Fighters who had a major weakness/flaw that kept them from greatness

[Sleepwalker]

Frank Bruno - Stamina
Pavlik - Footwork
Paul Williams - Fighting "small"

[Max Power]

Ike Ibeabuchi - psychological problems

[mikeeod]

Terry Norris: chin
Julian Jackson: chin
Mike Mcallum: charisma
Riddick Bowe: discipline
Ricardo Lopez: 50lbs of bodyweight or a boxing public who appreciated skill n toughness over size n mindless violence
Donald Curry:chin
Rafael Ruelas: intelligence in the ring + chin
Gabe Ruelas: a ref n opposite corner that had a clue n would've stopped his fight vs Garcia sooner
Bert Cooper: willpower
Meldrick Taylor: less balls vs Chavez
Jermain Taylor: confidence after the Hop fights...

[Bo-Bo24]

Mike Tyson would of gone down as the greatest of all time if he was focused and dedicated himself to the craft of boxing rather that throwing it away with hookers, drugs and beating up women.

[beenKOed]

Briggs Stamina and a big mouth.
Jerry Quarry Could not resist a
slugfest.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

[Sleepwalker]

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

Yet Sonny Liston got chastised for the exact same thing (aside from his mob ties).

[El Kabong]

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

[FinitoElDinamita]

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

Was it against the law to have a personality? Jack Johnson and Robinson had charisma for days.

[El Kabong]

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

Was it against the law to have a personality? Jack Johnson and Robinson had charisma for days.

For Joe Louis YES ! He was the second black heavyweight champion and Jack Johnson kind of ruined it for Joe. He was expected to act a certain way.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

Was it against the law to have a personality? Jack Johnson and Robinson had charisma for days.

For Joe Louis YES ! He was the second black heavyweight champion and Jack Johnson kind of ruined it for Joe. He was expected to act a certain way.

Ic. So he was Mr Personality underneath it all yet he acted wooden because he was expected to. Lol

[Sleepwalker]

Joe Louis was great but he couldve been bigger if he didn't have a personality of a tree.

He was more wooden than Keanu Reeves and Kneeguel Cotto combined, like no chaisma whatsoever.

You do understand why he acted like that right?

I think you are missing the point

All due respect to Joe Louis, but if he had asserted himself just a little, he wouldn't have been in the financial ruin he was in most of his life after boxing.

Ray Robinson fought relatively during the same era and turned out just fine financially.

[Max Power]

Considering this is boxing that could be any fighter plagued with a bad chin!

[El Kabong]

Joe Louis had financial troubles because he was taxed on purses he had for exhibition bouts when he was in the army. Also later in life he had a cocaine problem and gambling problem as he was hired to open casinos and glad hand the high rollers.

His personality was put on mute because he never would have had a title shot if he acted like Jack Johnson. That's the 100% God's honest truth. That's how many feathers Johnson ruffled.

[Beanflicker]

James Toney - discipline. Not that Toney didn't achieve greatness, but he could have been much more if he just kept his goddamn weight in check.