Fighters you thought would be huge by now

Linares and Gamboa!

 

tye fields still has a chance. he goes by tyson fury these days. his power is definitely waning though.

 

Better than Hatton? I don't know. Hatton would never lose to Bradley.

 

Wilder
Kell

 

Dirrell for me

 

Yuriorkis Gamboa

Andre Dirrell

Gary Russel Jr

Demetrius Andrade

 

I can't clearly recall when he lost his first fight, I think he lost once before facing, and in my mind defeating MAB, but got robbed. Man, I woulda put anything on Rocky Jaurez being champ several times over judging his first 20 or so fights. Even when he fought Barrera, I thought he was coming back to capture the greatness he looked so promising at delivering. Didn't watch his last fight and haven't seen him fight in a few years, but I thought he was gonna be great!

 

Lopez? He's had more chances than a catholic priest.

1st name that came to mind was Gary Russell jr.
Andre Dirrell.
Gamboa.
James Degale is another.
Omar Figueroa(though he is on the rise, I don't see him going as far as I had thought.
Kell Brook. The guy has talent but won't fight a real worthwhile fight.

 

linares.

what a beautiful fighter. he throws excellent combinations. his skill set is amazing. great hand speed. good punching power...then he gets starched with one shot.

i thought he would be back...makes the decision to go to the wildcard. smh.

he should have been so much more.

 

Victor Ortiz... The guy had everything physically, but was a mental midget to the fullest...

Even that backstory! The guy had everything boxing was looking for...

Khan! I thought he'd beat Bradley if they'd ever fought, and I always figured he'd be hard to beat. Also he's not afraid to fight anybody, so again he was what boxing was looking for

Gamboa! Where the **** is he?

Nonito Donaire. I mean how can "Manny Pacquiao but with boxing skills" not wind up a star before his career is over? Ask Rigo for the answer

 

David Tua was always going to be huge and recent pictures show he is twice the man he used to be. Likewise Ricky Hatton.

 

From the past Lloyd Honegan

 

At one point way back I thought malcolm tann was going to be a threat at heavyweight. To be fair the only channel with boxing I had at the time was foxsports

 

Linares still has a shot. THere are only a few true world class fighters in the division.

I thought Charlie Ota would go places but his career seemed to hit a bump at some point and i figured it was it for him once he was matched with Charlo. (I think Jermell Charlo is one of the best managed fighters in the world today.)

I also believed that Sergio Yeyo Thompson would whoop some serious butt. :!: He somewhat did.

 

And Pascal! He used to talk about Cruiserweight and even Heavyweight!!!
I would have loved to see him try. We would have had some big big fights. But here we are, fighting once a year.