Name talented boxers that COULD have been GOAT.

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  1. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    but didn't because of bad luck, mismanagement, death.

    I'd like to hear obscure ones..

    thanks.
     
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  2. PR BOXING

    PR BOXING Boxing Addict Full Member

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    meldrick taylor
     
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  3. tmsbry

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    Felix Savon

    If he'd have turned pro, he could easily have been up there as GOAT
     
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  4. praetorianJJ

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    Riddick Bowe...the man could fight on the inside and outside. very good chin. good power. shame he found his heart and love for the sport so late in his career (Golota II)

    Jermain Taylor...same as Bowe

    Tyson obviously...don't care what the revisionists say. Tyson had power and skills. before he left Rooney he had great defense, accurate punches, ect

    As a side note, I think Larry Holmes is much closer to being a GOAT than he's often given credit for
     
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  5. Terror

    Terror free smoke Full Member

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    Definitely not.

    Fast hands, great chin. Not a big puncher, defensive liabilities.
     
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    Naseem Hamed.

    Fernando Vargas.

    Bowe.

    James Toney.
     
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  7. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    Jermain Taylor? Are you f*ckin' Serious..

    No, when I mean by Talented boxers, I mean ones that can box like Floyd, SRR.
     
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  8. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Charley Burley, Bennie Brisco, Jimmy Young, I think Cotto and Jermaine Taylor might of been ATGs if they paced themselves and defensively better. Fernando Vargas was another.
     
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  9. c-gogz

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    valero
     
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  10. bballchump11

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  11. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    salvador sanchez
     
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  12. praetorianJJ

    praetorianJJ Conqueror of Worlds Full Member

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    go back and watch some of taylor's early fights. and yes i'm serious
     
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  13. Thread Stealer

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    Meldrick and Jermain Taylor?

    Meldrick was always going to have issues at WW no matter what, and Jermain just basically was very flawed.


    It takes an awful lot to be the Greatest Fighter of All-Time.

    Fighters like Michael Nunn & Hector Camacho, I feel had the talent and abilities to be ATGs or greats of the next tier, but wasted it away.
     
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  14. OttkeRuiz

    OttkeRuiz Guest

    Valero still gets me, his poor family. Imagine Valero right now mixing it up with all the other talent around LW, maybe evenup to LWW.
     
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  15. RealityCheck

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    Zab Judah. Don't know about GOAT, but I think he could have had a better career if he had a better trainer. He had amazing speed, accuracy, footwork, etc. It just seems like he never had a solid game plan. He always fell apart after 4 rounds. I blame his corner.

    Edwin Valero. His record was all KOs, most of which were in the 1st round. He was lined up to fight Pacquiao for a little while but that fell apart. He killed himself in jail after he was arrested for killing his wife. Watch his vids on youtube. He was a real killer. Pun intended.
     
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