Which less-achieving boxers do you have a soft spot for?

Definitely qualifies. Charismatic guy with lots of headline fights but who never really won any of them.

 

Zab Judah. Exciting fast fighter who failed to win his biggest fights.

 

Mercito Gesta entertaining but failed when he stepped up(we will see how he goes against Linares).

 

Paul Briggs
Shannan Taylor

 

I,d probably go Derek chisora...won me over with his display against klitchko. Not just his in ring performance but eventually someone turned up against one of the brothers up for a fight...and not to go along with the usual treatment people always fell for with the klitchko,s. Its almost passive aggressve tactics they used. Chisora pretty much turned it on its head...and went in and gave it a very good go.

Also Michael Gomez from britain. When he used to fight. Not many USA guys will have heard of him but gave it everything he had in his fights. Had potential but also definetely did not life the life. But he gave it his all in the ring...massive heart. Beat Alex Arthur when he was unbeaten. Fought for quite a bit under Ricky hattons old trainer. Billy graham. Fought khan when he was finished...think he actually knocked khan down...ended up taking a shellacking but kept on coming. He was pretty much finished at that point tho.

 

Paul ''scrap iron'' Ryan for life.

 

david price
George groves until he won the world title
Devon alexander

 

Also let's go champ...Shannon Briggs. Always been entertaining. Massive puncher. There's always that what if with him. Genuinely think hes capable of pulling off a George Foreman with just the right opportunity. Seriously annoys me that he,s pretty much been inactive for years. He's more to offer than just let's go champ and getting some cheap publicity. He could still be fighting regularly. The heavyweight divisions got some terrible fighters in it. He,d still ice half them.

People forget he gave prime Lennox lewis a good bit trouble till he tired. Good fighter in his day Briggs.

 

Gabe Rosada paper skin but I enjoy him

 

But still, he had some good victories and a lot of success.
Its amazing that he managed to turn his career around the way he did, afte the DLH loss.
He had a heck of a career.

 

Matthysse

 

I like Algieri, Rosado & Stevens.
Also Sam Eggington.

 

Ovill McKenzie

 

Charlie zellenoff

 

What happened to him?
I remember laughing at the fact that he got a title shot vs Ramirez but oh boy