amateur stars who bombed as pro's?

TheGoods · Post by **TheGoods** » 17 Feb 2008, 13:24

Your thoughts

STP · Post by **STP** » 17 Feb 2008, 13:27

Errol Christie, George Collins, Rod Douglas.

Ulysses · Post by **Ulysses** » 17 Feb 2008, 13:30

Matthew Thirlwall and Ricardo Williams. Although, there's time for both... maybe.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 17 Feb 2008, 13:30

Peter Richardson

Michael Carruth

Francis Barrett - could say he under achieved.

vargas · Post by **vargas** » 17 Feb 2008, 13:37

Pete Rademacher

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 17 Feb 2008, 14:35

TerribleTerry wrote:Peter Richardson

Michael Carruth

Francis Barrett - could say he under achieved.

Yeah, what happend to Barrett - he seemed to be finding a level and on the fringe of a British title level - then dissapeared.

Others that can be added.

Jamie Arthur
Tony Doherty (so far - might not have been an Olympian or something - but for my money the best fighter I have seen wear a Welsh vest in a few years).

Twinkle Toes · Post by **Twinkle Toes** » 17 Feb 2008, 14:56

Adrian Dodson

whicker · Post by **whicker** » 17 Feb 2008, 14:57

jake the snake wrote:
4.nigel wright

I'd hardly say "bombed" ...

Same for a lot of names mentioned- they havn't bombed as a pro, they just didn't make the very top.

Ash-Weston · Post by **Ash-Weston** » 17 Feb 2008, 15:13

Martin Concepcion

E · Post by E » 17 Feb 2008, 16:09

jake the snake wrote:1.danny costello
2.kelly oliver
3.alan temple
4.nigel wright
5.chris pacey
6. billy bessey [aba champ 99]

Alan Temple I was going to say....

And George Collins / Errol Christie.

Didn't Danny Costello have all the talent in the world but had out of the ring problems??

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 17 Feb 2008, 16:38

E wrote:
jake the snake wrote:1.danny costello
2.kelly oliver
3.alan temple
4.nigel wright
5.chris pacey
6. billy bessey [aba champ 99]

Alan Temple I was going to say....

And George Collins / Errol Christie.

Didn't Danny Costello have all the talent in the world but had out of the ring problems??

otherwise known as smack.

Costello is a good shout - he was meant to be the mutt's nutts.

Podmore_Birmingham · Post by **Podmore_Birmingham** » 17 Feb 2008, 17:21

Although he didn’t bomb as such – winning the Commonwealth and WBC International titles – Coventry’s Dean Pithie could have achieved a lot more than he did.

Pithie was a brilliant amateur. He beat Naseem Hamed, fought at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, although didn’t come home with a medal, and won an ABA championship at featherweight whilst with Willenhall ABC. He also won a Junior ABA title in 1990.

Dean was easily one of my favourite fighters when I was growing up. I remember going to see him fight at the Skydome and Ryton Complex in Coventry loads of times. I also remember being in a state of shock when Afif Djelti gave him a beating, taking him apart with body shots.

I was there when he battered then-unbeaten Paul Griffin – being given the allegedly hype treatment after winning a medal at the European amateurs – in Telford on one of the Richie Woodhall world title undercard's (think it was when he won the WBC belt against Malinga).

He beat some very tidy names in his pro career and its often forgot that he beat Mzonke Fana, who would go on to lift the IBF title many years later.

The last i heard of him, and this was from Richie Evatt, he was working as a forklift truck driver in a factory. Evatt also told me that Pithie still has a bit of a problem with the devil’s dandruff.

jonp · Post by **jonp** » 17 Feb 2008, 22:10

Haider Ali commonwealth games gold medalist last seen driving a taxi in walsall.

Arbachakov · Post by **Arbachakov** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:13

Vernon Sollas.

JAHamilton77 · Post by **JAHamilton77** » 18 Feb 2008, 22:49

Ulysses wrote:Matthew Thirlwall and Ricardo Williams. Although, there's time for both... maybe.

Isnt Ricardo Williams in prison?

I might be mistaken.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 18 Feb 2008, 23:20

JAHamilton77 wrote:
Ulysses wrote:Matthew Thirlwall and Ricardo Williams. Although, there's time for both... maybe.
Isnt Ricardo Williams in prison?

I might be mistaken.

He's recently been released.

Lenny · Post by **Lenny** » 19 Feb 2008, 04:51

Southpaw Stylist wrote:
JAHamilton77 wrote:
Ulysses wrote:Matthew Thirlwall and Ricardo Williams. Although, there's time for both... maybe.
Isnt Ricardo Williams in prison?

I might be mistaken.
He's recently been released.

Really? I thought he had a fairly large sentence, drug smuggling wasn't it?

Yeah just seen it, got 3 years and is now out.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » 19 Feb 2008, 07:08

Howard Davis....

Or are we just talking UK?

I know he beat Morales but I expected a lot more from Zahir Raheem in his career.

You have to say Audley, and Carruth....

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 19 Feb 2008, 09:56

Jamie Arthur won a commonwealth gold , but 2 stoppage defeats cut his career short.

But he's coming back next month, so may not be the end of the story.

TJAY · Post by **TJAY** » 19 Feb 2008, 13:09

Nick Mcdonald Englands best ever multi titled national Champion.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 19 Feb 2008, 13:14

Captain Hook wrote:Howard Davis....

Or are we just talking UK?

I know he beat Morales but I expected a lot more from Zahir Raheem in his career.

You have to say Audley, and Carruth....

I don't think Michael Carruth was ever in love with the pro game, he never seemed that interested in it.

The guy he fought for the WBO title Michael Loewe, is he now a rally driver?

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