Underachievers

Watch it on your DVR or VHS......pause then slow mo frame by frame.....the L hand was partially blocked with Vitali catching about 1/3 of the glove against the R side of his face/ear. Yeah, the cuffing R that followed it didn't land at all, but it was the series of punches from 9:35 on to that moment that had Vitali on shaky legs, and when the partially blocked punch landed his knees buckled....the cuffing R behind the neck/back didn't push him down.....he was going down anyways, and it was the acumulation of shots which caused it. IMO of course.

 

And for those saying Judah is an underachiever........this aint the thread. You can't underachieve due to chin.....which Judah had ZERO. The guy basically lived and died by his power/speed/defense, but when hit flush, he relented into a shell and you could basically write him off from that point in the fight.

Just my opinion anyway.:hi:

 

And yeah......Oquendo is a Puerto Rican, but he blended in so well that I nearly forgot.

 

Adding Jameel McCline to the list.

The guys had raw power, excellent handspeed, solid beard, and when he came to fight, you were getting KTFO, or even worse, beaten half to death for however long you lasted.

Always the biggest man in the ring, McCline had weight issues like many of the underacheivers. Had he fully committed himself to becoming the HWCotW, he would have dropped those problems, gotten himself into shape (245) and pick up that extra step to add to his massive power and give him that much needed footspeed to avoid such embarressing losses as he got fight Valuev, Byrd and Lawrence.
Just the slightest increase in speed and footwork, and McCline coulda been the man to beat.