boxings biggest wastes of talent???

1. Ike Ibeabuchi wins it for me, He never made it.
2. Mike Tyson Probably was the GOAT , but he fell off before truly tested
3. Zab Judah as soon as he got close to being a true champion he quit trying!
4. Naseem Hamed An ATG that can't be validated because he walked away!

 

James Kirkland

 

Benny Lynch.

 

Francisco Bojado

 

Hamed.

 

Don't know much about his management etc, but Kirkland being in jail is really wasting his talent - although he still has time to put it right..

 

Coming back, I believe, like in August.:good

 

Juan Carlos Gomez

 

Benny Lynch

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Benny Lynch Statistics Real name Benny Lynch Rated at [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyweight"]flyweight[/ame] Nationality [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland"]Scottish[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland"]

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[/ame] Birth date 2 August 1913(1913-08-02) Birth place [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorbals"]Gorbals[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow"]Glasgow[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland"]Scotland[/ame] Death date 6 August 1946 (aged 33) Death place [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govan"]Govan[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland"]Scotland[/ame] Stance [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_stance"]orthodox[/ame] Boxing record Total fights 108 Wins 81 Wins by KO 34 Losses 12 Draws 15 No contests 0 Benny Lynch (2 April 1913 – 6 August 1946 in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorbals"]Gorbals[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow"]Glasgow[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland"]Scotland[/ame]) was a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_People"]Scottish[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing"]professional boxer[/ame] who fought in the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyweight"]flyweight[/ame] division. He is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight"]lightweight[/ame] division in his era and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Magazine"]Ring Magazine[/ame] has described him as the greatest fighter that [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland"]Scotland[/ame] has ever produced. He was born in the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorbals"]Gorbals[/ame] area of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow"]Glasgow[/ame] and learned his fighting skills in the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival"]carnival[/ame] booths that were popular in the West of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland"]Scotland[/ame] during the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression"]Great Depression[/ame].[url][1][/url]
Lynch won the Scottish [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyweight"]flyweight[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing"]boxing[/ame] title on 16 May 1934 with a 15 round decision over Jim Campbell in Glasgow. He then went on to win the British, European and world flyweight titles from [url]Jackie Brown[/url] in an historic bout held in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester"]Manchester[/ame] on 8 September 1935. The fight attracted enormous support from Glaswegians who travelled en masse to support "our Benny".
There was dispute, on at least on one side of the Atlantic, as to who was the best flyweight boxer in the world. Lynch settled the matter when he out-pointed [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines"]Filipino[/ame] [url]Small Montana[/url] in London in 1936 to established himself as the undisputed world flyweight boxing champion.
From 1932-36, he lost just five fights; two of them were points losses to [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Warnock"]Jimmy Warnock[/ame] a '[url]southpaw[/url]' from [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland"]Northern Ireland[/ame], on 2 March 1936 in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast"]Belfast[/ame] and again on 2 June 1937 in front of a home crowd in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow"]Glasgow[/ame].
In 1937 he handed legendary English puncher [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kane"]Peter Kane[/ame] his first loss (KO).
By 1938, Lynch's drinking lifestyle meant that he could no longer make the weight for the flyweight division. He lost his world flyweight title to American [url]Jackie Jurich[/url], when he weighed in at 118.5 lb (53.8 kg), half a pound over the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantamweight"]bantamweight[/ame] limit. This was made sadder by the fact that, despite his weight problems, Lynch stopped Jurich in the 12th round.
Benny Lynch's boxing career was over by the time he was 25 and he battled with alcohol for the rest of his life. He was a pathetic sight in the streets and pubs of Glasgow where people pressed drinks on him when a square meal was what he needed. The man who had so much talent died in 1946 from malnutrition, aged 33, a lonely misfit in the city that loved and broke him.
His record for the seven years of his professional career was:
Total Bouts: 102Won: 77 (includes 15 knockouts)Lost: 10 (one knockout, in his last fight)Draw: 15 He was inducted into the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Boxing_Hall_Of_Fame"]International Boxing Hall Of Fame[/ame] in 1998. A film about the life of Benny Lynch, directed by [url]John Mackenzie[/url] and starring [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carlyle"]Robert Carlyle[/ame], was made in 2003.
He was featured on the cover of Scottish rock band [url]Gun[/url]'s second album, [url]Gallus[/url], in 1992

Great answer, Tommy. Totally agree. Very sad, indeed.:verysad

 

it is still to be determined can he make good dec out side ring if so he is young enough definitly hungry enough if you ever watched him he will be fine an not in this disccusion

 

kirkland laing

 

Can only name this one on what my grandfather told me:

Peter Keenan.

 

David Reid

 

Andrew Golota is a waste

With his talent no HW belt looks sad, while Maskaev etc had one

Psyche!!!

 

Zab Judah
Andrew Golata
Corrie Sanders
Pancito Bajado
Mike Tyson