oleg maskaev
joel casayamor
are like the first names that came to my head
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oleg maskaev
joel casayamor
are like the first names that came to my head
Maskaev did not waste his year....He knows how to stay champion ;)
Cassamayor had managerial problems for a good part of the year
Joel - Wasted the better part of this year complaining about no one wanting to fight him. Instead of keeping busy and getting at least some rounds in the ring.
Williams - I can't stress it enough how bad of a job I think they did with Williams. After that huge win over Margarito the kid should have had a follow up fight to make his print even bigger.
Woods - He takes on Gonzalez yet again and has fought 1 time in one full year.
Collazo - All he had was the SSM fight I thought he'd try to bounce back from this and at least take on an easy fight.
Barrios - After the Guzman loss in 06, he took on an easy fight and got the TKO but that's about all he did in 07.
Hasegawa - He only fought once in 07, I thought for sure he would have done more then 1 defense.
pongsaklek wonjongkam for fighting bums in the beginning
then looking past naito (still haven't seen that fight) but still at least he's getting his rematch
chris john really needs to step up
felix sturm
I was gonna list Sturm and then I remembered his mom's passing and felt that you really can't ask for much of someone when they've lost a close relative. In this case his mom.Quote:
Originally Posted by Headson
He did fight 3 times also, but I can def. see why one would say he waisted this year.
I would like to throw in Sergio Mora, he finally picked a decent opponent and had a poor outing. One fight since aug 06 and he drew with Ayala(lost IMO).
Casamayor....The end is near.
Vic....Donaire turned out the lights and was umimpressive in his last outing
Mundine....His eye isn't his only problem, a lack of brains is more the issue.
Zab...again....see Mundine...lack of brains bit!
Williams....The best kept secret in boxing! He beats Margarito and yet nobody still knows much about him. He should be in line for a shot at Cotto, PBF or Oscar but i doubt he will get any of those guys in 2008.
Petey Manfraudo. I don't know how much of his own time he wasted, but he sure wasted some of mine ::**
Good call on Collazo Mick, and whoever said Sergio Bora ;D
CC FOR THE PICKS ALONG WITH MORA. HE REALLY GOT COMFY WITH THE $1MIL.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
I agree with all your picks except Williams. He may have only fought once this year - and he certainly wasted the second half of the year - but he did use 2007 to step up from 'unknown quantity' to 'world champ and arguably the most avoided fighter in boxing'. In other words he is imo in a completely different category by this new year than he was by last new year.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
As other people said then John, Mora and Maskaev are good shout outs for this category. Samuel Peter is for me as well, having done little noteworthy since beating Toney in early January. To some extinct Wlad Klitschko could be mentioned also. Antonio Tarver? Zsolt Erdei? I know people disagree on this one, but Carl Froch? Denis Inkin? Winky? Dzindiruk?
For me it's definitely O'Neil Bell.
He went from being the undisputed cruiserweight champ to losing a thriller in the rematch to Mormeck, a fight that was my own favourite fight of the year.
All the ingredients were there for a thrilling third fight and one of the best trilogies ever but Bell just plain vanished.
He had the 'hammer' incident where he chased a sparring partner through the woods and tried to kill him and then just plain disappeared of the face of the earth.
At least Williams, Mora, Maskaev etc still get talked about I don't think I've ever seen a single post about O'Neil Bell in the past 6 months. ???
He's the best crusiser in the world as far as I'm concerned and could have had some crazy matchups this year with a Mormeck trilogy capper, a fight with Haye, Cunningham, Maccerinelli etc but he's done a Lord Lucan and vanished.
No wonder they call him supernova it appears he's been swallowed up by one :-\
For me Chad Dawson has wasted his year!
Won a good fight to become the WBC Title Holder and beating a good Adamek. He then had opportunities to make good fights against Johnson, Woods, Tarver etc... but instead fought 2 below-average3 fighters in Ruiz and Mendoza.
I think he could've used 2007 to make a bigger platform for himself. We'll see how he does about Johnson in 2008. I do rate the guy tho!!!!
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Originally Posted by LEGION
LOL CC#336....wasted your time.....
Lou collazo broke his hand early in the sugar shane fight and spent a fair while recovering from that..Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
He then had trouble in a late year rush trying to find a card to fight on..
But better than nothing he has a fight early next year on the trinidad - Jones undercard
Chris John, Edwin Valero maybe. Winky took the year off and only had one sloppy showing, but his career is almost over imo.
klitschko only had two fights this year. he needs to have more next year
There are a few, but the biggest names I can think of is Winky Wright and Bernard Hopkins.
Their hole fight and the months leading to it were a complete waist of My time Your Time and Their time. What the hell were they fighting for anyway.
Doesn't it mean somethink when the Universally recognized 175lb champion has no title? Hopkins should've taken on some other champion at 175 and fought Calzaghe and/or Jones instead of waisint time with Winky.
As for Wright, he should've stayed at 160, taken a title from Sturm or Abraham and he would've been in negotiations with Pavlik for another title shot.
Carlos Quintana was also very inactive for a contender. He only fought once this year. Some rankings already have Joel Julio ahead of him, the guy he beat soundly. Glad he's getting another title shot, but it would've helped him if he had been more active. Then again, who knows how much time he needed off after the Cotto fight.
Agree about Williams. He has been managed so poorly. After a magnificent victory over Margarito we have to wait 7 months for a fight with Carlos Quintana ::** So disappointing.
I can understand Williams but remember he was depending on that match with Cintron, and him being unify in the best weight class in today boxing would draw some more better fights for him
Roy Jones Jr
Laila Ali
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Originally Posted by Headson
Yeah true, shame about Cintron. Its a fight I really would have loved to see :'(
Well I expect to be killed for my mention of Pac, but how does one retain being the Peoples Champ fighting an old Barrera and an untested despite nice record in Jorge Solis? This is not a slight on his ability as a fighter so please do not steer of the heading of this title. Lucky the JMM fight is set for 2008.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
we can use j.diaz for ex. when he beat popo and kidd diazQuote:
Originally Posted by Irish Rover
look at what match ups hatton,pac,valero