Boxing's Wasted Talents......

[tino]

morad hakkar could have been a great fighter , he only he wasnt morrad hakkar.

[cmason]

sorry if someone has mentioned this guy before (i did'nt read the whole thread) but kirkland laing comes to mind. got to be one of the best fighters i've ever seen, but just pissed it all away. beat duran in 82 and then disappeared for 18 month smoking weed while duran went on to beat davey moore at the garden. he lives in an alchoholic daze in london now, what a waste.

[mauricio95]

panchito bojado

[scap]

Mitch Green-drugs and management ruined him
Tony Tucker-drugs took away his talent.
Milton McCory-never quite came back after McCallum.

Toney Tucker was a damn good fighter no doubt about that, and Green was ****ing tough as ****...

When you talk about Milt aren't you referring to the drubbing that Donald Curry put on him...sure the body snatcher got too him too but once Curry outclassed him it was pretty much over for Milt.

[mauricio95]

i just remembered another big ****ing waste
ricardo williams what the hell was he thinking,he had been charged with distribution and trafficking of illegal substance

[jayschre]

I dont think its fair to put Sanchez on this list. Considering he is regared as one of the 3 greatest featherweight of all time by pretty much everyone.

Same with Meldrick Taylor. Who was a spectaular fighter who had it beaten out fo him. His only crime was fighting his heart out.

both these guys had other circumstances play into why they did not do what they were supposed to do.

Niether guy wasted anything

You cant say they "wasted" there potential now they may not have "realized" it and those are two very very different things.

I couldn't agree more

[Tha Greatest]

ya

Aaron "The Hawk" Pryor!

[STEELHEAD]

tony ayala, and i'll add zab judah if he don't win tonight.

[aztec13]

I did have to say:
Ricardo Williams
Panchito Bojado ( He can turn it around if he dedicates himself)
Spadafora

[Dynamite76]

Toney Tucker was a damn good fighter no doubt about that, and Green was ****ing tough as ****...

When you talk about Milt aren't you referring to the drubbing that Donald Curry put on him...sure the body snatcher got too him too but once Curry outclassed him it was pretty much over for Milt.

You made a great point,Scap,about Milt's beating from Curry.In some truth,though, Milt's end may have began with the two Colin Jones fights. Before that, I thought Milt was better than Donald but afterwards, Curry was the man. And then there was the knockdown against Breland in a sparring session....