Fighters who disappointed you the most

Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield's ear was very disappointing. As someone, who has competed inside of rings in a different sport: Bending the rules in an effort to get an edge is one thing. Deliberately trying to get disqualified in a match is quite another, in my mind. It is like a WAR in there! Do not look for a way to retreat or withdraw! Fight BACK!

 

Yes, over here there is a poll where 66 percent say he has more ability than Muhammad Ali and if one says otherwise, one does not know about boxing!!! He only has 24 fights...and from what little Ive seen he hasnt convinced me yet that he deserves to be anointed as the greatest yet.

 

Tyson, Duran, Lomachenko, Cooney, Carbajal, Toney, Morrison, Chavez Sr, Wladimir, Holyfield, off the top of my head.

 

Honestly Tyson should’ve just started throwing elbows and head butts back, I think we’d have forgiven him if we basically got a 12 round war of elbows, butting and mean spirited fighting after the bell etc even if he’d lost we’d say “hey he fought fire with fire” it was unforgivable and he should’ve been banned from pro boxing, that’s ridiculous stuff.

 

The greatest is too far, top 5-7 he’s earned it in my opinion. He is good odds for anyone else in the top 20 H2H.

 

Jojo Diaz, Rocky Juarez, Ricardo Williams and Francisco Bojado.

 

I like Hatton, but he didnt handle defeat well at all.i was also disappointed that he had a falling out with Graham, his parents, his brother, and his girl friend. I was also disappointed that he got destroyed by Pacquiao. On the flip side he accomplished alot and wore down and stopped Tszyu.It was a fun ride for a while it lasted. I would have liked it better if Hatton would have given it one more go not long after the Pacquiao fight. Maybe 4-6 months later. Something to make you forget about the Pacquiao fight.

 

See, that’s something within the bounds of predictability. Fighters do that kind of thing occasionally. Butting, going low, rabbit punching…..but biting? BITING? It’s just so…….unprecedented. I’d never heard of that. He BIT him?

I remember I was on a dinner date and our waitress told me that when she was at our table. Don’t remember how we got on the subject but I was just gobsmacked by hearing that. My date probably wasn’t terribly impressed.

Should have asked the waitress out.

Anyway, back to boxing.

 

Golota, Kirk Johnson, Larry Donald, Ike Ibeabuchi, Jimmy Thunder, Cooney, to name just a few

 

I tried to watch boxing with the wife… just asked her to watch it, it was like she was on a viewing of paint drying I did it as a little experiment. That waitress will be your white whale… sorry for your loss. As a kid I heard about it, it sounded so outrageous I had to find everything I could about this weirdo boxer and it turned how his life was as amusing as his fights lol, gold mine.

 

He should've, but I think Tyson was just looking for a way to throw the fight - rather than get revenge for the head butts.

 

nobody wins a mean dirty war with Holyfield. that's like wrestling with a pig in the mud -- the pig's gonna win, and is gonna have fun doing it. end result would have been the same as the first fight.

 

Hector Camacho Sr. I've said many times on this site he's possibly the most talented fighter of the 80's.
Yet he probably doesn't rank in the top 15 of fighters of that decade.
John Mugabi, he showed he could really fight, giving no less of an ATG as Marvin Hagler a better fight than any of Hagler's championship opponents , that includes Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duràn. But that fight really ruined him, he'd never show that type of skill or determination again.
The 80s had some of the best skilled, and physically talented heavyweights in history.
But lack of discipline, and drugs, degraded the most of them. Now most, are not even known by casual fans.
Ray Leonard, yes a surprise entry. And a real deal hall of famer. However what he could've accomplished would've been even more impressive. Imagine fights against Aaron Pryor, Hearns at Jr.Middle, Curry, or Hagler around 1983. All winnable fights with his talent and determination, but didn't happen because of his eye injury, self pitty, and drug and alcohol issues.
He would've certainly enhanced his career

 

Let's go regional and obscure...sorta

"Slammin'" Sammy NeSmith. Could punch holes in walls and was really strong. Just didn't seem to have the killer instinct for boxing or really have the heart for it due to his easygoing church-guy background. He gave us Indianapolis fans one great moment with that come from behind desperate KO of Ronnie Harris though.

Leslie "Sweet Lemonade" Gardner- probably nobody here has ever seen him and few maybe ever heard of him, but he was a buddy of Superbad Mays in Detroit and could box and punch and was a highly thought of amateur when he turned pro. Fell into addiction quickly and died of a heroin overdose from what I am told at 26 shortly after losing to Gary Guiden in Indianapolis.

Alvin "Too Sweet" Hayes- another Detroit guy who got sucked into drugs by hangers on and friends and faded away despite having such beautiful boxing skills.

 

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