Biggest boxing BUSTS- Fighters that had hype but no fight!

[Master]

Audley Harrison got a fat £1 million contract from BBC and wasted our licence fee.

[ykdadamaja]

Audley Harrison got a fat £1 million contract from BBC and wasted our licence fee.

I bet that was the last time THAT happened. lololol...

[Master]

Audley Harrison got a fat £1 million contract from BBC and wasted our licence fee.

I bet that was the last time THAT happened. lololol...

Unfortunately BBC never got involved in boxing again at any meaningful level.

[ykdadamaja]

Audley Harrison got a fat £1 million contract from BBC and wasted our licence fee.

I bet that was the last time THAT happened. lololol...

Unfortunately BBC never got involved in boxing again at any meaningful level.

lol....

[El Kabong]

Audley Harrison got a fat £1 million contract from BBC and wasted our licence fee.

I bet that was the last time THAT happened. lololol...

Unfortunately BBC never got involved in boxing again at any meaningful level.

So you never wasted that license fee again?

[mikeeod]

A few more:
1. Francisco Bojado: Tons of hype around the same time Ricardo Williams was getting his push. Once he raised his level of opposition it all fell apart for him.
2. Mark Breland: Olympic gold medalist thought to be the greatest talent of the magnificent 84 team which included Evander, Whitaker, and Meldrick Taylor, to name a few. Won a couple of titles, but never came close to reaching the levels predicted/expected for him.
3. Howard Davis jr.: Gold medalist who was so dominant and good, people thought of Ray Leonard as a distant second. Never even won a world title as a pro.
4. Zab Judah: Massive hype surrounded this talented phenom. Kostya Tszyu’s right hand brought everything crashing down around him. Won some decent fights and titles, even limping in to the welterweight lineal championship, but never reached the level of hype he received.

[El Kabong]

Good call on Bojado! There was a time he was seen as on par OR BETTER than Hatton and Cotto!

Danny Romero should have been bigger.

Rock Allen, his not achieving his in ring potential wasn't his fault. He was in a bad car wreck apparently.

Kirk Johnson, he had talent he just didn't achieve what he should have. He should have beaten Ruiz into submission! He should have challenged Vitali a little!

[Alpha]

Verdejo.
Seth Mitchell, although he never seemed that solid.
Lacy?
Frankie Gomez, more wasted talent.

[Yuzo]

A few more:
3. Howard Davis jr.: Gold medalist who was so dominant and good, people thought of Ray Leonard as a distant second. Never even won a world title as a pro.

i liked howard davis a lot. he had a problem. he fought in his head. he thought about what he was doing. he didnt think about what the other guy was doing. so he looked great, maybe perfect, and then he got hit.

thats the problem so many guys have. they get stuck in their own heads. its always "i'm going to do this" and "i'm going to do that" like they are looking at themselves box.

[Master]

A few more:
3. Howard Davis jr.: Gold medalist who was so dominant and good, people thought of Ray Leonard as a distant second. Never even won a world title as a pro.

i liked howard davis a lot. he had a problem. he fought in his head. he thought about what he was doing. he didnt think about what the other guy was doing. so he looked great, maybe perfect, and then he got hit.

thats the problem so many guys have. they get stuck in their own heads. its always "i'm going to do this" and "i'm going to do that" like they are looking at themselves box.

I knew Howard Davis jr lost to our Jim Watt but forgot he drew with Meldrick Taylor.