Biggest Heavyweight Flops!!!

Well some of these "flops" won world titles so how about this one who didn't but people continue to rant on about as some h2h monster.

Of course I'm referring to David "The Choker" Tua.

 

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Andrew Golota: screwed up so many opportunities. His notable fights are all losses; Bowe 2x (fights which he threw away because he couldn't control himself), Lewis blitzed him, as did Tyson and Brewster. Byrd edged him though it can be argued that it was a very close fight but this was a situation that he just couldn't close the deal, ever.

Tommy Morrison: He was going to be packaged as a Tyson like fighter with the All American image. The Alcohol and Fast Life notwithstanding, he was just too chinny to fit the bill as the next great Heavyweight.

Joe Mesi: Lacked durablity, Jirov ruined him.

Dominic Guinn: Went from the division's future star to a trailhorse in a few short years.

Audley Harrison: His last fight with Haye shows us exactly why he was a flop. The fact that he didn't even give a spirited effort shows me that he never had it in the first place. Harrison was a disaster.

Michael Grant: Lennox Lewis showed him that it takes more than size and athleticism to become a Champion. This guy was being propped up like he was the future of Heavyweights and in 2 short (or long) rounds it was proven otherwise. Never really recovered from that.

David Tua: It is surprising that someone of his talent couldn't even win a belt, even the lightly regarded WBO during his role as perennial contender. His effort against Lennox Lewis was appalling. He mailed it in and was happy to just survive. After his fight with Ike Ibeabuchi you would have thought that this guy would go on to accomplish something, but he never lived up to the expectations.

Tyrell Biggs: For a fighter who beat Lennox Lewis for a gold medal in the Olympics; he showed lots of promise but his drug addiction simply overshadowed his talents as he slipped further and further away from a path of promise. In all likelihood, he may never have beaten Mike Tyson as a professional but if his life was together he may have maintained his status a perennial contender possibly picking up the lightly regarded WBO belt during the Tyson-Douglas-Holyfield changing of the guard by beating former Olympic foe Francesco Damiani.

Greg Page: Went from future star to trailhorse. He showed lots of promise as a fighter, he was pretty much an 80s HW in every sense of the word.

 

Malcolm "The Showstopper" Tann, he was a very good ametuer and had success in the early part of his career. At 6'8 240 with a good jab I expected more out of him.

 

Besides the ear bite, I will never forget this fat **** huffing, puffing, and finally collapsing from exhaustion against Jesse Ferguson.

 

Nobody has mentioned Duplooy. He had that great amateur record of his and some $$$ behind him.

 

Marvin Stinson, for some reason, comes to mind.

 

I remember DuPlooy, kinda disappered.

 

Mike Williams probably fell from grace faster than anyone I can recall. Was the Ring's prospect of the year, but did not have much heart. They put him with Buster Douglas, who was completely unpredictable, Buster destroyed him. Williams never recovered. Last I heard he was caught smoking crack in his dressing room BEFORE a fight.

Jo-el Scott was suppose to be something special, problem was he had no character and a brain the size of a olive.

Alex Garcia's management pulled one of the biggest boners of all time. They had a chance to fight Lewis, turned it down to build Garcia up some more, who promptly got KO'ed. Lewis was at rignside laughing.

 

You're damned if you do, damned if you don't. Lots of folks think Tyrell Biggs management should have built him up for a couple years before taking on Tyson. In hindsight with what happened to Tyson, they may have something there.

Garcia's management must have believed in their fighter enough to take the path they chose.