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Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey View Post
Wrong place,wrong time fighters,guys who maybe in a different era would have been greats,but it just didnt happen
Some of mine
Chuvallo
Quarry
Norton
Witherspoon
Bonecrusher Smith
Mercer
Your list contains fighters that DID fight in extremely week era's.
Witherspoon did have a lot of bad luck though, the whole shady situations with King.

Some of it was Spoon's fault (laziness, lack of focus), although it's understandable since he knew he wasn't getting paid much and was basically King's slave.

In an ideal world, Witherspoon wins the title from Holmes in 1983 by decision (I had it 115-114 for Tim). Who knows what would happen in a rematch? Let's just say he wins both fights. He doesn't lose focus or desire because he's not getting robbed out of 90% of his purse when he beats Bruno.

Maybe he reaches the double-digits in title defenses and loses the title in 1987 to Mike Tyson.