All Talent, No Brains

He started to routinely freeze in fights. He had the abilities to compete with Lewis and a late stage Tyson, but he froze. He had Grant out of there and let him hang on and later quit while way up on the cards. And many years before, he almost pissed away an unbeaten record, and bargaining power in the division, by biting and fouling Po'uha.

 

He just didn't give a damn. Why not throw as many punches at a time as humanly possible? Who cares if you get hit right? He was this close to using a special beam cannon

 

The threads not about squandering talent it's about people not being able to think/adapt in the ring.
Tubbs was really clever.

 

I'd say durability and defensive skill were his main problems though.

 

Terry Norris.

He struggled to keep his emotions in check throughout his career. The Santana back to back DQ's were bad enough but he also lost earlier in his career by a flagrant foul when hitting a downed opponent and also risked yet another DQ against Leonard in the second when he raced across the ring to again blatantly hit a down opponent.

Factor that with his idiotic game plans against Waters (who he risked a KO against) and Brown (who did KO him) who were both fighters Terry had the tools to beat with ease.

Hell even his KO to Jackson was avoidable as he'd shown the blueprint in the first round on how to beat him but abandoned it in the second by backing himself against the ropes and beginning an exchange with the most lethal puncher in boxing history. A bad idea that one.

The guy was a top fighter but could be dumb,dumb,dumb.

 

Tinfoil Tinkerbell Tyson! :deal

Million dollar midget body, But teh brain of a ******ed goldfish.

Midget Lisp had big power, v.mint speed And cool combos, But he never did learn how to jab or fight on teh backfoot. :yep


Foreman Hooooooooooooooook!:smoke

 

shockingly brilliant?

 

Naseem Hamed must be right up there. Had awesome power, elite hand speed and reflexes but only knew how to fight his way. Lost to the first fighter who was good enough to execute and pose a difficult nights work for him because he wasn't able to adapt.

 

Holyfield... Traded way too much w/good opposition at hw. Brawled w/Dokes, Bowe, Foreman & Cooper. Could of easily been knocked out in many of those fights.

 

:roll:...despite loads of boxers having done so.