Boxing's Wasted Talents......

[NiGe2011]

I actually think that Michael Grant could have been a solid heavyweight if he had ANY type of a chin... Sadly, if he even thinks about getting punched he hits the canvas.

[TheGreat1]

I actually think that Michael Grant could have been a solid heavyweight if he had ANY type of a chin... Sadly, if he even thinks about getting punched he hits the canvas.

i don't see how anyone could say Toney, he has won 3 world titles, and now is very close to becoming the HW champ. I would have to say Kirk Johnson and Corrie Sanders. Kirk is a great boxer and fouled out against Ruiz he was much better than, and would have been winning if weren't for the points he lost. And than came in over 20 lbs overweight against VK, who i know he could have beaten. Sanders could beat anyone if he would just train, he just depends on raw talent. I can't say Bowe because he did alot in the time he was fighting.

[chilly9876]

i think Naz,he decided to fight the superstars too late in his career..had he had the likes of morales and barerra when he was three years younger he would have blown them away.

[jabsRstiff]

Donald Curry = Between '84-'85, he was the best fighter I've ever seen. Then, poof !....he slid downhill.

Aaron Pryor = Acheived quite a bit, but ******* cut his potential in half.

Ike Quartey = The Ike of '96 was a true force. He quickly became complacent, & became almost ordinary

Ike Ibeabuchi = Would have ruled the heavyweights with an iron fist. Would have sat above this trash-heap of current heavies, & brought respect & interest to the division. But....we know his deal.

[anthetamine]

Poor David Reid, if it were not for that god damn eye he would have had one hell of a career! He put up one heck of a showing against Tito only seventeen fights into his career, I am not sure if this is also part of the reason he faded- but man, was he ever a phenom!

good point about david reid

my opinion is naz is a massive waste fo talent, maybe he just needed some more heart to come back from the barrera loss, however he and we have missed out on a few superfights due to the little jumped up ***** ****

[TheFairPole]

The 2 that come to mind for me are Ike Ibeabuchi and Tommy Morrison!!! We all know about Ike with the **** thing. Tommy had so much talent and power!!! If yoy ever watched any of his fights you would see that in every one he would be gasping for air after the first round!!! Look what he did to Foreman too!!! That was the one fight where he looked to be in really good shape for him but he was still just gasping for air after the first round in the corner!!! Later on after it came out he had hiv he was on a talk show telling his story. He said that he basically partied all the time and had different women every night. Even during training!!! It was really sad!!!

[Cleary23]

Buster Douglas has to be up there with a watse of talent.

[Michael_Selway]

Fighters who didn't come close to living up to their potential....

Some examples:

Salvador Sanchez
Jose Luis Lopez
Meldrick Taylor
Ike Quartey
James Toney
Tyrone Everett


Any others?

judah max weight shoudl be 140
mosley max weight shoudl be 147

[jabsRstiff]

Cleary....

Good one.

I think Douglas showed how awesome he could have been if he were focused.
To see a 6'4", 231 lb guy fighting like he did against Tyson....wow, what coulda/shoulda been.

[ejk22]

i don't see how anyone could say Toney, he has won 3 world titles, and now is very close to becoming the HW champ. I would have to say Kirk Johnson and Corrie Sanders. Kirk is a great boxer and fouled out against Ruiz he was much better than, and would have been winning if weren't for the points he lost. And than came in over 20 lbs overweight against VK, who i know he could have beaten. Sanders could beat anyone if he would just train, he just depends on raw talent. I can't say Bowe because he did alot in the time he was fighting.

Hey man I know everyone is entitled to their opinions but how can you say that Kirk Johnson could have beaten Vitali, it was not even close and believe me, being 25 pounds lighter would not have made that big a difference. Kirk himself said that he fights better when he is heavier (whatever that means).