Fighters who disappointed you the most

Yes, Ayala is a good one.

 

150 days after his remarkable win over George Foreman, Tommy Morrison was knocked out in the first round by... Michael Bentt

 

Roberto Duran,if only man was motivated to win the second Leonard fight and not Chan Hee Park his way to oblivion.

 

Razor Ruddock
Poor managment, low ring IQ, lack of balance. Never could learn to relax in the ring enough to apply a gamplan.

Bert Cooper- he had a big win on national tv against DeWitt that put the division on notice. He let that attention and praise go to his head. Next fight Carl gave him the Truth!

Zach Padilla. He was there and then it was over.

 

Kinda funny that half the posts in this thread are ATGs. Oh no, some of the best boxers of all time didn't end up being top 10 of all time, what a shame for them, it must be so disappointing to have won all those world titles, have made millions of dollars, and become national icons. Silly.

As for the actual thread topic, I was incredibly high on Ginjiro Shigeoka prior to his fights with Pedro Taduran. Even after the first fight where he was stopped, I still thought he could rebuild and reclaim a title as long as he stayed away from Taduran for a while. I was utterly convinced that he would unify the division and reign over it for the rest of his career to establish himself as an ATG minimumweight and a P4P star. Seeing a man hit that hard at that size is a rarity, especially when they're as fast as Ginjiro. A dedicated body-puncher, a huge puncher for the weight, and a crafty technician with a quality amateur career to back up his credentials, I was in love with his style (and still am). Seeing him getting carried out the ring in a stretcher in the rematch against Taduran broke my heart and I hope he's still able to live a fulfilling life after the injuries he suffered. Seeing such a talented young man have his career cut short and nearly lose his life was awful, especially considering how much promise he had.

 

Lomachenko. Spent the first half of his career doing very little, spent the second half doing even less.

 

Carlos Monzon..I almost idolized him. Almost because God is the only idol in that sense.

Then he murdered his common law wife and I learned that he abused women.

I was also disappointed at Jake LaMotta when I saw Raging Bull when I was 13, Sugar Ray Robinson when I learned he too beat up women, Mike Tyson, Carlos Baldomir-the two latter whose autographs I had obtained- and any other boxer when they are accused of horrible things,

Edwin Valero obviously was another one. I had hopes that Venezuela had finally found their Gomez, Chavez, Monzon, Argulello, Cervantes, Jofre or Duran and just he fact itself that he was a POS murderer.

When I met Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. and Oscar de La Hoya in person, they signed autographs for everyone but both were super antisocial. Not even a smile on their face.

Thats it for me.

 

I get your point. However, many all-timers, despite impressive accomplishments, still never fulfilled their full potential. Don't you think, for instance, Benitez's career was disappointing?