Biggest waste of potential?

Agree 100% and as he was lineal welterweight champion he over achieved IMO.

 

Joan Guzman
Naseem Hamed

 

Max Baer in his era.
And Riddick Bowe

 

Tony Tucker

 

Roy Jones Jr and Floyd Mayweather Jr for me.

Jones had Robinson like abilities, but spent the early part of his career under his Father's naturally cautious guidance. Then, post Toney, when he could of beaten anyone under 200lbs, anywhere, he avoided the matches that would of made him a top 10 great, rather than a top 50 version.

Mayweather too, after an excellent start, became diva-ish with whom he was going to fight. He also jumped up divisions too quick, and thus did not establish proven dominance in divisions.

 

Michael Dokes
Edwin Valero

 

Jack Dempsey maybe?

The millions and millions of boxing writers from when men were men ALL claim he was Achilles reborn. Yet he went on to duck an entire ace of people, put his title to sleep for 3 years, got KOed by a fireman/part time boxer with a losing record and was schoole by an obese ex flyweight. Didnt meet the top 2 contenders of his entire reign either

 

Francisco Bojado.

 

Ibeabuchi
Guzman
Davis
T.Olajide
Valero
Bojado
Toney to a degree.

 

James Toney and Mike Tyson, as great as they were, could have achieved so much more with their incredible talent.

Also like to add:
Donald Curry
Michael Nunn
Gerald McClellan

and most recently Andre Dirrell

 

Dirrell was flashy.

 

Gamboa is really fast tracking for this title.

 

Agree 100%

 

for sure!

 

Mark Breland
Ray Seales
Kirkland Laing