Boxing's Greatest 'Might Have Been'?

Thanks for that .

 

Edwin Valero, Salvador Sanchez, Stanley Ketchel, Ike Ibeabuchi, Tony Ayala Jr, Felix Savon, Teofilo Stevenson, Roberto Bolado, Lazlo Papp, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Vasyl Lomachenko, Dick McTaggart

 

Thanks was a great read

 

I think this is probably the right choice...Ibeabuchi came to my mind first but Sanchez could've had a Herculean resume had he lived.

 

The Island of Cuba.

 

Three truest and best answers:

Salvador Sanchez
Stanley Ketchel
Pancho Villa

 

Did u mean spadafora? Held his own sparring may weather.

Bajado was the biggest disappointment for me. It was incredible how young and talented he was.
Also cotton was coming up at the same time but all the hype was about bajado.

Velario was tragic but he would of been fun to watch.

And of course sanchez.

 

What do you think about Mike Tyson?

 

Teofilo Stevenson

Igor Vysotsky

Ruben Bell

James Schuler

Orzubek Nazarov ( he did win a championship belt but suffered a gsw that ended his career )

 

Masao Ohba for me, he was rising think Sal had maybe hit his peak

 

He came to mind for me too…had D’Amato or Jacobs not died, or any number of circumstances been different…the railroading, etc…

But it could be argued the circumstances that led George Foreman to his confidence killing loss to Ali were aligned much in the same way as those of the Titanic.

And as I think of what could have been, I realize I’ve clouded and lost sight of what truly was…

It seems there’s always an extraordinary set of circumstances behind most top athletes that brings them to our notice, whether we notice those circumstances or not. For every one, there’s thousands of others who’s circumstances never allowed their potential to ever be seen or realized…

It hardly seems tragic when the long series of good fortunes run short on the grandest of stages, even though it sure feels that way as a fan…

All of that said, Tyson’s luck sure seemed to be tragically bad just as his potential really began to shine…

 

He's there definitely. Had everything but the main ingredient, discipline. Time has been cruel to Tysons standing imo, he is judged past prime more than what he could do when young and on track I feel

 

Thing is, it was much more than bad luck, it was extreme stupidity. He needed to take a long hard look at his life way before he did

 

I agree.