Fighters you embarrassingly hyped up?

Those damn southpaws will let you down every time lol

 

The talent was there

 

In 1997 ...I was picking him to beat everybody....Mayweather...Zab Judah...Stevie Johnston ...Sharmba Mitchell...Joel Casamayor

 

David Price - Thought he was going to be a real force, a 6'8 SHW with amateur pedigree and sledgehammer right hand, I ignored the sparring rumours about his chin until he got KO'ed by an old Tony Thompson also had no stamina.

Zab Judah - Looked like Pernell Whitaker with faster hands and KO power, thought he was going to be a 140lb Roy Jones then the Tszyu fight happned. Zab did go on to have a good career but was disappointing compared to how unstoppable he looked pre Tszyu.

Shane Mosley - Bought into the hype largely started by Larry Merchant and the Sugar nickname, when he beat Oscar the first time looked as though he was the real deal but was mostly downhill after that, lost twice to Vernon Forrest and Winky Wright, fortunate decision for the DLH rematch. Like Zab had a good career and was satisfying to see him demolish Margarito but overall a disappointment in comparison to what most thought he would go on to achieve.

 

Too be fair he was very good! Hardly disappointing

 

Yeah, I went there as well. I didn't realise he had no chin.

 

Mark Breland, 5 times NY Golden gloves winner, Olympic gold medalist, Amateur record of 110-1. When he turned pro, I brought into the hype and was sure he was going to be boxing’s next superstar.

Michael Nunn, Frank Tate and Michael Olajide. The 3 young guns that were going to replace an aging Marvin Hagler and dominated the Middlleweight scene for years.

 

He would have had a great chance to win out against them if the fights had taken place around 97-2000

 

On another forum in the early 2000's I once suggested Muhammad Abdullaev looked like prime Duran at times...


That was the worse, but mentions go to Shannon Briggs and thinking Michael Olajide was the man to topple the Marvelous One!

 

A few actually. I thought Camacho Sr. Would go on to be on Ray Robinson's level as far as being the G.O.A.T . He had the ability, but not the desire.
D. Curry, I bought into all the boxing mags back in the mid 80' s for him being better than Leonard, Hearns etc.

 

I really thought Andre Dirrell, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Chad Dawson, and James Kirkland were special talents at the time. Kirkland was the most embarrassing fighter that I hyped up at the time because I truly believed his ferocious and exciting style would take him to elite status.

 

I had high hopes for Denis Boytsov once.

On the flip side I badly underestimated Tyson Fury.

 

I underestimated Tyson Fury too, but hyped up Alexander Dimitrenko and Lucian Bute.

 

To be fair, you are not alone; in 2010 you would have been locked up if you had suggested he would become The Man.

 

Thankfully, after getting caught up in the Jeff Lacy hype (he did not even make my mentions, I am that bad a judge!), I did not buy into this 168lbs Superman.