Boxers who underachieved?

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  1. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    jeff lacy, kelly pavlik, jermaine taylor, tyson to a certain extent as was only world class for a few years,
     
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    ike ibeabuchi:-(
     
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    I TuCKeR 93 I New Member Full Member

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    ike, prince naz, rocky juarez is a hugeee one guy fought everybody always given a shot and always fell short for whatever reason.
     
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  7. JMP

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    Ray Robinson
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    etc.

    Those guys could've done much more, but sadly, they missed out on true greatness.
     
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    Best post so far...

    In eastside boxing history...

    Give this man a gold star...

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    Moorer? How? He won a title at LHW and became a champ at HW. I would say he achieved more than one could expect since he was lucky to meet Holyfield with heart condition (and still needed even more luck... he got the round when he was down scored 10:10 by one judge).

    OK, he retired after Holy 2 when he still had something left... but I wouldn't bet on him being that lucky again. Holyfield was still strong, Tyson would demolish him and so would Lewis... not to mention a couple of others.
     
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    I think he could have accomplished a whole lot more. Foreman, Tua and Holyfield? Got KOd twice and Holyfield had him on the canvas 4-5 times before they stopped the fight. Thants why he's an underachiever
     
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    Ibeabuchi, Tua, Lacey, Bojado But can we really say under achieved in some cases they were let downs true but were not as good as we thought?
     
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    At some times Lennox Lewis.
     
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  15. Snakefist

    Snakefist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I absolutely LOVE the mentions of RJJ, Floyd Mayweather jr, Lennox Lewis, James Toney, hell even Mike tyson.

    Sure, one can look at anyones career and say they underachieved, you can do it with Hearns, Duran, and even SRL if one wanted too. All the mentioned are ATG's.

    About Vernon Forrest, he didn't underachieve, the guy got a shoulder injury and he should've won the second fight with Mayorga, who landed nothing significant in that fight. He was just getting back into the swing of things in 09, then he was tragically killed. I think it is not fair to say he underachieved, the guy beat the hell out of a prime Mosley.
     
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