Promising Fighers that just 'disappeared'

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  1. I am Legion

    I am Legion Active Member Full Member

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    For example 70's heavyweight Sylvester 'bump' Kelly whi inflicted promising Lou Esa's first defeat. He was 7 and 0 and then..............nothing.

    You guys have any more examples?

    C'mon
     
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  2. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Malik Scott seems to have disappeared, despite being undefeated.
     
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  3. I am Legion

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    Last I heard he was sparring with Adamek.
     
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  4. Woller

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    Kiyoshi Tanabe was 24-0-1 and had just stopped Horacio Accavallo, but then retired. Detached retina from what I have heard.

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  5. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Here's a few more;

    Joe Mesi. Remember when HBO was behind the guy and pushing him and Grant? Of all the prospects, it was these 2. when was the last time you heard the Mesi name mentioned? and just what did they see in the guy I sure didn't?


    Lee Canalito. Lots of folks were buying into Stallone's guy in the late 70's. I thought he was going to get a shot for Holmes' title instead of Zanon and Weaver and Jones, etc. but it never happened. Good thing. Actually he probably would've been a better choice for Leon Spinks instead of that Coetzee bout. But that Canalito name was out there and he was being manouvered well with a push behind him.
     
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  6. TBooze

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    Jemal Hinton...
     
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  7. I am Legion

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    From wikipedia

    Tanabe was scheduled to get his first world title shot in July, 1967, and expectations heightened around the talented fighter. However, it was discovered that he had suffered a detached retina in his right eye, which forced him into retirement. He had surgery on his right eye, but lost his vision two years later
     
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  8. I am Legion

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    Canalito got sidelined by acting. He was meant to star opposite Bo Derek in the remake of Tarzan but apparently got a bit frisky with Bo and John Derek (her husband and Director) got a little upset and he was replaced by Miles O' keefe. He was also in Paradise Alley with Stallone, a much underated movie IMO.
     
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  9. I am Legion

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    Found this on the net

    WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: Jemal Hinton

    If you ask long-time Beltway Boxing experts about who was the most talented boxer never to win a world title, many people would mention the name of Jemal Hinton.
    From 1988 to 1992, the boxer out of District Heights, MD was the hottest prospect going in the junior featherweight and featherweight division. He had speed and solid power. He was 16-0 with 12 knockouts and had already picked up the WBC Continental Americas Super Bantamweight title. A world championship seemed just a few fights away.

    Then suddenly, it all stopped. Hinton decided he had enough of the sport and promptly retired. Not even his father and trainer, Junious Hinton, could change his mind. No one but Jemal Hinton knows the real reason. Some speculated that Hinton adopted the Islamic faithand would not fight because of religious convictions. Whatever the reason was, Hinton's decision left a void in Beltway Boxing that took a long time to fill.
     
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  10. TBooze

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    I think Mesi had a medical condition that meant he had to call it a day. I think he tried to comeback outside the States and in States with less stringent boxing commissions.
     
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  11. zadfrak

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    Yep, that's what retired him. Prior to that, I never saw what made this guy such a hot prospect. He looked a lot like JL Gonzalez to me & the first time he stepped up in class, he'd get exposed. New icing on a 2 week old cake kind of guy.
     
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  12. Kalasinn

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    Some people wrongly believe Slobby Solis is "promising"...


    ...while i'd rather he just disappeared.
     
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  13. zadfrak

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    Yep, all part of that Stallone thing and the movie part was to help popularize his boxing career. Funny how many people were buying into the guy when you look at that set of guys from the 76 olympics like Page and Dokes and Tate and yet there were opinions that liked Canalito and his size. Sure is a tightrope act with the heavyweight prospects.
     
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  14. Boilermaker

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    In light of tonights reading i did on Toothpick Kelly, i have to offer his name up. He seems to have disappeared into thin air, after a promising start to a career which had him talked of a world title shot after a handfull only of fights, with most wins by KO in the first couple of rounds.
     
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  15. thistle1

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    does anybody remember a fighter who featured in a few bouts on ESPN or TSN fight night , circa 1986 -late 80s or early 90s even

    he was black and round about welterweight and kept on saying "I'm grease lightning, grease lightning faster than any of them, and I'm gonna beat them all and take their titles, I'm grease lighning..."

    stylish enough fighter, looked good, but can't remember his name or how his career panned out!
     
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