Fighters you thought were destined to be world champions but failed

John Mugabi at his peak was one of the best boxers I have seen. Who will ever forget his war with Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

 

Katsidis

 

I can definitely understand your feeling about Garza. I thought he was going to be a long standing world champ. So he may have won a title but it was a disappointing reign.

 

Part of Howard's problem was his father as his trainer. The Whacko Twins offered some quality opponents for Howard and he wanted them, but his father turned him down. If he had the right person in his corner, he beats Watts easily and becomes a 2 division champion, at minimum.

 

I also remember his life-and-death struggle with James "Hardrock" Green.

 

Thanks! I was watching the Garza-Negron fight a few weeks ago again, and it was a good scrap. Negron could have been champion, and both him and Garza would have given Wilfredo Gomez a few good rounds before the ultimate demise.

 

Hmmmmm, althought it says he did win a couple of titles, I always thought raushee warren would be a big name and has come up very short, excuse the pun

 

Agreed.

 

Those days the contenders were real guys. Being a contender meant something.

 

Tony Jeffries
Darren Sutherland
Spencer Oliver
Kevin Mitchell
Frankie Gavin
Andrew Selby
John Murray
Herol Graham
Michael Watson
Audley Harrison
Matthew Macklin
Paul Smith
Chris Finnegan

For one reason or another they just didn’t do it despite some challenging for the world titles.

 

Very True. Not everything is this big, freaking mess.