Biggest waste of talent?

[talip bin osman]

Joan Guzman is EVERY BIT AS TALENTED as Floyd Mayweather yet is one tenth of the fighter

good call... unfortunately, even having agapito sanchez, jorge barrios and humberto soto on one's resume may not be enuf to propel him to mainstream recognition...

what a waste...

[SCtrojansbaby]

good call... unfortunately, even having agapito sanchez, jorge barrios and humberto soto on one's resume may not be enuf to propel him to mainstream recognition...

what a waste...

Its not about recognition he is just inactive and lazy

[Chew BackAtacha]

i think vernon forrest before he injured his shoulder was a beast

[AntonTheMeh]

i don't think guzman was all that talented. he was skilled but he didn't have enough of the total package (I.E. power) to say he's the most disappointing fighter ever.

supah zab on the other hand..........

[Evil Abed]

Winky Wright wasted so much time.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Golota
Guzman
Judah
Ibeabuchi

[heat27]

Zab Judah.....

[any craic lad?]

Valero but i dont think with all the rehabilitation in the world would ever be right in the head sadly an accident waiting to happen.Guzman so much ****ing talent and yet no dedication

[tonyjones]

All good suggestions, I believe.

A couple that come to mind might be Roy Jones and Naseem Hamed. I know that both accomplished quite a bit, I think they rested on their stats a bit.

Hamed simply never came back and didn't do enough after his first loss. Considering his power, he was always going to be in fights. I don't see why he didn't make the effort at the very least. Didn't train properly and hone his craft near the end.

Jones had all the tools. He just didn't fight all the fighters he could have. Calzaghe in his prime. Darius. Ottke. (God, I wish he knocked him out.)

Nonetheless, they both did so much. So, I'll give some other suggestions. They certainly aren't the biggest.

Ike Ibeabuchi. Whether or not he tried to rape that woman, he did have his talents waste away. Byrd and Tua both had a chance to get something done AFTER he beat them. Quality fighter.

Darren Sutherland comes to mind, as well. I liked that kid a lot. He had a professional style and he still did well in the amateurs. The only guy that even DeGale spoke about in a humble manner.

Salvador Sanchez was talent wasted, even though it was an accident. Still, he was great while he lasted.

Fernando Vargas, in a sense. With all that he did, he might have been able to do so much more if he had paced himself and let himself mature. Cutting out the Burger King trips might have helped.

Laszlo Papp and Teófilo Stevenson also might have been wasted talents. Stevenson for never turning professional and Papp had his career prematurely ended by a then-communist Hungary.

All I got for now.

Im with you on darren sutherland,seen that guy outclass de gale in the amateurs and looked to have everything ahead of him....you just dont know whats goin through peoples minds sad

Im with ya on dar

[Mr. Invincible]

IKe

Bowe

Valero

I forgot Ike, very good choice, That guy was nuts, (literally and figuritively) with a body like a Greek god and a mind like a savage African lion.