Biggest Boxing Prospects - Busts

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  1. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    :good I saw most of his fights (and his brothers Tony), he retired at something like 23.
     
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  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    Dwayne Bobick

    Tyrell Biggs

    Henry Tillman

    Andrew Maynard

    Anthony Hembrick

    Tommy Morrison

    Bruce Seldon

    Pete Rademacher

    Willie Dewitt

    Robert Wangila (died in the ring)
     
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  3. Chinxkid

    Chinxkid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I remember the build-up Joe Frazier's kid Marvis got.
     
    Chinxkid, Oct 4, 2008
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  4. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bobby Czyz got a pretty decent build up. Then in his first big test, he was completely shellshocked and pummled by Mustafa Hamsho.
     
    la-califa, Oct 6, 2008
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  5. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    LOL, he did not even make it unscathed though the Olympics, at least Breland won his gold medal!

    Gato Gonzales (80s version)

    Darrin Van Horn

    Gerry Cooney (actually we could do spend all day listing Heavyweight busts)

    And one for the Brits: Khalid Shafiq......
     
    TBooze, Oct 6, 2008
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  6. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    1980s heavyweight Chris Mcdonald
     
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  7. tommy the hat

    tommy the hat Active Member Full Member

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    Howard Davis was named most outstanding boxer for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, on a team that featured fellow gold medalists Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon and Michael Spinks, and Leo Randolph. Yet he was the only one who didn't win a world championship, which everyone expected him to not only do rather easily, but reign as a champ for a long time and have a hall of fame career.
     
    tommy the hat, Oct 6, 2008
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  8. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Of the same team Leo Randolph didn't do much in the Pro's either.
     
    la-califa, Oct 6, 2008
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  9. tommy the hat

    tommy the hat Active Member Full Member

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    He still managed to win a world championship, granted he lost it in his first defense. Do agree that Davis was a bust or not?
     
    tommy the hat, Oct 6, 2008
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  10. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was goung to put Kelcie Banks ...but got beat to the punch


    How About - Kenneth Gould

    Forest Ward
    Jose Luis Garcia
    walter moore

    Lottie Mwale

    William Caveman Lee
    Slammin Sammy Nesmith

    Phil Matthews
    Errol Christie

    Steve Aczel

    Lawrence Poncho Carter
    Jerry Mack Truck Riddick

    Irish John Collins
     
    AREA 53, Oct 6, 2008
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  11. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Seems to be a lot of fighters on here that shouldn't be. Seems that anyone who didn't win a world title is a bust. Even winning a "world" title isn't good enough in some peoples eyes.
     
    AlFrancis, Oct 6, 2008
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  12. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Whatever happened to Irish John Collins? I remember he defeated fellow Chicago Unbeaten Lenny LaPaglia, Then I pretty much lost track of him.
     
    la-califa, Oct 6, 2008
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  13. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well anyone can literally claim a world title....
     
    TBooze, Oct 6, 2008
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  14. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oh Yeah. Davis had so much Promise. Had the moves & speed, but not the power or killer instinct.
     
    la-califa, Oct 6, 2008
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  15. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    La-Califa _ Irish John Collins and his Camp made a Bad Miscalc, They took on Tony Sibson coming off his Hagler Defeat, confident that "Sibbo" was simply perhaps looking for another Payday before fading away, However "Sibbo" was frustrated at his performance against Hagler, Feeling like an unexploded Bomb, Well he was Fired up to show the American Viewers what he was capable of, and Collins soon realised this was no guy just going through the motions, but somebody looking for redemption, "Sibbo" blasted Collins out in the second Round, Thereafter it was Collins who promptly faded away.
     
    AREA 53, Oct 7, 2008
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