Guys we thought were good but ended up bummy?!?

[ykdadamaja]

Do you guys know of anyone who you felt had promise but turned out to be total washes?!?

Jerson Revelo comes to mind. I really felt he had something extra. But it turned out he wasn't much of anything.

Henry Akinwande. I REALLY felt he could have dominated the HW division in the 90's. He had it all. But that one piss-poor fight with Lennox Lewis destroyed that.

Panchito Bojado. Man, I felt he was the next big thing. What a bust!

[Britkid]

Jo-el Scott seemingly had tons of potential and was a big punching Heavyweight. many were calling him the most exciting since Tyson...

Bojado is good call, around the same time Abdullaev and Ricardo Williams Jr also had a ton of hype.

[ykdadamaja]

Jo-el Scott seemingly had tons of potential and was a big punching Heavyweight. many were calling him the most exciting since Tyson...

Bojado is good call, around the same time Abdullaev and Ricardo Williams Jr also had a ton of hype.

Yup. Williams was another wash. I mean, he just did NOT have it. He wasn't hungry enough. Williams career is what showed me that American amateur boxing was on a serious decline.

[Master]

I am ashamed to say the following were going to be good dominant champions :-

Seth Mitchell
Andre Berto
Shea Neary

[ruthless rocco]

Based on his product 'Body Lube by Victor Ortiz' -- I'd say Oscar's young charge probably got bummy on the regular.

[SlimTrae]

Do you guys know of anyone who you felt had promise but turned out to be total washes?!?

Jerson Revelo comes to mind. I really felt he had something extra. But it turned out he wasn't much of anything.

Henry Akinwande. I REALLY felt he could have dominated the HW division in the 90's. He had it all. But that one piss-poor fight with Lennox Lewis destroyed that.

Panchito Bojado. Man, I felt he was the next big thing. What a bust!

I've said Bojado in similar threads and was surprised so many felt the same.
I'd argue that he didn't end up bummy. It's not like he failed to show up. Each of his three losses.. Damn man....those guys brought their BEST game.

To this day DLH had no clue that when he gave Bojado a chance with Forbes...a beast would show up. I remember that fight well. Thinking Damn....when did Steve ever look so in shape, hungry and angry...he wasn't a big puncher, but his shots were crispy against Bojado. It was a Damn good fight. Forbes was just on his best game.

For a few years Jorge Linares was my next FB...but he has bounced back. His fight with Demarco was a clinic...until Demarcos corner told him straight up... u need to stop him... Damn...Demarco broke Linares down!!

Kabong and I both felt strong about a HW named Malcolm Tann. Show stopper had a nice punch, stamina and charisma....now he bummed out.

HW Chazz Witherspoon, nephew to Terrible Tim...didn't expect for him to lose so much without even getting a title shot.

Embarrassed to say Kevin Queen-pin... I mean King-pin Johnson. ESPN showcased him against then undefeated Devin Vargas...America's next best HWs LOL.
Dusted Devin, had a stinging jab, bad attitude. Then he met Vitali. Fury, Charro Joshua beating him like he is at best a journeyman.

And the biggest bum: Chris Arreola. What a massive under achiever he turned out to be.
@Master
Andre Berto did not bum out.
Turns pro:2004
Trinket belt:2007 NABF
WBC 2008-2011
We can agree he wasn't beating world class, but he did his job and defended his belt for the years before losing to Ortiz.
His 2nd loss comes 8 years into his career.
Not the best resume, but hardly the resume of a fighter turned bummy.

[brocktonblockbust]

David the American dream Reid

[ElTerribleMorales]

Bojado
Ortiz
Berto
Guzman
Gamboa (sorry dude never reach the potential or hype that was around him)
Bute


and the list goes on

[SlimTrae]

I'm pretty close to adding Andre Dirrell. Not bummy as much as an underachieving sap

[Sleepwalker]

David Reid. Had skill, but he came out the gate taking hard shots to the head. He didn't have a lick of defense.

[erics44]

Audley
David Price has a long way to go to get anywhere near the potential/expectation he had

[Mark TKO]

Bojado and David Reid defo spring to mind.

Also Pele Reid. Audley and David price of late


A little bit diifferent , as he did hit the heights, but Naseem Hamed's career also left us feeling a little short changed.

[Dark Lord Al]

Saigon Skipper Kelp.
Errol Christie.

[SlimTrae]

Saigon Skipper Kelp.
Errol Christie.

More names I get to learn about/check out.

Past week or so-been some great boxing posts/knowledge @Saddo!

[superheavyrhun]

David Price is a good shout.

I always thought Alex Arthur had it in him to go on to world level, same with Kevin Mitchell.

That Nigerian fella Ajose Olusegun always looked like he might go on, but never really got any big fights and I think he moved on to somewhere else.