biggest blown opportunities

[margaret thatcher]

errol spence surely wouldve beaten manny pac and gotten a huge name on his resume for relatively little risk, but instead he got a busted eye an had to pull out

what other missed opportunities stand out?

[(craig)]

Whyte turned down £5m to fight Joshua so up steps Andy Ruiz.

Obviously Whyte v AJ would've been in the UK so not the same.

[margaret thatcher]

luis ortiz also turned down like 7m for that fight too!

[Loftgroov]

Jarrell Miller claimed he missed out on up to £24m (which assumed a win and a rematch) over the failed drug tests ahead of fighting Joshua.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/boxing/9 ... ny-joshua/


I accept this is Jarrell Miller, so take it with a pinch of salt, but whatever the true number - even just for the first fight - it would have been a few quid.

[(craig)]

Sounds like man like AJ is telling the truth when he claims to be 'The Landlord'

[My Name Is Earl]

Don't know how realistic it was, but surely Calzaghe could have lured Pavlik into a 'super-fight' after
his Hopkins win. Demolishing him would have genuinely cemented his American legacy instead of the 'meh'
reaction to the Jones debacle. Instead, Hopkins earns the plaudits for his masterclass.

[Coco]

Don't know how realistic it was, but surely Calzaghe could have lured Pavlik into a 'super-fight' after
his Hopkins win. Demolishing him would have genuinely cemented his American legacy instead of the 'meh'
reaction to the Jones debacle. Instead, Hopkins earns the plaudits for his masterclass.

Earned more money for the Jones fight though

[My Name Is Earl]

Don't know how realistic it was, but surely Calzaghe could have lured Pavlik into a 'super-fight' after
his Hopkins win. Demolishing him would have genuinely cemented his American legacy instead of the 'meh'
reaction to the Jones debacle. Instead, Hopkins earns the plaudits for his masterclass.

Earned more money for the Jones fight though

Definitely can't blame Joe for that, but Jones wasn't going anywhere soon. If that Jones money was still
going to be there in 9-12 months time, polish Pavlik off (which he would have done) for a real
statement, especially to the nay-sayers over the pond. Would have been a good shindig for the fans against
Pavlik's blue collar army too.

[JamesPhilips]

Alex Garcia turning down half a mill against Foreman to get more experience then getting banged out by Mike Dixon… imagine being in San Quentin prison and thinking you’d turn down half a mill for a fight against a geriatric

[MasterG]

Herol Graham v Julian Jackson.

[Twinkle Toes]

Wilder turning down an absolute fortune ($100 million) to sign a 3 fight deal with Dazn and then promptly getting exposed by Fury for a fraction of the money.

LOL

[Ruthless-RKO]

Jarrell Miller claimed he missed out on up to £24m (which assumed a win and a rematch) over the failed drug tests ahead of fighting Joshua.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/boxing/9 ... ny-joshua/


I accept this is Jarrell Miller, so take it with a pinch of salt, but whatever the true number - even just for the first fight - it would have been a few quid.

Yh, I think he was due like $6-7m for the fight.

[coghaugen11]

Benn taking on Eubank. He had three of the remaining Fab Four wanting fights with him for DOLLA. And Nunn sniffing his career away around then.
Eedyat mun

[oogiebe]

Conn going for the KO in the first louis fight.

[lefthook82]

Rahman fumbled the bag big time ahead of the rematch with Lewis

[Rezzer1967]

Wilder turning down an absolute fortune ($100 million) to sign a 3 fight deal with Dazn and then promptly getting exposed by Fury for a fraction of the money.

LOL

Excellent call.

[Rezzer1967]

A lot of the PBC fighters could have made a fortune with Dazn early doors, when they were chucking money around. Instead they stayed for inactivity and lower purses. They could have returned to the fold after the money ran out or became a free agent like Canelo.

[KiwiRider]

Wilder turning down an absolute fortune ($100 million) to sign a 3 fight deal with Dazn and then promptly getting exposed by Fury for a fraction of the money.

LOL

Excellent call.

X2.
If he was going to cash out, that wax the deal to make. Now after he loses to Fury for the 3rd time, who is going to want that risk fighting him, with no reward.

[bennie]

Frank Bruno against a fat, dispirited Tim Witherspoon at Wembley Stadium in 1986.

[kp13]

Conn going for the KO in the first louis fight.

This is the winner.

[Monzon83]

Herol Graham v Julian Jackson.

I think that was more of a narrow escape. Herol nearly died from that right-hand.

[coghaugen11]

Benn taking on Eubank. He had three of the remaining Fab Four wanting fights with him for DOLLA. And Nunn sniffing his career away around then.
Eedyat mun

But then we wouldn’t of got this (clips not shown since the time);



It really changed boxing.

[stujones]

Tommy Morrison having a tune up against Michael Bent ahead of a 8 figure perse vs Lewis.

Ray Mercer fighting Jesse Ferguson ahead of a practically signed fight vs Riddick Bowe

[Steveh583]

Benn taking on Eubank. He had three of the remaining Fab Four wanting fights with him for DOLLA. And Nunn sniffing his career away around then.
Eedyat mun

But then we wouldn’t of got this (clips not shown since the time);



It really changed boxing.

you are replying to your own posts you sad act. no one wants to talk about eubank. dont ruin yet another thread with this drivel.

[Counter-puncher]

Tommy Morrison having a tune up against Michael Bent ahead of a 8 figure perse vs Lewis.
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