Most "promising" fighter who never really blossomed?

[bzkfn]

jamie moore, i'll look into this, what about Audley Harrison? And henry Akinwande? I remember all the hype and they never did nothing much, Frank Bruno as well.

I thought Akinwande over-achieved really. He was average but still won a world title.

As for Audley, how can you call him a failure? Didn't you see that jab he threw at Haye? It didn't quite land, but if it had, well, that would have been some jab.

Nice one

When Lewis fought Akinwande, im sure I remember seeing Henry drop Lennox but it didnt get called and then Lewis held like fuck like he was scared to get hit again and the ref disqualified Akinwande for Lewis's holding!!

It was Henry Akinwande that was hanging on to his dear life.

Think he was being sarcastic Master.

[Eloking]

We'll have to consider Mike Tyson in the list. Sure he was a champion and all, but for me, a boxer reach his peak around 30 years old. I'm sure he could have become a lot better that what we saw.

[InTheNeutralCorner]

Edwin Valero comes to mind. He was a promising fighter with a lot of potentials. It was a pity that his head injury placed some limitations on where he can fight and his early demise put some mystery on how big he could have been.

[armyash]

Ryan Rhodes

he has had a good career and i'm not sure he would have ever been dominant at the top for long but he was really close to winning a world title. I think he lost some desire after getting beat and he has come back well the last couple of years but maybe too late for that elusive world title, i think he'll be lucky to get another crack and if he does he will more than likely be too old to stay there for long.

[JazzWolf]

Billy Collins

He was 14 and 0 with 11 K.Os before he faced Resto with plastered gloves. He had a LOT of heart and he had the will of a champion. R.I.P.

Yuriorkis Gamboa

An excellent fighter but I still think he needs to prove himself by fighting an opponent with equal or greater skills, like Lopez.

[El Kabong]

Panchito Bojado
Muhammad Abdullaev
Cris Arreola
Jeff Lacy

[ono]

I know he's not on the same level as most listed, but i remember being pretty certain that David Barnes was going to go on to be a world champion.

[donnydarkoIRL]

A bit abstract because he won a world title.
But for me Jermain Taylor

[greynotsoold]

Carlos "Bollilo" Gonzalez.

[greynotsoold]

Almost forgot... Engels Pedroza. Silver medalist in 84 (?) from Venezuela, trained by Jimmy Montoya, started off 22-0 (22), then decided there was no p[oint in training if you just knocked 'em all out. His fight at the Forum in LA, against Othal "choo-choo" Dixon was wild. Pedroza went down but didn't quit punching and the referee never counted. Pedroza, KO 2nd round.

[No Contest]

Roman Greenburg was gonna be the first "billion" dollar boxer. He was jewish. He was also crap.

[Tam Seddon]

Naz is a great example.....he was talent AND hype, but i agree never quite blossomed into the expectations of true greatness.

Emmanuel Steward said he was one of the most promising fighters he had ever trained and really didnt prepare well enough for Barrera and went downhill after that

[ElTerribleMorales]

here are some fighters that did accomplish things in boxing but IMO didn't live up to their full abilities and potential

Fernando Vargas
Francisco Bojado
David Reid
Paul Spadafora
Jeff Lacey
up to a certain point Vernon Forrest

[THE THIRD MAN]

I am going to say Donald Durry, a great fighter who unified the Welterweight title and then became Jr Middle champ, but it was effectively all over when he lost to average French pug Rene Jacquot at age 26! Some might say he's a two time champ and they would be right of course, but Curry was young and had it all before him before losing to Lloyd Honeyghan and then brutally KO'd by Mike McCallum. I just think that Donald Curry was a brilliant fighter who never fulfilled his true potential. He was retired by age 30, he should've been a fighter we all talk about as one of the top 10 fighters of the 80's. He blossomed for a short while without fully blooming.

[No Contest]

I think anyone that wins a title has blossomed. That is if they actually fought for it and won it. Not like this crap today where people just get given titles when people get stripped.