Biggest "could've beens" in this era?

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Yuriorkis Gamboa OWNS this thread X 10.

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Gamboa and Guzman

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Meldrick Taylor

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I'd make a distinction between "If's" @ "could've beens".

If's would be more like guys who were missing parts of their game physical/mental

Could've beens were guys that had it all but out of the ring situations hampered them or one bad night ruined them

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some good mentions. I'm throwing out Guillermo Jones as one, dude started as a WW at his size if I remember correctly... but just got progressively fatter over time and became inconsistent...i just imagine if he could have stayed at WW or thereabouts at his size and skills..he still has a great feel for the game.

Basically came off the couch to win a CW championship

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David Haye - had he actually wanted to engage in a fight with Klitschko it would have been much more interesting.

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Always thought Eddie Chambers could have achieved more.

i second that.
i think he got burnt out with his dad being in his corner.

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some good mentions. I'm throwing out Guillermo Jones as one, dude started as a WW at his size if I remember correctly... but just got progressively fatter over time and became inconsistent...i just imagine if he could have stayed at WW or thereabouts at his size and skills..he still has a great feel for the game.

Basically came off the couch to win a CW championship

Great Mention! Jones really is/was a superb fighter but too lazy/inconsistent always saw him as a poor-mans Toney not in style.

If he had more dedication and rose up the weights properly there's no footage of his WW/l.Middle days but he was probably sickly thin, he easily could of won titles at 68-75 before CW.

Still remember when he torched Braithwaite nobody wanted a piece after that but the WBA let him hold the belt w/o any repercussions.