Has there been a bigger waste of talent than Mayweahter?

i'll even go for under-achiever before i call the guy wasted talent....

 

Here is my top 25. Doesn't include any fighters still relevant.

Fitzsimmons
Greb
Langford
Louis
Robinson
Armstrong
Ali
Charles
Pep
Duran
Walker
B.leonard
Burley
Gans
Tunney
Whittaker
R. Leonard
Moore
Holyfield
Rocky
Hagler
Monzon
Jofre
Wilde
Oscar

 

top 25 greatest?

 

Wilfred Benitez was incredibly talented, aged 22 he was a 3 weight world champ

At 25 he was washed up

 

interesting to see a fitsimmons shout

the guy was for real too bad some of the ultra classic guys get forgotten about

 

His talent is obnoxiously overrated. He's done with it probably the best that he could.

 

Yeah.

 

Him and joe jeanette are the two boxers that make me sit up and go "wow". To absolutely destroy non pareil at middleweight then take on the top heavyweights of his day including a knockout victory over the heavyweight champ is amazing.

What he did then would be the equivalent of danny geale knocking out martinez, knocking out chambers, adamek and haye, battering wlad for the first half of the fight before being stopped, twice, then moving down in weight to twice school hopkins. Honestly i'm amazed at his achievements.

Up until taking a step too far with jeffries he had defeated everyone he faced and he still went on to become lightheavyweight king. And even took on the might jack johnson when way past his best. A true legend of the sport.

As for jeanette, he doesn't make this list but he's in my top 25 heavyweights and his exploits in paris are jaw dropping.

 

As for floyd i'd have loved him to face winky after hoya then move up and take on taylor.

Unlike most I think his welterweight run was quite impressive and it made up for his lack of run at 140, but he never built on it. Had he beaten winky and taylor after hoya he'd be a lock in everyone's top 10.
Did he have the talent to do so? From what we've seen i'd say yes.

 

not a bad list at all EXCEPT ONE:yep

Oscar.....this isn't the one im thinking of is it?

 

It is, looking over his resume and what he achieved, very underrated fighter I think. I had him losing to pea and sturm but had him beating tito and shane(lmw). He even gave good past prime showings. Fought from superfeather to middleweight taking on all the greats apart from winky. He drops out of my list as soon as hopkins retires tho.

 

at least you give solid reasoning:good

can always respect that!

 

Castillo was a more intelligent fighter with a sturdier chin and could cut the ring better. Cotto may end up ranked higher though, but h2h Castillo is better imo

 

If Cotto gets in its a complete sham. Cotto has one victory over a reigning champion. Never was the man of any division.

 

Awful list. Hagler, Oscar, Monzon and Holyfield arent top 25.