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Tyson Fury if he keeps ducking Usyk.
sr sounds like an asshole.Then he had ONE bad sparring session against Andre Dirrell and Floyd immediately ignored him for like the next month. Some of Floyd's other fighters even mentioned it to him, that Mike is there every day and works his ass off. This dude sold house in Philly to move to Vegas, brought his wife and kids.
yup, he's another, there are a million of them though. An off night, outside the ring lifestyle, managerial/trainer issues, all of those can derail a career.Back in the day, Donald Curry would've probably been the name that came up the most. Seemed to be coasting towards ATG status until losing to Honeyghan (another guy who never really made it as far as expected) and getting smoked by Mike McCallum, in a fight he was dominating. Never really recovered from that.
I think drug abuse had a lot to do with why certain fighters in the 80s never met the expectations. Lots of guys struggled with a coke habit at the time
sr sounds like an asshole.
yup, he's another, there are a million of them though. An off night, outside the ring lifestyle, managerial/trainer issues, all of those can derail a career.
As far as Don Curry, (said it many times) I never thought highly of, thought he was hyped up by the boxing press. Then, just as I was starting to think I was wrong, when he beat two guys I thought would beat him (Nino Larocca,Milton McCrory) He turns around and loses to Honeyghan and was pretty much nothing afterwards. One thing about greatness is the great ones stand the test of time and prove themselves. In Curry's case, people have said that his long ammie career contributed to his downfall, that's very possible. In a sport where one fight can decimate a good man, of course 100's can do the same.
Some interviews with Curry on youtube, sad to watch that stuff. In fact, all young fighters, mma/boxing/whatever should be forced to watch older fighters and hear their stories.
i know his brother had a title at the same time but no one had him in Don's league. Never heard of Greylin though. Either way,400 fights is a lot for a young brain to take. People know more today so I doubt as many people are eager to throw their five year old into the ring.He was always cool with me, he just would say he knows what he wants when he sees it. So if he feels you're not the goods, he wont f*ck with you. But I didn't always agree with the way that.was handled
Don got way further than his Brothers did. And Greylin was the one people felt was best in the Amateurs. Kind of like how Pepper Roach was better in the Amateurs than Freddy
i know his brother had a title at the same time but no one had him in Don's league. Never heard of Greylin though. Either way,400 fights is a lot for a young brain to take. People know more today so I doubt as many people are eager to throw their five year old into the ring.
I liked him a lot, a legitimately good inside fighter in an era that doesn't have many of them. he drained himself too much tho, and then in punishment the JBC made him move up a bunch of divisions because they take weight seriously and now he's just plain undersized.That's a good one too, I was really impressed at first, he seemed legit.
- jermaine taylor (beat hopkins for the title at 160, but fell off and never became the star i expected him to be)
- ricardo williams
- edgar berlanga (prediction)
i feel rigo was avoided a lot, which led to him challenging loma two weight classes higher. he also got a bad rap for his style...really a case of a fighter being under-appreciated because of a lack of a fanbase.Rigo - among the greatest amateurs to ever to it, pitched a shutout against Donaire and then never really went anywhere else. I read that Freddie Roach tapped him as one of the best natural punchers he'd ever worked with.
Linares - so fast, so fluid and coordinated, could punch and box a little as well but he never had the durability to hang at the elite level. Such a hot and cold guy, lots of bad stoppages against dudes who should've been leagues him.
Josh Taylor - I don't wanna poo-poo becoming undisputed at 140 but I think his last two fights he's looked so flat and one-dimensional. Granted Teo was among the most talented of the current 135ers before he moved up, but Taylor just had no answers for him.
Andre Dirrell - I remember during the late 2000s he was being talked about as the "more talented Andre," had all the physical attributes but always came up short against elite level guys.
Broner - He's a clown now and has been for years, but if he had the discipline to stay at 140 or below he could've been in the mix with the top level guys.
Fernando Vargas - Might be less an instance of not living up and more a problem of too-much-too soon. Beating campas, winky and ike in your early 20s is nothing to scoff at but the rest of his career didn't live up to his early success.
Also for one of the current-gen guys, Shohjahon Ergashev is really squandering his career. 31 with allegedly 250+ ammy fights and he's pissing away his prime fighting absolute nobodies.
Rigo - among the greatest amateurs to ever to it, pitched a shutout against Donaire and then never really went anywhere else. I read that Freddie Roach tapped him as one of the best natural punchers he'd ever worked with.
Linares - so fast, so fluid and coordinated, could punch and box a little as well but he never had the durability to hang at the elite level. Such a hot and cold guy, lots of bad stoppages against dudes who should've been leagues him.
Josh Taylor - I don't wanna poo-poo becoming undisputed at 140 but I think his last two fights he's looked so flat and one-dimensional. Granted Teo was among the most talented of the current 135ers before he moved up, but Taylor just had no answers for him.
Andre Dirrell - I remember during the late 2000s he was being talked about as the "more talented Andre," had all the physical attributes but always came up short against elite level guys.
Broner - He's a clown now and has been for years, but if he had the discipline to stay at 140 or below he could've been in the mix with the top level guys.
Fernando Vargas - Might be less an instance of not living up and more a problem of too-much-too soon. Beating campas, winky and ike in your early 20s is nothing to scoff at but the rest of his career didn't live up to his early success.
Also for one of the current-gen guys, Shohjahon Ergashev is really squandering his career. 31 with allegedly 250+ ammy fights and he's pissing away his prime fighting absolute nobodies.