Andrew Maynard, Howard Davis Jr, Sugar Ray Seales

Howard Davis was too concerned about getting hit,he would fire a jab and be moving backwards at the same time,talented ,but fearful imo.

 

Sugar ray seales was just more interested in the 'judge joe brown' gig

 

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087127,00.html

 

Howard Davis didn't have the pro style to suceed, and more importantly, his mind wasn't on being a boxer after his fifth professional fight.Though truthfully, he could've been a two division champ with the right circumstances.

 

I see Anthony Hembrick missed the bus on this thread as well.

 

Seales was a good fighter with good skills and quickness.He was just unlucky to be in a strong division with a number of better talents.


Davis did adapt to the pro's fairly well imo, it was his chin and lack of power that were the bigger issue.

 

I agree both these guys were better than Maynard. Davis would have been champ in more recent eras, Seals was good enough to fight Hagler to a draw, although kod in 1 in the rematch.

I was impressed with Maynard in the Olympics and early on but he flopped big time after being dominated and Kod by Czyz. Maynard was a gate keeper at best more like top 20. Gold medalist Jerry page would have been a good one to add, Page was an 84 gold medalist and looked good, but in the pros he wasnt even as good as Maynard.

 

it was more davis lack of heart moreso than lack of power. he was an absolute great technician, with a heart the size of a mustard seed.

he was frustrating to watch. all that talent but lacked the one ingredient to be great.

 

Maynard just wasn't that good as a pro. Seales was good enough to be a top contenders, but not good enough to win a title. Davis was very good, but he didn't seem to know what kind of style he wanted to use. I remember him trying to change his style and punch more. He tried that with Edwin Rosario, and fought a pretty good fight until the last round when he was knocked down and lost a heartbreaking decision, which I thought he won. If he had boxed smartly, he most likely would have won.

 

Their lack of grit and durability was more easily exposed without headgear, pillow gloves, 3-round limits, and overzealous refs to protect them.

Probably because it's as undistinguished as he was as a pro.

 

Davis also didn't have the right people to handle him.There was no way he should have lost to Jim Watt, and the ramifications were felt for years after.