Fighters who were never ginen there chance to show there true greatness

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  • TheGreatA
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    #21
    Herol Graham
    Michael Watson
    Gerald Mccelan
    Charley Burley
    Tony Ayala
    Ike Ibeabuchi
    Marlon Wilson
    Paul Ingle
    Salvador Sanchez
    Sam Langford
    A lot of them were given a chance and some of them were great.

    McClellan and Watson were both good fighters but never got a real shot at being great because of ring injuries (something they could do nothing about).
    Ayala and Ibeabuchi both ruined their own chances, so I have less sympathy for them.

    Sanchez died early, could've done even more but in my opinion he proved his greatness already.
    Langford never got a shot at being the world champion but aside from that, he was great in every way (fought champions from lightweight to welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and all the way up to the heavyweight division).
    Burley is the same, he fought everyone from welterweight to middleweight & light heavyweight...

    Graham had numerous title opportunities but never managed to put it all together to win one, Paul Ingle got his shot at Naseem Hamed...

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    • KJB
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      #22
      Originally posted by Gato2012
      Salvador Sanchez, my god he was a great fighter
      Yo.
      Died at 23 years old and already an ATG. He had AT LEAST 5 great years left in him, could have been the greatest of all time, if he had been allowed to fully mature as a fighter.

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