Leon Spinks perhaps. He was moved ludicrously fast and then overmatched against much bigger foes.He wasn't a natural Heavyweight imo but when he finally grew into the division in the mid 80's he drops back down to Cruiserweight and gets absolutely butchered by Qawi because he was absolutely dead at the weight. I'm not sure how much of this is his managements fault and how much was Leon's.I've a feeling Spinks probably didn't always listen to the advice he was given.
I say 1998-2003 , later it didn't matter 2 much @ first I didn't understand y maskaev , but this reminded me . Debutting vs 21-0 Miroschnichenko was not something Riddick Bowe or Lennox Lewis would have wished 4 themselves either . Davey Moore should not have been allowed 2 fight vs Duran in his state . Don't know about Howard Davis . true . And my contribution 2d thread : Orlin Norris & Chris Byrd . Norris got his shots @ Tucker*2 , Akinwande , Vitali Klitschko . Byrd got his shots @ Wladimir Klitschko*2 , Vitali Klitschko Not very nice 4 such small men . Oliver McCall - should not have been signed 2 fight all those times he wasn't clean - Lewis #2 and probably Bruno & many more . James Toney - 4 not going up prior 2d Jones fight . Should have moved up more than a year earlier . Same with his staying a little 2 long @ 160 & 175 . 190 he could have maintained at least until its limit moved up 2 200 , which he demonstrated recently that he could always make .
Good call... Once he dropped into King's hands, Tyson was done for. His is a textbook case on how to mismanage, exploit and screw a boxer big time
I would've said Primo Carnera but I realized he was managed brilliantly enough to win the World Title XD
1) Avenamar Peralta - in 1973 when Jorge Ahumada made his assault on the world stage by opting to further his career in NY and securing no less than 3 title shots over the '74-'75 time frame, his equally talented compatriot Avenamar Peralta opted for Europe where he went through a mass of wins that kept him in the top ten but with no one able to make the push for a title fight. 2) Rodolfo Gonzalez - a pro for 11 years going through win after win with nothing in sight until signing with Jackie McCoy who secured a title shot after only six fights. 3) Jeff Lampkin - became IBF cruiserweight champ and made on defense. Poised for big money with the title in his pocket until signing with Don King, who bluntly told him that he would have to give up his IBF title since he only deals with the WBC. Lampkin sat on his haunches for 2 years at a time when he should have been making all kinds of money, never defending it until stripped and never fought for a title again. Scartissue