Just missed Greatness

[Master]

Herol Graham missed fighting Benn and Eubanks, lost close title fights against McCallum (split decision and wrongly deducted a point) Julian Jackson (referee verge of stopping fight) and Brewer (knocked down).

[killersheep]

Winky Wright as well, he just couldn't crack the top.

[Trainer Monkey]

Im sorry i cant agree James Smith would have been great in any era.
Terry Norris was a top fighter with only his chin as a weakness.

Walker Smith would have been great ( if he hadnt changed his name lol )

Have to disagree back,Bonecrusher was in an era dominated by fighters he just wasnt suited to fight,but you drop him in to the late 50's,he'd have been murder

ERA DOMINATED BY FIGHTERS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
IF YOU MEAN AN ERA OF FIGHTERS AS OPOSED TO BOXERS , THEN YOU DONT CONSIDER LARRY HOLMES A BOXER ??
AND EVEN MORE STRANGE DO YOU MEAN JAMES SMITH WAS A BOXER NOT A CRUDE BRAWLER
PLEASE EXPLAIN ??

Easy,Holmes could fight out like noone else,and then Tyson could close like noone else
In a mid range game like they did in the 50's,he'd have torn it up

[Violent Demise]

Im sorry i cant agree James Smith would have been great in any era.
Terry Norris was a top fighter with only his chin as a weakness.

Walker Smith would have been great ( if he hadnt changed his name lol )

Have to disagree back,Bonecrusher was in an era dominated by fighters he just wasnt suited to fight,but you drop him in to the late 50's,he'd have been murder

ERA DOMINATED BY FIGHTERS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
IF YOU MEAN AN ERA OF FIGHTERS AS OPOSED TO BOXERS , THEN YOU DONT CONSIDER LARRY HOLMES A BOXER ??
AND EVEN MORE STRANGE DO YOU MEAN JAMES SMITH WAS A BOXER NOT A CRUDE BRAWLER
PLEASE EXPLAIN ??

Fukking Al. Just might have the shortest fuse out of anybody here.

[Lance Uppercut]

Wrong place,wrong time fighters,guys who maybe in a different era would have been greats,but it just didnt happen
Some of mine
Chuvallo
Quarry
Norton
Witherspoon
Bonecrusher Smith
Mercer

Your list contains fighters that DID fight in extremely week era's.

[Thread Stealer]

Wrong place,wrong time fighters,guys who maybe in a different era would have been greats,but it just didnt happen
Some of mine
Chuvallo
Quarry
Norton
Witherspoon
Bonecrusher Smith
Mercer

Your list contains fighters that DID fight in extremely week era's.

Witherspoon did have a lot of bad luck though, the whole shady situations with King.

Some of it was Spoon's fault (laziness, lack of focus), although it's understandable since he knew he wasn't getting paid much and was basically King's slave.

In an ideal world, Witherspoon wins the title from Holmes in 1983 by decision (I had it 115-114 for Tim). Who knows what would happen in a rematch? Let's just say he wins both fights. He doesn't lose focus or desire because he's not getting robbed out of 90% of his purse when he beats Bruno.

Maybe he reaches the double-digits in title defenses and loses the title in 1987 to Mike Tyson.

[Taeth]

Guillermo Rigondeaux, if he had been able to leave Cuba or had not gotten caught its easy to see how good he would have been as a pro...

athleticism of RJJ
skill set of Pernell Whitaker.

[luvfightgame]

I would add Charlie Z to the list, but he just had a mental loss, and will probably still reach greatness just like Bhop did. It could happen to anyone.