hurricaine carter

[Spicoli]

Greatest weakness about Rubin Carter wasw he never really got to show how good he could have been.

He had a lot of potential and a lot of natural talent. Knocking out Griffith in the first round is no small feat.

He never got the chance to show how great he could have been.

He was potential.

Majesty I gotta applaud you fot this post.
Very well put. I hate when people try to knock on fighters because of footage they seen or 1 or 2 fights and or something they read.
Rubin def. had loads of potential and showed a lot throughout his career. You can def. say that his life outside of the ring effected his career but that's beside the point. If you've seen him fight you see what he was capable of doing.

He beat Griffiths at the end of Griffiths career. He had his chances, Boxed for the Title and was soundly beaten

I'll never pretend to be a Griffith Scholar but buy no means was Griffith at the end of career when He fought Carter.He fought for another 13 or so years,Lost and Regained Title went on to win,lose and Draw against top quality guys In Rodriquez,Briscoe,Benvenuti,Dick Tiger,Napoles,Monzon,Archer,and others.Carter Caught Him when Griffith still had some Great skills Imo.

Well Spicoli I'm no Griffith scholar either but I'm high on him and hes def. one of my all-time fav. I've done a lot of research and reading on him.

Come on Scrap you sir, should know better then that.
They're is no way Griffith was at the end of his career when he fought Rubin.
For starters Griffith was like 38-4 he finished his career at 85-24-2. That's over 60 fights that Griffith had after the Rubin loss wining over 35 fights loosing only 20. Not to mention he was the current Welterweight Champ at that time and went on to do some damage in the Middleweight div.

Mick....I think we agree. Thats cool too.
Top notch My man and you are on point about knowing Your boxing.

[Wright]

The film that was made about his life was an absolute joke - full of bullshit. Never a world champion, despite the fact that he may have beaten some good people.Definite criminal, and really ordinary.

[Trainer Monkey]

Carter never had an amatchur career of any note,he had to learn in the ring
By that point everyone hes fighting has had at the very minimum 20+ amateur fights
Think about it,because he whomped Griffith

[Lance Uppercut]

By the time Carter got arrested, his career as a pro-boxer was winding down. He lost a championship fight in 1964, then went on to lose 7 more fights before getting arrested in 1966. In his last four fights he went 1-3-1.

[fugaziuk]

wow - great reponse guys! - thanks for all the info. not sure if i wanna meet him now though after a lot of you saying what a moron he is

[Scrap]

Nawlins youre are correct I never realised, I always thought it was late in his career cc

[Spicoli]

Nawlins youre are correct I never realised, I always thought it was late in his career cc

No Prob.Scrap,CC back to you cheif.