Biggest Boxing Prospects - Busts

Alex Ramos had me excited for a bit.

 

he wasnt that bad. he did have a good run at welter . he was hardly busted...weak chin and over expected outcomes...if he started on different occasions he woudl of been a contender like anybody else.

found this which is scary...never seen it before
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Today yes, but not 30 years ago.

 

Breland was around 20 years ago and sorry but I would not be far of pick-em against (87 vintage) Harold Volbrecht (a bit tasteless that a black American was fighting a white South African then; at least Honeyghan told the WBA where to go) and Seung Soon Lee....

 

Hector Camacho Jr

Fraudley...I mean Audley Harrison

 

Has Michael Grant been given a mention yet?

 

chuck davey. got rumbled by kid gavilan. chuck had built a solid record and was known for his great southpaw style jab and flare. beating old champs to make himself look like the darling of the welterwieghts.

he fight gavilan and all who watched foudn out that davey was a mere mortal and looked a right plum getting dropped over so many times.

the first real televised proper "exposure" in boxing.


who was that guy on the fight night series?

there is unbeaten brit featherweight who is gonna get exposed soon.

miranda came and went.

what on earth is/has/had happend to alen green?

 

surprisingly not no...good call.

 

Breland sure doesn't look like a bust here, does he?

 

At the risk of blaspheming...David Tua.

 

Always makes me think of commentators during his fights early in his career. He really was thought of as a potential second coming of Tyson.

 

No way, Tyson was a phenomenon from virtually day one. Tua was fun no doubt, but unlike Tyson, his limitation were shown up and picked up fairly early.

 

David Reid got a world title but never really achieved the stardom expected of an Olympic gold medallist.

Whether a pre-existing eye injury or throwing him in against a beast like Trinidad so early into his career,prevented him from fulfilling the hype I'm not too sure.

His career was finished not long after Trinidad ruined him,struggling with and losing to journeymen afterwards.A sad finish really.

 

what about david reid. 1996 gold winner

 

Ja, I watched that one live. Honeyghan was really not the same fighter at that point though, and even Breland had been almost written off.
For years, the boxing public wondered who was the better of the two fighters...before they lost their way, of course.
It was supposed to be a mega fight when they eventually got it on. By the time they actually did, few actually cared anymore.
Despite what he did achieve, Breland was seen as a failure. He was tipped to win something like 5 world titles - before he had won even one!
I often think the burden of expectation simply weighed too heavily on his shoulders.


Magoo mentioned him already, but I'll chuck up Andrew Maynard again.
He was another fighter tipped to win multiple titles and the media hyped him up no end. For a while, he looked every bit as good as he was advertsied, and then he lost and sort of faded away.