Boxer you liked but didn't made it!

[Spicoli]

Cecilio Espino was one of the first guys I saw pushed out of the La Forum and loved his style. But once he was beat by a 50-50 guy and Camputatro broke a record landing shots on him in a ESPN war, things were clear

Charles Brewer. Well he did 'make' it I guess but THIS dude was fun tv. The literal live by the sword or die by the sword

Urbano Antillon....just *poof*

[Hulk]

Cecilio Espino was one of the first guys I saw pushed out of the La Forum and loved his style. But once he was beat by a 50-50 guy and Camputatro broke a record landing shots on him in a ESPN war, things were clear

Charles Brewer. Well he did 'make' it I guess but THIS dude was fun tv. The literal live by the sword or die by the sword

Urbano Antillon....just *poof*

Brewer was the man. Loved that guy, just the epitome of a warrior. Great puncher and heart.


I'll add Randall Bailey to this list. Yes, he became 2 time world champ, but he was supposed to be the next Tommy Hearns at one point early in his career.


Still love that Mike Jones KO. He's delivered so many great KO's over the years.

[Hulk]

How about another puncher, Teddy Reid.

He had the power...but his form wasn't so good or his chin. Exciting though.

[johnsebastianmiran]

Heavyweight Johnmy Thunder who on USA Tuesday Night Fights knocked an opponent in Seven seconds,

[Dark Lord Al]

Heavyweight Johnmy Thunder who on USA Tuesday Night Fights knocked an opponent in Seven seconds,

Crawford Grimsley who had gone the distance with OLD George Foreman.

[Bill Paxtom]

Dwight Davison

[Memphis]

I liked Ross Hale because of the Bristol boys thing. He was all set to move on from domestic level when he got twatted by Paul Ryan. I liked Ryan too but never fancied him to move beyond Brit level.


I thought Ajose Olusegun was going to be the goods when he was mugging off decent Brit/Euro fighters. Got bashed up by Matthysse and will now no doubt fade away dropping decisions to all sorts before getting chinned out then calling it a day.

[Dark Lord Al]

Harold THE SHADOW Knight , look destined for world honours but came up short against Rocky Lockridge.

Engels Pedroza - a wild bomber who looks great against second raters but was a little short of world class.

Rod Douglas - great amateur boxers came up short against Herol Graham.

[Dark Lord Al]

Cecilio Espino was one of the first guys I saw pushed out of the La Forum and loved his style. But once he was beat by a 50-50 guy and Camputatro broke a record landing shots on him in a ESPN war, things were clear

Charles Brewer. Well he did 'make' it I guess but THIS dude was fun tv. The literal live by the sword or die by the sword

Urbano Antillon....just *poof*

Randy I remember the fight with Espino it was Abnar Barajas wasn't it who shocked him on points ?

[amat]

Aaron Williams was a cruiserweight prospect from Cleveland who I thought ridiculously high of. He had everything and for a big guy he was such a fluid boxer with not a lot of bad habits. He got buzzed by a hard hitting Colombian on ESPN and never recovered. He fought in an eliminator against Yoan Pablo and I thought he earned a draw but got 3 ridiculous scorecards. Then he disappeared. I don't know, rarely am I that wrong about someone. I mean dead wrong, but that is why you can't judge a guy's prospects on what he does in the ring. There are too many other factors. I still think he had the skills to even bulk up and be a very good heavyweight.

[Spicoli]

Cecilio Espino was one of the first guys I saw pushed out of the La Forum and loved his style. But once he was beat by a 50-50 guy and Camputatro broke a record landing shots on him in a ESPN war, things were clear

Charles Brewer. Well he did 'make' it I guess but THIS dude was fun tv. The literal live by the sword or die by the sword

Urbano Antillon....just *poof*

Randy I remember the fight with Espino it was Abnar Barajas wasn't it who shocked him on points ?

Yeh bud that's the one. Another in deceptive stats as they introduced him as 16-6?! Close one with Espino sending his mouth piece flying a couple time and bloodying his nose in late rally but not enough.

[IamInuit]

Good I can finally wave the flag. Well kinda lol.

The Cabbage Town Kid Sean O"Sullivan. Thanks Simon Brown YOU DICK
Willie Dewitt. If I wasn't broke at the time, I may have put a contract out on Mr. Copper.
Kirk Johnson. The talented lazy F$%^.
Davey Hilton. He could have been so much more along with one or two other brothers. It was pretty well known that he came from a tough upbringing with a fk'd up family but I had no idea he in particular was that fk'd up.

[frasd]

Good I can finally wave the flag. Well kinda lol.

The Cabbage Town Kid Sean O"Sullivan. Thanks Simon Brown YOU DICK
Willie Dewitt. If I wasn't broke at the time, I may have put a contract out on Mr. Copper.
Kirk Johnson. The talented lazy F$%^.
Davey Hilton. He could have been so much more along with one or two other brothers. It was pretty well known that he came from a tough upbringing with a fk'd up family but I had no idea he in particular was that fk'd up.

First interest in following boxing was watching Sean O'Sullivan and Willie Dewitt in the 84 Olympics. I watched with my grandfather and had my first beer. I was 13 and just joined boxing a year before. Haven't heard those names in years.

[greynotsoold]

Cecilio Espino was one of the first guys I saw pushed out of the La Forum and loved his style. But once he was beat by a 50-50 guy and Camputatro broke a record landing shots on him in a ESPN war, things were clear

Charles Brewer. Well he did 'make' it I guess but THIS dude was fun tv. The literal live by the sword or die by the sword

Urbano Antillon....just *poof*

How did I miss this first time? Loved Espino. Remember Ysias Zamudio? Rudy Zavala? I thought Johnny Chavez from Azusa was pretty good until he lost his vision.
@SlimTrae...I know guys that used to go to Bojado's gym. They say he is the greatest gym fighter of all time. If you go to his gym he will kick your ass, heavyweight to flyweight.

[Spicoli]

Cecilio Espino was one of the first guys I saw pushed out of the La Forum and loved his style. But once he was beat by a 50-50 guy and Camputatro broke a record landing shots on him in a ESPN war, things were clear

Charles Brewer. Well he did 'make' it I guess but THIS dude was fun tv. The literal live by the sword or die by the sword

Urbano Antillon....just *poof*

How did I miss this first time? Loved Espino. Remember Ysias Zamudio? Rudy Zavala? I thought Johnny Chavez from Azusa was pretty good until he lost his vision.
@SlimTrae...I know guys that used to go to Bojado's gym. They say he is the greatest gym fighter of all time. If you go to his gym he will kick your ass, heavyweight to flyweight.

Good guys who had to work from the bottom up. Zavala maxed out what he had. He had a bad case of frozen feet late and believed in free trade but they didn't come any tougher and committed. It looked like Salud opened him up with a box cutter! He's another lost too early in life with tragic accident. Zamudio was a nice little switch hitter. Scores didn't do justice to what he did when on inside of Arbachakov.

Frankie Randall. He made it with the asterisk of 'upset' but he should have been so much more. Tremendous fluid boxer puncher with a chip on the shoulder