Francisco Bojado - Where is he?

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....hopefully face first in a ditch somewhere.


Bojado was HANDED the key to a successful career in boxing and he flushed it down the shitter....there are plenty of guys out there working their asses off that never get a shot to be a somebody. Timothy Bradley is an example of a guy who with 1 loss could have just ended up being a journeyman. Winky Wright could have been a nobody had he not gone to Europe and had success there. Bojado was hand picked and he threw it away......as a fan of the sport and just my philosophy in general I think wasting talent one of the most disrespectful things you can do and I have zero patience for those that do it

That is really quite a pathetic philsophy you have got yourself there. As if anyone with talent has some sort of obligation to fulfill it? For the betterment of whom exactly? How on earth is it disrespectful for them not to to do so if they so choose? In what regard is it possibly "disrespectful"? To you? Not to mention with regards to boxing; It's a brutal business, perhaps he didn't like the mental aspect of training or getting punched in the head for a living. It was disrespectful for him not to just persevere through it and instead underachieve, simply because he was athletic? There are TONS of guys in any sport who have the same disposition, it's very rare that you have someone with freakish physical tools and mentality to hone them day in and out, that's what makes great athletes special. I suppose you are so utterly deprived of talent that you are in fact paying your respects by posting on here all day? Get real.

[ElTerribleMorales]

....hopefully face first in a ditch somewhere.


Bojado was HANDED the key to a successful career in boxing and he flushed it down the shitter....there are plenty of guys out there working their asses off that never get a shot to be a somebody. Timothy Bradley is an example of a guy who with 1 loss could have just ended up being a journeyman. Winky Wright could have been a nobody had he not gone to Europe and had success there. Bojado was hand picked and he threw it away......as a fan of the sport and just my philosophy in general I think wasting talent one of the most disrespectful things you can do and I have zero patience for those that do it

That is really quite a pathetic philsophy you have got yourself there. As if anyone with talent has some sort of obligation to fulfill it? For the betterment of whom exactly? How on earth is it disrespectful for them not to to do so if they so choose? In what regard is it possibly "disrespectful"? To you? Not to mention with regards to boxing; It's a brutal business, perhaps he didn't like the mental aspect of training or getting punched in the head for a living. It was disrespectful for him not to just persevere through it and instead underachieve, simply because he was athletic? There are TONS of guys in any sport who have the same disposition, it's very rare that you have someone with freakish physical tools and mentality to hone them day in and out, that's what makes great athletes special. I suppose you are so utterly deprived of talent that you are in fact paying your respects by posting on here all day? Get real.

i get what you're saying, but the way i took it is, everyone (major TV networks like ESPN, HBO, Showtime, his promoter) were putting money into him, building him up to be a star, investing money into the guy's future, and then the dude just basically half asses everything in his career, so basically all the promoting and TV slots were a waste of time and money, he wasted a golden opportunity, an opportunity that many others desperately need and would probably kill for

dunno if that makes any sense to you

[p4pking]

....hopefully face first in a ditch somewhere.


Bojado was HANDED the key to a successful career in boxing and he flushed it down the shitter....there are plenty of guys out there working their asses off that never get a shot to be a somebody. Timothy Bradley is an example of a guy who with 1 loss could have just ended up being a journeyman. Winky Wright could have been a nobody had he not gone to Europe and had success there. Bojado was hand picked and he threw it away......as a fan of the sport and just my philosophy in general I think wasting talent one of the most disrespectful things you can do and I have zero patience for those that do it

That is really quite a pathetic philsophy you have got yourself there. As if anyone with talent has some sort of obligation to fulfill it? For the betterment of whom exactly? How on earth is it disrespectful for them not to to do so if they so choose? In what regard is it possibly "disrespectful"? To you? Not to mention with regards to boxing; It's a brutal business, perhaps he didn't like the mental aspect of training or getting punched in the head for a living. It was disrespectful for him not to just persevere through it and instead underachieve, simply because he was athletic? There are TONS of guys in any sport who have the same disposition, it's very rare that you have someone with freakish physical tools and mentality to hone them day in and out, that's what makes great athletes special. I suppose you are so utterly deprived of talent that you are in fact paying your respects by posting on here all day? Get real.

i get what you're saying, but the way i took it is, everyone (major TV networks like ESPN, HBO, Showtime, his promoter) were putting money into him, building him up to be a star, investing money into the guy's future, and then the dude just basically half asses everything in his career, so basically all the promoting and TV slots were a waste of time and money, he wasted a golden opportunity, an opportunity that many others desperately need and would probably kill for

dunno if that makes any sense to you

Sure, but my response to that is basically the same. Because other people would kill for the exposure he was getting, he had some obligation to please the networks, fans, or promoters? Boxing is a cutthroat business, of course it's packed with guys who would quite literally kill for all kinds of things, that doesn't mean anything when it comes right down to it. The kind of mental toughness it takes to really go somewhere in the sport is just as if not more important that physical tools, Bojado didn't have this, or didn't care to acquire it. I really don't see how you can fault the guy overly for this, anyone who gets in the ring against semi decent fighters time and again is putting their neck on the line, he obviously just didn't have the tenacity to keep on with the sport. It happens to all kinds of athletes in basically every sport, boxing is just as mentally challenging as they come.

[El Kabong]

That is really quite a pathetic philsophy you have got yourself there. As if anyone with talent has some sort of obligation to fulfill it? For the betterment of whom exactly? How on earth is it disrespectful for them not to to do so if they so choose? In what regard is it possibly "disrespectful"? To you? Not to mention with regards to boxing; It's a brutal business, perhaps he didn't like the mental aspect of training or getting punched in the head for a living. It was disrespectful for him not to just persevere through it and instead underachieve, simply because he was athletic? There are TONS of guys in any sport who have the same disposition, it's very rare that you have someone with freakish physical tools and mentality to hone them day in and out, that's what makes great athletes special. I suppose you are so utterly deprived of talent that you are in fact paying your respects by posting on here all day? Get real.

Yeah it's really pathetic to expect results or at least EFFORT from someone who is PAID to do a job and paid a lot more and a lot earlier in his career than let's say, oh I don't know someone like Glen Johnson.

There are guys out there busting their asses and that EARN every penny they are paid in boxing and they aren't paid nearly as much as Bojado was and they weren't handed soft opposition to fight. Miguel Cotto was in the same position as Panchito Bojado but he took risks and came through with wins.

Victor Ortiz is close to following in Panchito's footsteps