

ima go with Zab, Zab had it all, seriously, he had it all.

[MANGLER]

Who do u think is the most wasted talent of this era?
I definatly think fernando vagras,zab judah and tyson are all canditates.

Vargas and Tyson didn't go as far as they could've but they accomplished a lot in a short time. And they became stars that will be missed and talked about long after they're gone. Zab is the biggest choke artist of the bunch.