Re: Fighters who should have had better careers than they did
Originally Posted by
ElTerribleMorales
Originally Posted by
J_Undisputed
David Reid another good Olympian... eventually ruined by his droopy eye and then Trinidad . fighters that could have done better but i don't know if it would change his careers (because of fatal flaws/traits) would be guys like: Luis Collazo Juan Diaz (Technically The Jury is still out on him till he finishes up) Derrick Gainer maybe, Mo Harris...
Reid went into his pro career already with the handicap Daniel Santos was the one who gave Reid the droopy eye as amateurs after that it was only a ticking time bomb, Collazo was just too dam inactive and being screwed against Hatton and Berto didn't help, Juan Diaz accomplished a bit and has had a good career, just a short lived one, he unified titles and had solid wins JM Cotto, Diaz and Freitas, then upset against Campbell and beat twice (first fight was bullshit) by Malignaggi and JMM
I agree with you on collazo. Sometimes slick isn't enough. As for the the baby bull. He did have his accomplishments. Good ones at that. He makes this list for me because he was getting sharper as he was working with ronnie shields, then all of a sudden he plateaued, he had trouble losing and keeping the baby fat off and looked softer in some fights and I doubt it was coincidental that the losses started to follow. The level of competition got steeper and his skills had the potential to do the same and instead it appeared as his choice between boxing and another career he could have obtained with his degree affected his dedication.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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