Thread: Fighters who had a major weakness/flaw that kept them from greatness

Frank Bruno - Stamina
Pavlik - Footwork
Paul Williams - Fighting "small"

Ike Ibeabuchi - psychological problems

Terry Norris: chin
Julian Jackson: chin
Mike Mcallum: charisma
Riddick Bowe: discipline
Ricardo Lopez: 50lbs of bodyweight or a boxing public who appreciated skill n toughness over size n mindless violence
Donald Curry:chin
Rafael Ruelas: intelligence in the ring + chin
Gabe Ruelas: a ref n opposite corner that had a clue n would've stopped his fight vs Garcia sooner
Bert Cooper: willpower
Meldrick Taylor: less balls vs Chavez
Jermain Taylor: confidence after the Hop fights...

Mike Tyson would of gone down as the greatest of all time if he was focused and dedicated himself to the craft of boxing rather that throwing it away with hookers, drugs and beating up women.

Briggs Stamina and a big mouth.
Jerry Quarry Could not resist a
slugfest.

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

Yet Sonny Liston got chastised for the exact same thing (aside from his mob ties).

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

Was it against the law to have a personality? Jack Johnson and Robinson had charisma for days.

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

Was it against the law to have a personality? Jack Johnson and Robinson had charisma for days.

For Joe Louis YES ! He was the second black heavyweight champion and Jack Johnson kind of ruined it for Joe. He was expected to act a certain way.

Originally Posted by El Kabong

Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

I think you are missing the point

All due respect to Joe Louis, but if he had asserted himself just a little, he wouldn't have been in the financial ruin he was in most of his life after boxing.

Ray Robinson fought relatively during the same era and turned out just fine financially.

Considering this is boxing that could be any fighter plagued with a bad chin!

Zab Judah- Joel Judah