Hyped regional fighters in the 80's and 90's who stepped up and got thrashed.

East Coast had a lot of 80s middles - Alex Ramos, Curtis Parker, Frank Fletcher, Noberto Sabater, Richard Burton etc

 

Dennis Cruz the 130lber.

 

Parker and Fletcher were top 10 contenders.

Parker in his prime only got thrashed by Mugabi.

Ramos was at least a fringe contender.

Agree about Burton, Sabater

 

John verdarosa was good but I don't think he did well at top level A guy from my neck of the woods Kevin Moley was good, but again, not at top level, although had a great first round against Benitez

 

ESPN used to have a few guys. Remember Bang Bang Bogner? Carlos the force Tite? Then there were the guys the next step up like Charles Brewer that were capable of winning a big bout or 2. no more than that, but 1 or 2.

 

If Canada is considered a region then you have Willie Dewitt, Shawn O'Sullivan, both Olympic mentalist, and Michael Olijade, who was from Vancouver and decided to move to New York to make a splash. Turns out he never had a chin.

 

Probably the most recent example is Tye Fields getting lit up vs Monte Barret

Alfedo Angulo knocking out Harry Joe Yorgi

 

Marty Jakubowski is the posterchild for this, although he really was a legit high-end regional fighter.

 

there was a guy from Flint named Gene Gill he was a 5 time golden gloves champ or some **** he was the number 1 ranked boxer in his weight category in the 80s never panned out as a pro though

 

Ya, I was a little hard on his chin. I read a great bio of him yesterday confirming what you said about opening a gym in New York, but he also helps choreograph fight scenes in the movies.

He said when he was younger, and still living in Vancouver that he only had 18 months of amateur experience, which was about 14 fights or so.

In that context he did great.

He also talked about the punch in sparring that caused him to have double vision for the rest of his life. That said it was extremely optimistic and said that even though he doesn't live in Canada any more, his mother and brother and cousins live in the east of Vancouver and that he still is a Canadian citizen and wants to remain one. He said the Ali-Chavalo fight in Vancouver made him want to get into boxing, as he was a huge Ali fan.

I agree, had Dewitt and O' Sullivan done better it may have changed boxing in TO. I googled Dewitt and he's a lawyer living in Calgary.

 

Took the wind right out of my sales!

 

He was never really hyped but jr middleweight Brett Lally went on a good winning streak for a while. Then ran into terry Norris.... I saw Lally lose to curry around 1989. After that he rebounded by thrashing a decent prospect named art serwano.