Worst managed careers in recent memory

For the last two years Dawson has fought ONLY Glen Johnson X2 and Antonio Tarver X2, there is something wrong if Dawson is fighting nothing but 40 year old boxers.

 

Lacy never beat Tzpyco he had a NC against him and he was roughing him up in that fight just like he did early in the second fight. Mendoza and Manfredo were also gimme fights.

 

Your kidding. Calzaghe fought nobodies for years and made millions. I would call that good management

 

i stand corrected on the first lacy typsko bout

 

Turned down a multi fight mutli millions dollar HBO contract because he didnt want to give Lennox Lewis a rematch. He lost a court case and has to fight Lewis anyway and got KO'd. So he didnt get the HBO contract and still got KO'd by Lewis.

Bika has power and him getting stopped by him had nothing to do with his chin. He was dead on his feet and just got out fought. If he didnt fight Green and was properly moved along who knows.

Bautista fought Ponce De Leon.

And Viloria was a Light Flyweight and Donaire was a Super Flyweight up until he fought Darchinyan at Flyweight. Hard to avoid a guy 2 weight classes above you.

 

This.

 

I second that

 

Straight in there with a good answer. Considering the problems with his eye, he did do well to get a title out of his career, but with the eye-complications as they were the last thing he needed was to be put in with a prime Tito Trinidad.

 

Travis Simms
Mads Larsen (had to sit out for YEARS waiting for his contract with Palle to expire)
Juan Manuel Marquez (until the Pacquiao rematch)

 

He's trying to operate under a defunct business model, so people won't do business with him anymore. Don King's MO has always been to get options on all of his fighters' opponents, and then to have them fight his other fighters. Most people won't agree to options anymore, and Don King refuses to make fights without the options, unless they're eliminators or mandatories (for which you can't get options). So instead, his fighters all end up sitting on the shelf, not fighting until their mandatories become due.

 

Donaire

 

Lucas Konecny

 

Nonito Donaire has been managed **** poor, he should be fighting on Showtime and ESPN, not Pinoy Power cards which have like 5 buys total.

Karl Dargan, He is 7-0 but unless I am missing something he turned pro in December of 07 and is around 26 or 27, he should be contending for a title by now.

Jermaine Taylor, should have never joined the Super Six. He should have been given 3-4 more fights against B and C level opposition before getting thrown back in with elite talents after the fights with Pavlik and Froch.

 

Don't get it, more than once stated this - but Froch had a late professional beginning, had some fights, made his name, hometown 168 wbc title fight, fought Taylor in US and then secured a place in the super six = worst managed careers........:huh

 

Actually, if he gets by Pascal (something I firmly expect him to do without too much trouble), a fight with Tavoris Cloud would be a great option and would definitely generate attention. And whoever wins will have added a fine name on his record, plus if the win isn't definitive there will also be the option of a rematch.