Biggest Boxing Bust of all time

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Originally Posted by shooter

look at Whitacker's record, what he did to Chavez etc then look at zabs. Look at how long Whitacker was close to unhittable/anbeatable through several strong weight divisions. Then have a look at Zab's history. He isn't in the race. Check out his knockout percentage as well, it's not as high as you think and Spinks is the only time he has K0'd a well regarded fighter in a big match. Anyone who puts him up with Pernell watches more hip-hop videos than boxing.

Audley is the biggest bust in recent memory for me

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cool click. spot on. judah is not even in the same league as whitaker. one look at their respective pro records shows that

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Originally Posted by Unknowndonor

I'm suprised noone has said Vargas. He was a young champ that pulled out a win vs winky, and was supposed to beat everyone. Could never again beat the elite. And his win vs winky is very questionable. If he pulls out a win in the Mosely rematch, good for him, but he won't get that much credit considering Mosely has lost 4 out of his last 6 or 7.

Also, I'd have to say Vassily Jirov. Was gonna beat Roy, and Toney, and noone could take his ruthless body assault. Well, he put up a good fight against Toney, but lost. Put up a good fight against Moorer, but lost. I saw him fight a journeyman and had a draw, and the guy sucked. He has never been the same since the Toney fight.

This is recent times. Max Baer comes to mind for old school. Killing guys in the ring. Has the title for less than a year, and gets beat by the Cinderella man. Never did anything after that.

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Max Baer was decent, he was a brawler and got frustrated with boxers. Joe Louis CRUSHED that guy!

Vargas wasn't a "bust" he just had a short prime

Danny Romero is a BUST...it hurts me to think of what he could have been

I think Mark Breland never lived up to the hype, as they were calling him the next Sugar Ray Robinson, but I would'nt call him a bust, he was a 2 weight division title holder, now it you say they did'nt live up to there potential then I would say yeah, your right. But theres plenty more like Camacho sr,(could have been an all-time p4p great IMO) John Mugabi, Howard Davis, Leon Spinks, Cooney, Page, Tubbs, Tyson, Bobby Cyzy, Alex Ramos, David Reid, Curtis Parker(at one time I thought it would take a herculean performance to beat him). Now Duane Bobick was a BUST!

Angel Manfredy. Beat Gatti, and nobody else really.

i remember there was a guy from the 1984 LA olympics. i think his name was paul gonzales. he was tipped for great things.

Larry Donald