Most disappointing Olympic Gold Medalist

He got off to somewhat of a late start and if we’re honest, wasn’t exactly born blessed with a superbly athletic body. As it stands he compiled a record of 30-2-0-24, was the first WBO heavyweight champion and beat decent guys like Biggs, Broad, Duplooy, Gregg and an old page. Not a “ great “ career by any means but good enough to not be a disappointment

 

From a British standpoint, this is absolutely the correct answer.

 

"Yan Barthelemy" Cuban gold medalist finished with a modest professional record of 13-4.

"Andrew Maynard" American gold medalist ended up with a modest 26-13 professional record.

 

I just would've liked to see him do more, last Italian champion since Carnera and he didn't achieve much.

 

Laszlo Papp, Mark Breland, Michael Carruth all come to mind.

 

I watched his fight with Ray Mercer when it aired live. Morrison vs Tillis and Seldon vs Ribalta were on the undercard. Damiani was boxing well and outpointing Mercer for most of the fight until that nose breaking punch landed.

 

Didn't he always have "that eye," at least as a pro?

 

He always had a droppy eye but it was the detached retina that he received in the Trinidad fight that was pretty much the end of his career.

 

Andrew Maynard

 

Ronnie Harris could be up there.

In his case it's more that his career was disappointing. He was actually quite good as a boxer, with wins over Sugar Ray Seales, Gratien Tonna, and Alan Minter. He just couldn't ever get any traction. His one world title shot came against the beatable Hugo Corro and he lost a close decision to the Argentino. That was supposedly his first loss, amateur or pro, in over ten years.

 

I was just reading about him today.

In due fairness to him, he was rushed, 10 fights in something like 12 months? No time even to recover. He was boxing's version of a boy band that has 2 concerts a day for three months.

 

How did he end up with 24 no contests?

 

Didn’t Tony Yoka win a gold medal? I feel like I’ve imagined that somehow.

 

Does anyone remember Paul Gonzalez. Gold medalist from the 1984 Olympics at Flyweight?
Seemed to have all the tools with exception of punching power in the pro's .
Was stopped early by Orlando Canizales in the pro's then fell off the map...
Clint Jackson and Ray Seales were also thought to be "can't miss" prospects in the pro's after successful amateur backgrounds...

 

I think it's toss up between David Reid and Andrew Maynard.

Reid I'm not sure a lot was expected from him anyway but his career was over before it even began. Maynard, kinda slipped on ice and never stopped sliding until the end of his career.