Recent superstars to be who went bust

[killersheep]

Bilbo's favorite fighter of all time Cristian Mijares probably fits this as well. Even though all three of his recent losses were against high level competition, he was held to standard he couldn't maintain.

[Kev]

Bilbo's favorite fighter of all time Cristian Mijares probably fits this as well. Even though all three of his recent losses were against high level competition, he was held to standard he couldn't maintain.

Nah Mijares nor Donaire qualify. I am talking about fighters for whom great things were expected, who fell short before they got to fight for world title honours.

Mijares did demolish Jorge Arce so he can definitely be said to have reached the top, he just wasn't there for long.

I'm specifically talking about prospects here, who just fell far short of what people expected at one point.

From the list I mentioned in the original post I think Joel Julio and Andy Lee have been the biggest disappointments. Julio was suppposed to be a future superstar, and Manny Sterward boldly proclaimed Andy Lee would rule the middleweight division.

Both have fallen far short of those ideals.

I don't count Breidas Prescott either as he was never hyped from early on, he beat Amir Khan as an unknown and has since gone back to obscurity, but nobody was touting greatness for him from his very beginnings.

The current prospects as I said above are Landra, Rigondeaux, Korobov, Solis, Porter etc.

I think it's interesting to see who you guys think will succeed and fail, and especially interesting the polarising views we have, CFH thinking Landra will be a p4p star, and myself thinking him the most likely to underachieve.

Interesting debate I think, with the bonus that it's not about dead people at least, but only dead careers.

[killersheep]

Bilbo's favorite fighter of all time Cristian Mijares probably fits this as well. Even though all three of his recent losses were against high level competition, he was held to standard he couldn't maintain.

Nah Mijares nor Donaire qualify. I am talking about fighters for whom great things were expected, who fell short before they got to fight for world title honours.

Mijares did demolish Jorge Arce so he can definitely be said to have reached the top, he just wasn't there for long.

I'm specifically talking about prospects here, who just fell far short of what people expected at one point.

From the list I mentioned in the original post I think Joel Julio and Andy Lee have been the biggest disappointments. Julio was suppposed to be a future superstar, and Manny Sterward boldly proclaimed Andy Lee would rule the middleweight division.

Both have fallen far short of those ideals.

I don't count Breidas Prescott either as he was never hyped from early on, he beat Amir Khan as an unknown and has since gone back to obscurity, but nobody was touting greatness for him from his very beginnings.

The current prospects as I said above are Landra, Rigondeaux, Korobov, Solis, Porter etc.

I think it's interesting to see who you guys think will succeed and fail, and especially interesting the polarising views we have, CFH thinking Landra will be a p4p star, and myself thinking him the most likely to underachieve.

Interesting debate I think, with the bonus that it's not about dead people at least, but only dead careers.

Who's Landra? You've mentioned him a few times now, I seriously haven't ever heard of him.

[Kev]

Bilbo's favorite fighter of all time Cristian Mijares probably fits this as well. Even though all three of his recent losses were against high level competition, he was held to standard he couldn't maintain.

Nah Mijares nor Donaire qualify. I am talking about fighters for whom great things were expected, who fell short before they got to fight for world title honours.

Mijares did demolish Jorge Arce so he can definitely be said to have reached the top, he just wasn't there for long.

I'm specifically talking about prospects here, who just fell far short of what people expected at one point.

From the list I mentioned in the original post I think Joel Julio and Andy Lee have been the biggest disappointments. Julio was suppposed to be a future superstar, and Manny Sterward boldly proclaimed Andy Lee would rule the middleweight division.

Both have fallen far short of those ideals.

I don't count Breidas Prescott either as he was never hyped from early on, he beat Amir Khan as an unknown and has since gone back to obscurity, but nobody was touting greatness for him from his very beginnings.

The current prospects as I said above are Landra, Rigondeaux, Korobov, Solis, Porter etc.

I think it's interesting to see who you guys think will succeed and fail, and especially interesting the polarising views we have, CFH thinking Landra will be a p4p star, and myself thinking him the most likely to underachieve.

Interesting debate I think, with the bonus that it's not about dead people at least, but only dead careers.

Who's Landra? You've mentioned him a few times now, I seriously haven't ever heard of him.

Sorry I mean Lara, I just call him Landra for short.

[ICB]

Rey Bautista comes to mind straight away.

[killersheep]

Rey Bautista comes to mind straight away.

Yeah, he was not mentally ready for deLeon. I remember people saying he had a lot of similarities to a young Manny Pacquiao, and would be the next big pinoy star.

[ICB]

Rey Bautista comes to mind straight away.

Yeah, he was not mentally ready for deLeon. I remember people saying he had a lot of similarities to a young Manny Pacquiao, and would be the next big pinoy star.

I rated him quite high at that time, i knew it was a big step up for him. But i thought he really would produce the goods, but it really ruined him as a fighter. I thought he could maybe comeback but it was sad to see him, lose so badly to Heriberto Ruiz.

[killersheep]

Bilbo's favorite fighter of all time Cristian Mijares probably fits this as well. Even though all three of his recent losses were against high level competition, he was held to standard he couldn't maintain.

Nah Mijares nor Donaire qualify. I am talking about fighters for whom great things were expected, who fell short before they got to fight for world title honours.

Mijares did demolish Jorge Arce so he can definitely be said to have reached the top, he just wasn't there for long.

I'm specifically talking about prospects here, who just fell far short of what people expected at one point.

From the list I mentioned in the original post I think Joel Julio and Andy Lee have been the biggest disappointments. Julio was suppposed to be a future superstar, and Manny Sterward boldly proclaimed Andy Lee would rule the middleweight division.

Both have fallen far short of those ideals.

I don't count Breidas Prescott either as he was never hyped from early on, he beat Amir Khan as an unknown and has since gone back to obscurity, but nobody was touting greatness for him from his very beginnings.

The current prospects as I said above are Landra, Rigondeaux, Korobov, Solis, Porter etc.

I think it's interesting to see who you guys think will succeed and fail, and especially interesting the polarising views we have, CFH thinking Landra will be a p4p star, and myself thinking him the most likely to underachieve.

Interesting debate I think, with the bonus that it's not about dead people at least, but only dead careers.

So Oliver qualifies then?