Boxer you liked but didn't made it!

[IamInuit]

No relation but I thought Rico Tann had a lot of potential but I'm flag waving again. He lost against someone he should have beat, lost his 0 and his mojo. Retired with a 12/2/2 record and just 2 and a half years in the sport.

Troy Ross is another that had huge potential but he just had to many outside interests.

[El Kabong]

I will say after the AMAZING performance vs Daniel Jacobs Dmitry Pirog really fell off the map, he won A title but his injuries had him retire early and to think we could have had a GGG vs Pirog.....almost too good to be true

[SlimTrae]

I will say after the AMAZING performance vs Daniel Jacobs Dmitry Pirog really fell off the map, he won A title but his injuries had him retire early and to think we could have had a GGG vs Pirog.....almost too good to be true

Yeah, Pirog's name just..ceased to be. So now I know; injury prone.

[El Kabong]

I will say after the AMAZING performance vs Daniel Jacobs Dmitry Pirog really fell off the map, he won A title but his injuries had him retire early and to think we could have had a GGG vs Pirog.....almost too good to be true

Yeah, Pirog's name just..ceased to be. So now I know; injury prone.

Yeah he apparently fucked his back up.....not difficult to imagine, power punchers can have that happen. It happened to Rocky Marciano later in his career.

[Britkid]

A dozen or so years ago, I was on this forum calling Muhammad Abdullaev the next Duran...

Had a soft spot for Richard Evatt; and thought the Tiger may turn out to be the best of the new crop of British Feathers who came through in the mid 90s.

[Dark Lord Al]

2 Manchester fighters I liked as a teenager , Tony the Tiger Ekubia and pat black flash Barrett I had high hopes for both but they never went on to win world honours .
Tony actually lives 100 yards from me and we chat often, his fights with Andy holligan where top draw.

[Sleepwalker]

David Reid. Entertaining fighter, but took WAY took many punches to the head and was swollen up in damn near every fight in his young career. There was no way he was going to last long at that rate and style.

[Primo Carnera]

2 Manchester fighters I liked as a teenager , Tony the Tiger Ekubia and pat black flash Barrett I had high hopes for both but they never went on to win world honours .
Tony actually lives 100 yards from me and we chat often, his fights with Andy holligan where top draw.

Please don't tell me you're from the North West Al. With your penchant for good food and fine wines, and your fine use of the Queen's English in my imagination, I had you down as from Kensington or Mayfair.
Anyway for me, it was Dave "boy" Green , Errol Christie and Herrol Graham. Depends what is classed as "Making it". I feel Graham made it , but he didn't become World champ.