Fighters who weren't the sum of their parts

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  1. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Yeah, he looked a revelation vs DeMarco then slowly unravelled. It was fascinating to watch, really.
     
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  2. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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  3. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Chad Dawson
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  4. Balder

    Balder Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Max Baer had it all accept a killer instinct.
     
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  5. Oddone

    Oddone Bermane Stiverne's life coach. Full Member

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    This.

    I remember looking at Biggs dance in round one of the Tyson fight and thinking to myself "This guy has the tools needed to dominate the Heavyweight division as a pure boxer" and then Tyson lands flush and Biggs immediately goes into survival mode.

    The skills were there but not the heart.
     
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  6. Turnip mk3

    Turnip mk3 Active Member Full Member

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    Goya Vargas . Took Hodgkison apart at feather weight lost to Kelly then seems to of vanished. Looked like a possible great fighter
     
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  7. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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  8. Bronze Tiger

    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good shout outs
     
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  9. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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  10. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well, actually only after he literally killed a couple guys.
     
  11. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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    Adrien Broner
    Arthur Abraham
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    all brilliantly talented.Judah Lazily coasted through some of his fights if he couldn’t knock the guy out in the first 4 rounds.Abraham and Broner would drift in and out of fights trying hard for 6 or 7 rounds in total and do very little in other rounds,Broner relied on his accuracy and Abraham on his defence and power.And of course there is Golota too.Ruiz,Byrd,Bowe 1 and 2,Grant,Faded Tyson,all fights he had a very good chance of winning but didn’t win any of them.
     
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  12. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Devon Alexander could be brilliant for three minutes. Three minutes and one second was asking too much. It was very strange to see. It is why I say focus is a skill. If you can't maintain it at a high level, you can be an awesome athlete with all the technical skill in the world and still get your arse handed to you by people who aren't really doing anything that well. Andre Dirrell definitely comes to mind too.

    I was watching a movie once where they used to call him "The Merciful Clown." Good call.

    Problem with Stribling was the immaturity.
     
  13. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Brilliant choice, sir. I watched him v Hoko and thought he was the new Sanchez. He was incredible then just fizzled out instantly.

    Jose Luis Lopez might be in the same bracket. All the tools - chin and power absolute top drawer - decent skills but he preferred a big bifter to running at four in the morning. Strange, that.
     
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  14. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    He was 28 and had won over 200 fights when he died, hard to imagine him maturing more if he'd lived, and he'd probably had most of his fights.
     
  15. richdanahuff

    richdanahuff Boxing Junkie Full Member

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