David Reid?

[moy22487]

What do you think was his major downfall as a pro?

his eye was pritty bad

[THE REAL NINJA]

whateva you say, Latin Valuev.

he never had a fight with Lacy this is his last fight ..date Lb opponent Lb wld last 6 location
2001-11-11 163 Sam Hill 163 13-2-1
Belterra Casino Resort, Elizabeth, IN, USA L TKO 9 http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=007196

[machotime]

Reid was never the same after Tito He was a young contender who was thrown in the ring with a monster who had one of the best left hooks in boxing.

[Bombardier]

It was the detached retina that knocked him out of boxing, wasn't it? I'm sure the Tito fight was pretty demoralizing as well. Maybe it took the fight out of him, like Cory Spinks' loss to Zab.

[BiggestBoxingFanEver]

Can anyone tell me what happened to David Reid?
I used to enjoy watching him fight but have not heard of him in ages. He used to be a talented fighter but had a habbit of dominating the first half of his fights and then pretty much packing his bags. I know he got spanked ny tito and last time i saw him was on friday night fights squeezing out a decision.
Cheers.

He got a detached retina. Its like a death sentence for a boxer. It why Sugar Ray Leonard retired and why the couple of comback fights he was so afraid of getting hit. If you continue to fight with a detached retina A) you can easily detach it again B) with the impact of a punch detach your good eye (detached eyes are always degraded and never as good as they were originally)
Basically your putting yourself in a position to be blind!

[LostGuy]

his eye was droopy too. poor reid i had high hopes for him to be around a while. whyd those idiot promoters feed him to trinidad like that?

here's an eerie article guys

http://www.latinosportslegends.com/TrinidadReid_Conference.htm

[Undefeated]

like they say they put them with the best to be the best and it didn't work out...besides it was a great oppurtunity... but he got ****ed up... he droped tito.... but only made him stronger

[jgisbc]

his biggest mistake was fighting tito way too early in his career but he would have been fine beaten but fine had he not injured his eye so badly.
he had to fight with one eye the tale end of what should have been his road to fame and glory.
thats bad luck and bad management by his team.
when did and why would he fight jeff lacy?

[Kimmy]

his biggest mistake was fighting tito way too early in his career...

I think this is a big part of the downfall of Reid. There are other factors i think that should be rasied.

Firstly Reid's chin was not good. He was always gonna be vunerable. he had a decent right hand but not enough power to compensate for the chin.

He was badly managed. Reid was dropped twice i believe by James Coker in the fight before Tito.

Coker wasn't a ****er and his management shouldn't have thrown him to the dogs, especially being only his 15th pro fight. If he had had more experience he might have been able to have not get hit as much and would hve had a chance of winning.

Its a shame, but its also boxing.