Great amatuers that came up short in pros

He springs straight to mind when this topic comes up...He came and went very quickly in the pro's..I know he got owned by tito but surely he could of fought a few more times...

What exactly happened to him????

 

Mitch Green

 

Very True, though in Tucker's case, that knee injury hurt him from becoming a major force by a couple of years.:yep

 

Jerry Page 82 Pan Am and 84 Olympic Champ (Hilmer Kenty's brother in-law) ran into Frankie Randlall and Terrence Alli. He finished 11-4 was never stopped but I thought for sure he was going to be a World Champ. A few years later I thought the same thing about Michael Clark. There is still a chance although the clock is ticking.

 

James Broad.

 

That is true, to an extent, but Tony had several issues to deal with long before Tyson came in the scene.

 

Clint Jackson
Jeff Stoudemire

 

Wasn't Reid the guy that had the "bad eye" that couldn't be corrected, so he went for the big bucks right off the bat?

 

The sad Sugar Ray Seales story:
"He’s nearly blind. He’s flat broke. But he carries Olympic gold in his pocket."

"Sugar" Ray Seales, was the only American boxer to win a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he fought middleweight champion Marvin Hagler three times. He is also the former NABF and USBA middleweight champion.

https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...ng-champ-whos-teaching-indys-youth/498411002/

 

They had to move Reid quickly. Daniel Santos messed his eye up in an amateur fight and it was only a matter of time before it would fail him.

 

Yes duo Jackson

 

Ricardo Williams is a good call. You’d think Broner would’ve used fellow Cincinnati fighters Aaron Pryor and Williams as cautionary examples (motivation) to stay focused on boxing.

 

You could add Michael Bennett to that list too.

Won the world amateur championship (by virtue of Felix Savon boycotting) in 1999 before falling well short in the 2000 Olympics and his pro career was at best mediocre.

 

Paea Wolfgramm