Marty Monroe looked like he might be one to watch, Perhaps more suited to a Cruiserweight Division , He got thrown in with Greg Page, at that time a young ambitious up and comer, Not a good move, I think Marty's wife was managing him at the time, Marty was stopped with eye trouble as i recall and he didnt do much after this.
Of these listed (and really for that whole era) I guess I'd say Page. Tucker is a nice shout too, with his height and athletic gifts he was a nice prospect, but he never really beat anyone of note except Douglas and managed to look bad doing that. Dokes doesn't fit the bill; relatively short, didn't have the legs, not much real power..........he was never a long-term proposition. Williams looked the part with the wingspan the size of Montana and the jarring right hand, but was brittle as we know. Thomas is an interesting pick too, but he was less dynamic with his skillset than Page. It could well be argued that of all these, Witherspoon was the only one that remotely lived up to what he was capable of. Therrfore I didn't want to put him here with the others. Tough to say a two-time champ fell short. He did just fine and had better longevity than the others too.
I remember that fight. Monroe looked like Page's 13 year old son. He was basically a 1960's 200lb heavyweight fighting the 230lbs. of the 1980s.
Dokes reach definitely was not 78 inches, it was more like 75, no more than 76 inches for sure. You can just tell when you compare the distance from shoulder to elbow to fighters like ali, bowe and holmes. To say that dokes had a 78 inch reach is also to say that his reach was the same as foreman's (who was recorded as having a 781/2 inch reach), and one can clearly see that George's arms are longer. I feel that this would be a disadvantage against other talented fighters with longer reaches an lessen his chances of ever having a lengthy title reign.
Witherspoon had the best talent, he also had Don King against him. King was at the top of his game in the mid 1980's.
I'll go with Corrie Sanders(rip). He was a supremely talented athlete. A big southpaw with lightning fast hands, great power in both fists and a killer laser beam left cross. In some of his earlier fights when he was in shape, he fought like a heavyweight Pacquaio. Unfortunately he was lazy and allowed his appreciable talents to go to waste. He did have his one moment in the sun against Klitschko though. An in shape Sanders with a gas tank to go 12 rounds would be a very dangerous opponent for any fighter in history.
Witherspoon took King to court because King 'accidentally' added a zero to some of Tims expenses. So $700 became $7000
I'm going to throw Tubbs in here by himself as the guy who had the most potential. I thought he showed a sound boxing knowledge in his loss to Bowe-which I thought he won, and in several other bouts were he bothered to train on something other then gallons of ice cream. Overall a waste as with Page and Dokes.
Definitely Greg Page.Had the boxing ability, and the punch to do damage in the division.But his lack of motivation, training, and bad business decisioning hurt him in the end.