Are There Any Fighters That Had Elite Skills But...?

Lomachenko. I'll die on that hill. I don't want to hear any crying on how he got robbed of ATG legacy because of Haney.

Maybe don't blow the first half of the fight against Lopez, your biggest and most dangerous opponent so far, for undisputed glory no less. Your shoulder was injured ? Tough kitties, Inoue fought an entire fight with a broken orbital bone against Donaire like a year before. You came alive at the end of the fight, you should have done so from the start.

Even Loma himself talked about how he found God or whatever and was cleansed of his pride and ego during his retirement speech. It's clear he didn't have the mentality and character to match his talent.

 

Zab Judah is the poster child for this.

 

Tyson

 

Judah and Tyson were the first to spring to mind. Naz the third.

 

Andrew Golota
Andre Dirrell
Zab Judah
Chad Dawson

 

Al Hostak, Lew Jenkins, Randy Turpin, Al Singer

 

Some people would argue Wlad. I wouldn't agree tho.

 

Arguably Bowe
Golota
Drago - let a past-prime, eye injured, couldn't even avoid a slap from old Mickey, Balboa cut him, extend him and knock him out on home turf despite being up to the eyeballs in Soviet steroids and Rocco merely running up a mountain and training in a cow barn with m-m-m-montage music ... Sweet!

Some might say Audley Harrison, Herbie Hide, Frank Bruno etc.

 

Benny Lynch and Young Griffo had outstanding careers. If they hadn't been alcoholics, both could have been ATGs, if they aren't already.

 

Andre Dirrell.

 

In a sense he lacked a certain mean streak other great fighters had but you have to be so mentally focused to dominate that long and Wlad was pretty much never out of shape he was a gym rat in a over 20 years career spanning till 41 that in itself takes a lot of mental focus.

 

Broner could have done better if he used his offence and didn’t try to be a pound shop Mayweather which he was in his head