Worst managed fighters

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  1. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Here's a good one:

    Pedro Nolasco of the Dominican Republic. He won the bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics.

    Results were:

    He turned pro as a featherweight in 1986 and at 4-1, having gone six rounds once, he was thrown in with 24-0 Junior Lightweight Tony Lopez in Lopez's home town. Nolasco put up a great fight but was stopped in the 10th round of a close fight. Instead of rebuilding, his management put him right back in with Lopez in his next fight and he lost again. He never developed properly as a pro and in his last fight was stopped by Maurizio Stecca in a title fight I presume he got because he had fought Stecca at the Olympics.
     
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  2. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    David Tua, Oliver McCall, Gerald McClellan (not in his in-ring matchmaking but outside of it) , Dominick Guinn (far less deserving fighters got a real title shot)
     
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  3. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jimmy Ellis - in his first 20 fights he was thrown in with Hurricane Carter, Holly Mims (twice), Georgie Benton, Don Fullmer, Henry Hank, Wifie Greaves, Rory Calhoun and Johnny Morris.
     
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  4. Jester

    Jester Active Member Full Member

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    Co*ney

    He was never going to be an ATG heavy, but he could've had a solid, respectable career. Poor management is essentially the reason people view him as a no-talent hypejob today.
     
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  5. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    poor management got him among the biggest purses in heavyweight history
     
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  6. 15thRound

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    I think Rock Newman dropped the ball with Rid**** Bowe
     
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  7. sweetsci

    sweetsci Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah. While boxing fans may wish C00ney had been in with better opponents & fought more, management did right by Gerry. I'd rate C00ney and George Foreman (2nd career) to be the among best-managed boxers in history in a risk vs. reward sense.
     
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  8. Chuck1052

    Chuck1052 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gerry ****ey did well against Larry Holmes considering that he didn't get enough seasoning before fighting him. As Malcolm "Flash" Gordon use to say, "Stiffs teach you nothing." Under the same management as ****ey, Howard Davis Jr also didn't get the needed seasoning, which became readily apparent in his bout with Jim Watt.

    - Chuck Johnston
     
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  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Ezzard Charles. What they did with him in his first three years as a pro is insane:

    Ken Overlin twice
    Teddy Yarosz
    Anton Christoforidis
    Kid Tunero
    Charley Burley twice
    Jose Basora
    Joey Maxim twice
    Jimmy Bivins
    Lloyd Marshall

    That is an absolute ****ing disgrace, he could have been destroyed.


    OP is a good one.
     
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  10. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    George Collins. Bled dry and never stepped up soon enough.
     
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  11. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    instead...he became a god.
     
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  12. energie

    energie Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ****ey
    masquev
    david reid
    alex garcia
     
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  13. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Rod Douglas(one of the better british amatuers of the early 80s) being thrown in with Herol Graham after only a few fights against cans based on Mickey Duff thinking a gruelling, competitive bout with McCallum meant Graham was washed up.

    He got dismantled and ended up with a blood clot on the brain and never fought again.
     
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  14. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Douglas bashed up and beat Benn in '85 and seemed to overpower and get the better of Eubank in sparring in '87. I thought he beat O'Sullivan in that Olympic quarter-final, and also that O'Sullivan beat Tate in the final.
     
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  15. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    M.Watson used Rod Douglas and Wilford Scypion as his sparring partners for his Benn fight, and rumour was MW found Douglas too lively for him.
     
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