Have you ever looked at the youth in a division and said to yourself "Wow it's going to be bad as crap when these guys are all battling for the belts" only to wind up years later thinking "I wonder whatever happened to _____?" Well David Lemieux's loss to Joachim Alcine got me thinking about this. At or around 160 we've got plenty of young, developing, & newly developed talent but recently the losses and narrow escapes of defeat have me second guessing how great middleweight will be these coming years.
I remember 140 with: Hatton, Cotto, Bojado, Abdullaev, etc...well out of those guys only Cotto and Hatton ever did anything. How about: Owen Beck, Joe Mesi, Duncan Dokiwari, Domonick Guinn, Audley Harrison, DaVaryl Williamson, etc.....not 1 of them amounted to Jack Squat! well maybe Sam Peter he can be included, he won a title & Sergei Liakhovich won a title.
Can you guys think of any divisions or eras where you thought were going to be great but ended up sucking.
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