Most Disappointing Performances to You

I'll probably go for Solis against Vitali.

 

DeLaHoya v Mayweather - ODLH begins using his jab and wins 3 rounds in a row during the middle rounds and looked to have solved the Mayweather riddle, when he abruptly stopped with the jab and is outpointed the rest of the way. He states in the post fight interview, "It wasn't the night for the jab." WTF does that mean?

Jimmy Paul v Greg Haugen - after brilliant performances against Robin Blake, Harry Arroyo and Daryl Tyson I couldn't believe what I was watching as he did a sleep-walk through 15 rounds against a guy I considered to be a better than average clubfighter.

 

Tyson-Seldon.
I was hoping that this would actually be a somewhat competitive fight... It was a farce... and then Tupac gets killed.

 

I genuinely thought Solis was going to beat Vitali that night.

Cubans can be so lazy as pros.

 

I thought he was the next great HW. His combination of speed power and timing put him on a skill level the division hadn't seen for so long, well this is what I was thinking at the time.

But then, he imploded.

 

Agreed. Solis looked really promising. Solis vs Haye would have been something.

Classic USSR/Cuban blend of styles, which I thought would be epic at that level and weight. Guess not...

 

Kevin Mitchell was a real disappointment for me. He's been outstripped by a glut of British fighters in recent times who had nowhere near as much talent as him and he infuriated me with his no-shows against Katsidis and Burns. Supposed to be the biggest nights of his career and he froze in the headlights both times, throwing any gameplan out the window and then, of course, coming out with the "I didn't train" excuse afterwards. The fact that he didn't train properly is true, in all likelihood. Everyone knows he had trouble putting his boxing ahead of his boozing, but it's no excuse.

He lost to Linares in another title tilt, but actually redeemed himself in my eyes with that showing. If he'd have fought like that against Katsidis and Mitchell he could have won for sure.

 

Lewis v Holyfield 1 could have been great (2 undefeated future ATGs) but to be honest was really dull.

 

He was the king of "if I'd have trained I'd have won"

Do you remember how punch perfect he looked against Murray.

 

His stoppage of Murray was epic.

Fantastic time for British Boxing at that weight.

 

@lufcrazy and @Brixton Bomber, I remember that performance against Murray well, and as you both say it was very impressive. Granted, Murray was nothing special but Mitchell looked better against him than Rios did a few months later for my money. Mitchell was clever in how he went about it, making Murray do all the work and picking him off beautifully.

That's why I was so frustrated with Mitchell. Had the talent but seldom the focus and dedication to go with it. Seemed to pick the worst moments to go into one of his lulls and unprofessional spells, and lost heart / discipline in the ring when things started going wrong. Really should have bagged a world title at some point.

 

The thing is though, at the time Murray was considered to be on his way to world class status.

His intense pressure, his workrate his stamina.

And Khan was considered to have ducked him as well.

But Mitchell was sensational that night. One of the best performances I've ever seen.

Then Katsidis smashes him and all of a sudden Mitchell is exposed as an alcoholic drug dealer who doesn't train.

Such a waste of talent.

 

It means Floyd took DLHs still excellent jab away.

 

James Toney vs Roy Jones hurt me. Everyone saw it coming because of Toneys weight issues but it was a disappointing performance that derailed his career

 

You guys are picking big picture national fights, so I'll throw an oddball in.
I was pumped as a teenager when my local hero Tom "Ruffhouse" Fischer (That's him in the avatar) got offered a fight against Michael Dokes on the Ali-Holmes undercard. I looked forward to it for months with the hope that Tom would catch Dokes with a shot and pull off the upset and planned on getting to the Closed Circuit location early-bird style because they had to show it on the undercard, right?

Got to the arena two hours early. Waited to get in. Finally did and then they never showed it and I got stuck watching a Saoul Mamby defense against Termite Watkins that seemed to go on for 150 rounds. Then watched Ali get bludgeoned by Holmes after that.

Next morning I find out Dokes beat Tom half to death and that after bouncing off the canvas three or four times, the ref even suggested " You should stay down" to him. KO By 7.

And no footage of the fight (or even ringside pics for that matter) have ever surfaced.

That's a disappointing performance.