british fighters that look destined for great things who got derailed??

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  1. RyDogg123

    RyDogg123 Active Member Full Member

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    Big shout but omitigatin circumstances prevented him!

    Kirkland Laing is one i could think of straight up, and wasnt Colin McMillan meant to be our answer to SRL at one point??
     
    RyDogg123, Oct 18, 2009
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  2. davidjay

    davidjay Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Good one. Some fighters improve when they win a world title, for some it's their peak. McMillan was in the latter camp although his shoulder problem didn't help.
     
    davidjay, Oct 18, 2009
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  3. BURNLEYBLUE

    BURNLEYBLUE Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Or his lack of a dig.
    Errol Christie had everything but a chin.Can remember once reading that they put his demise down to the fact that his legs had gone due to much roadwork,that he apparently ran 12 miles a day:huh His up and downer with Mark Kaylor was a classic.
    Georgie Collins had the most padded record in the history of British boxing
     
    BURNLEYBLUE, Oct 18, 2009
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  4. StevenB

    StevenB Active Member Full Member

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    Herol Graham until he got hit by Julian Jackson
     
    StevenB, Oct 18, 2009
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  5. David the

    David the Fat Bastard Full Member

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    Id agree with Kirkland Laing, In my view perhaps the most gifted and stylish British boxers ever..
     
    David the, Oct 18, 2009
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  6. RyDogg123

    RyDogg123 Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah i agree with that, seen his fights ith Colin Jones he looks capable of anythin and then jus seems not interested its mad really, he would show up any1 on his day though without a doubt. Shame really. The documentary Bunce did on him was quite sad aswell
     
    RyDogg123, Oct 18, 2009
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  7. bennie

    bennie Active Member Full Member

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    Borin' Joe Bugner.
     
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  8. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    From the very little amount of footage that I have seen of him, Georgie Smith looked a talent, yet never reached the top of the domestic scene. I also read that he was into drugs and he has/is serving time for causing the death of an OAP :-(
     
    kosaros, Oct 19, 2009
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  9. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Keith Wallace
     
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  10. kurt2006

    kurt2006 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jeff Thomas
     
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  11. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So talented, just a shame he got involved in that whole seedy world of drugs, drag queens and rent boys.:-(
     
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  12. Mazallan

    Mazallan ESB yes man Full Member

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    Scott Harrison.
     
    Mazallan, Oct 19, 2009
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  13. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    i'll say pj gallagher...former british super feather champ {beat charles shepard}...had a great record...looked destined for great things....then he just disapeared.
     
    doug.ie, Oct 19, 2009
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  14. Decy

    Decy Barely Coherent Full Member

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    Was he not arrested in a gay nightclub for indecency or did I mix him up with Jeff Thomas?
     
    Decy, Oct 19, 2009
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  15. Mazallan

    Mazallan ESB yes man Full Member

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    Nah Jeff Thomas got in trouble for making the male version of 2girls 1cup.
     
    Mazallan, Oct 19, 2009
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