fighters that you thought would do greats things but never quite made it

[Violent Demise]

Ed Hopson (great hand speed)

Kelcie Banks (So much skills, no results)

Hate this kind of topic....

Francisco Bojado

Spadafora
'Mi Vida Loca' Tapia
Gabriel & Rafael Ruelas

Tapia? Really. He did a lot in his career.

One of the best examples has to be Davey Moore. A boy wonder, world champ after just 10 fights at the age of 23.

He faced Roberto Duran in his fourth defense, got knocked out then just wasn't the same fighter. Washed up just a few years later, never got another sniff at a title and died in an accident in 1988 aged 29

One of boxing's saddest stories.

davey moore reminds me of david reid there career took near enough same path

I agree. I've noticed the similarites between them as well. David Reid looked to be something. Till the Tito fight ruined him.

There are no similarities between them. And I have no idea why people say Trinidad ruined Reid. It's so untrue. The Trinidad fight was a cash out fight for Reid. His eye lid problem was never going to go away. And Reid had already been struggling defending his title against average competition. So the Trinidad fight was made to allow Reid a million dollar paycheck. Trinidad gave Reid a bad beating. But he didn't ruin him. The eye lid problem ruined him.