Name the Hype job that had u fooled?

[nathan_nall]

Damn good thread topic.

Jermain Taylor

Amir Khan (who I still think has amazing ability... just too many flaws)

and ZAB JUDAH

[Homervanderjazz]

Prince Naseem, amir khan, Broner

[Buthopvlick]

What ever happened to Lemieux anyway. I would still love to see him fight.

He fight Marcus Upshaw on the Stevenson-Cloud Undercard. Problems with his right hand kept him out of the ring.

[nathan_nall]

See I don't get this, the kid beat Hopkins twice, I think both fights could have gone Hopkins way but hey the kid won. Plus he beat Wright back when Wright still had something about him. Taylor did really good, if you were to make a list of the best MWs in the 21st century, he'd feature on it, He just wasn't the next MW king pin like Hopkins and Hagler before him or Martinez since. It's sad cos he had skills he just gassed too quick and didn't have an elite chin.

Good points. And I'm a born and raised Arkansan, so it was personal every time he won or lost. I thought my brothers were going to cry when Froch knocked him out in those final seconds. But I think what makes Taylor a hype job IS those early wins. I credit him with FINALLY teaching Hopkins that you can't win fights throwing 7 punches TOTAL! But Taylor just gassed to early... and when he became winded he made dumb dumb dumb mistakes.

P.S. I've met Jermain several times in person and hung around his whole team quite a bit. I can not express enough two things... 1. Jermain is just a simple, down-home country boy and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. 2. Lou DiBella is a piece of excrement. Rude and dismissive.

[microMXL]

Another vote for Bute

[deejd]

Not sure about hypejob as such but Jorge Linares.

That Rigo avatar is outstanding.

[DeadLikeMe]

See I don't get this, the kid beat Hopkins twice, I think both fights could have gone Hopkins way but hey the kid won. Plus he beat Wright back when Wright still had something about him. Taylor did really good, if you were to make a list of the best MWs in the 21st century, he'd feature on it, He just wasn't the next MW king pin like Hopkins and Hagler before him or Martinez since. It's sad cos he had skills he just gassed too quick and didn't have an elite chin.

In relation to the amount of hype he was receiving at the time, he failed to meet the expectations. He was one of my favorite fighters, just failed to live up to his hype.

[DARKSEID]

I've never been fooled. I don't jump on any bandwagon until they've had some solid wins on their belt.

[FrankieClutch]

In 09, I thought Berto was gonna be a beast lol

[bojangles1987]

I've never been fooled. I don't jump on any bandwagon until they've had some solid wins on their belt.

I'm mostly the same. Golovkin would probably count for me if he turns out to be a hypejob, but for the most part I don't make bold predictions about fighters or sell myself on them until they've had a few fights at a world class level.