Promising fighters who just disappeared

[dirty fingers]

Andreas Kotelnik

Poor Kotelnik. That horrible robbery in St. Louis against Devon Alexander killed his career.

[HeroBando]

frankie gomez, jose benevadez, raymond serrano

and a mix raced dude who zab judah knocked out a year or two ago, forgot his name

Vernon Paris. Serrano is no good. Gomez very good, but not stepping up fast. Benavidez was out on his feet vs Miranda so they'll probably keep moving him slow.

[SlySlickSmooth]

Who?

Mikes Jones.

Who?

Mike Jones.

[Mike D]

Who?

Mikes Jones.

Who?

Mike Jones.

Lol about time someone mentioned ole Mike Jones. Dude was seemingly on every major PPV undercard (well TR anyway), HBO was talking him up as a future star...and he gets decapitated by Randall Bailey and hasn't been seen since. Not even a whisper about him.

[gratz_the_king]

someone said "the japanese dude who KO'd kirkland"

he didnt just "disappear"..nobuhiro ishida had 2 notable fights after KOing kirkland. the first was against paul williams where he lost a decison, and the 2nd was against GGG where he got KTFO and retired.

the mixed guy who zab ko'd a few years ago was vernon paris

my pick is matvey korobov. he looked very good a few years ago and just disappeared. he was like the GGG before GGG

[Black Barty]

I'm talking about fighters who were undefeated, or had a lot of momentum behind them, and either got sent to jail, died or just disappeared for whatever reason. List them here.

Obviously the famous one is Dmitry Pirog (There is a thread about him once or twice a month). But there are others.

Anyone remember Alexander Frenkel?

23-0 18 KO's, his last fight he had was in 2010 and he nearly decapitated Enzo Maccarinelli.



One of the best knockouts I've seen.

Apparently he had some serious issues with depression unfortunately.

But let's try and come up with a list of the forgotten ones.

Wow, someone other than me remembers Frenkel?

He impressed me in the Enzo fight, and it wasn't just the KO. He showed great movement, defense and counterpunching and excellent handspeed. He kept making Enzo miss and landed nearly all the meaningful shots in the fight. The judges probably had Enzo up at the time of the stoppage because he was the aggressor and the hometown guy, but I thought Frenkel was giving him a boxing lesson.

After that performance, I was looking forward to his next fight, but for some reason it never came...

[Juof]

Joshua clottey vanished after pacquiao lol

[New England]

joan guzman is at the bar with a hamburger in his hands.


andre dirrell is in shaw hi's office, talking about the nightmares he has about arthur abraham.

ike ibeabuchi, a talented HW, is still in prison.

[Tom Cruise]

Joshua clottey vanished after pacquiao lol

He didnt vanish, he's just still waiting behind his high guard



Like he's playing 'peekaboo' but forgot how the ending goes

[Memphlow]

joan guzman is at the bar with a hamburger in his hands.


andre dirrell is in shaw hi's office, talking about the nightmares he has about arthur abraham.

ike ibeabuchi, a talented HW, is still in prison.

Fun Fact, Ike Ibeabuchi has actually been released from prison.