Hyped boxers who fell short of expectations

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  1. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    David Price comes to mind.

    Panchito Bojado (anoyne remembers him?) considered to be a future great.

    Gerry Cooney (ranked as high as top-10 p4p after beating shot versions of Norton and Lyle). Still achieved more than Price or Bojado, but never reached the top. Was schooled by Holmes, then destroyed by Spinks and Foreman.

    Who else can you name? Maybe fighters that nobody knows about them now but they were hyped 30-40 years ago as the future boxing stars?
     
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    Mark Breland .. Was so hyped up and he was everything .. 5 golden gloves, Olympic gold and said to be the best of the team ... In his first real test, gets bombed out by Marlon Starling .. Up on all the cards then gasses late and gets KO'd ..Tyson went to his locker room and shed a tear for his friend. And Breland couldn't redeem himself in the rematch with a draw .. After that , Mark Breland basically is done. Holds the title again but against way lesser comp..
     
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    That's a good list and I remember many of these fighters. Grant was 'the next great HW' but was destroyed by Lennox, McCline and even Dominick Guinn
     
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    Michael Olajide. He was touted as the next superstar of the middleweight division and got a lot of coverage in 80s boxing magazines. He was beaten soundly by Frank Tate when he fought for the vacant IBF title and then got stopped by Iran Barkley a few fights later. Olajide was pretty much finished after that and never became a champion.

    Another one is Courage Tshabalala. I have an old Boxing Monthly back issue where he's profiled as the next great heavyweight and a fearsome knockout puncher. He had Lou Duva in his corner (if memory serves) and people like Larry Merchant were predicting he'd be world champion. His bubble was burst when he was stopped by a journeyman named Brian Scott. Two fights later he lost to Darroll Wilson.
     
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    Curtis Stevens was a murderer in the AM's, one of the most storied prospects from NYC in decades. Faceplant.
     
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    Great call on Tshabalala. I watched a few of his fights and he was DESTROYING people. Supposedly won all his amateur fights by KO, as well. Then, he just got KO'd by a bum, and never really recovered. Boxing is a tough business if you don't have the right mentality. Apparently, despite his name, Courage was not the type of fighter to overcome adversity.
     
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    Yeah he was meant to be highly touted from the Kronk gym. I read in Tommy Hearns biography that he and the rest of the Kronk hated sparring Breland as he was a devastating fighter.

    Maybe the gym fights caught up on him or he just got caught out... Marlon Starling was meant to be a top fighter as well.
     
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    Michael Grant.
     
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