Spin Thread: Fighting Career You Wish You Could Salvage?

[LauderdaleBoss]

yeah there was



but guzman...a pure waste...dude had ATG talent but ate himself out of his career..watching him lose his zero and fukk up his leg against allakhverdiev was awful

Real shyt, I won't go as far as calling dude a waste or anything because he did become a champion in 2 divisions, but he's definitely on the list of boxers that I felt could have had better careers.

I was a fan of dude an enjoyed his fights. I think his peak was the Soto performance. I wish we had gotten more of those.

 

[The axe murderer]

Oliver Mccall

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Thiago Silva

Dude had all of the talent in the world, but he was a headcase. Snorting coke on camera, roiding up, beating women, popping the trunk at his ex-wife's gym while kids were training. He should have been a consistent top 10 guy at 205, but he just couldn't get right.



And I'll add Rousimar Palhares. He should have been challenging the elite at 170 in the UFC or Bellator, instead he's fighting dudes that don't even have Wikipedia pages in Europe because he wanted to cripple people

 

[JahFocus CS]

BJ Penn

Thiago Alves

 

[David_TheMan]

I think those aquinity cats broke Joan Guzman's legs after he lost that card they put on, he hasn't fought since.

Victor Ortiz, all the physical and tehnical skills to have been special.
Just such a fragile mind that he wasted what should have been an incredible and potentially HoF career.
He should be rulling 147 right now IMO

 

[patscorpio]

Eddie Chambers is another one

 

[Cheech&Chong]

Cain Velasquez

damn shame bout my man cain

i feel like prime cain was the baddest dude of all time. Put 2010 Cain in the ring with any fighter during any point of thier career and Cain wins. He was an animal

 

[puppetmaster]

damn shame bout my man cain

i feel like prime cain was the baddest dude of all time. Put 2010 Cain in the ring with any fighter during any point of thier career and Cain wins. He was an animal

I was around Brock during the camp for Cain. We thought he was gonna frank mir him. Boy oh boy were we wrong.


At his best dude was nearly unbeatable

 

[The Guru]

Flabdor Emilianenko.
Badr Hari
Amir Khan

 

[Erratic415]

Hector Camacho Sr. and Michael Nunn were super talented, speedy southpaws. But they liked the fast life and nose candy too much. Camacho also got extra cautious after he felt Edwin Rosario's power.

 

[The axe murderer]

Cain Velasquez

those injuries man.

 

[patscorpio]

see i just brought up in a convo about michael grant but dominick guinn..this cat used to frustrate the hell out of me..just wasted talent..i remember this cover like it was yesterdsy

none of these cats amounted to anything but guinn could have been something more....when he was hot he had the performances like when he beat down grant and boxed up harrison..when he was cold he was listless as fukk in one stupid loss after another

 

[David_TheMan]

see i just brought up in a convo about michael grant but dominick guinn..this cat used to frustrate the hell out of me..just wasted talent..i remember this cover like it was yesterdsy

none of these cats amounted to anything but guinn could have been something more....when he was hot he had the performances like when he beat down grant and boxed up harrison..when he was cold he was listless as fukk in one stupid loss after another

DAmn I remember when they were hyping the hell out of Joe Messi. LOL

 

[patscorpio]

DAmn I remember when they were hyping the hell out of Joe Messi. LOL

Mesi I thought was overrated..i used to think as soon as he faced a live body it would be a wrap. I thought that it would have been Williamson smh

 

[David_TheMan]

Mesi I thought was overrated..i used to think as soon as he faced a live body it would be a wrap. I thought that it would have been Williamson smh

Mesi got that media stimulus package, but he was probalby gonna be a solid journeyman until the ruling.
I thought Barrett was gonna get him.