What fighters never lived up to what they could be?

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  1. wxmuk

    wxmuk New Member Full Member

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    My example is Judah, with that southpaw stance and handspeed he give ppl trouble he had enough power to keep fighters honest.
    Im a mayweather fan and i no once he worked judah out he won well but for them first say 5 rounds, Floyd seemed abit shaken, i dnt think ive seen anybody land as many on floyd as judah did at the start.
     
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  2. zato-one

    zato-one Pink Jumpsuit Boxing Full Member

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    although im not to sure what your talking about with the judah thing...ill answer the question in the title...

    Morales
    De la hoya
    jones jr
    mayweather
    tyson

    are you talking about hyped jr's who became pro and actually stuck with being p4p?
     
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  3. wxmuk

    wxmuk New Member Full Member

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    Nah dude, i mean fighters that came through well and on there night are one of the best but for some reason or other couldnt put consistency into there performances.
     
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    Irishbc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    LOADS of them, the hardest thing for a fighter to do is live up to his potential.

    Judahs a good one, a guy who never won the title but should have in Michael Brodie, Scott Harrison ****ed it up by being a consistant *****, Eamonn Magee had a host of problems like Judah and should have won a world title at least.
     
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    some think taylor couldve shouldve been a lot more...i love the kid and i think he was a few seconds away from a hof career...almost finished pav and almost closed out froch
     
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    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  13. TheSweetScience

    TheSweetScience Linares the next ATG!!! Full Member

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    Judah..always

    and Tarver...You guys ever watch when Tarver decides to throw punches instead of just waiting and waiting. He is actually quite impressive but he fights like a little girl most of the time
     
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    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Top 2 that come to mind are

    Naseem Hamed and Mike Tyson.

    Both fighters with immense physical and natural talents who were champions but got bloated from their own success, and got lazy.

    One lost once and never returned (except that one meaningless comeback fight), the other had a longer and more public terminal decline.
     
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