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Mike tyson he could of been so much more

WW2 screwed things up for Max Schmeling.

Shirow wrote:Spencer Oliver
Dmitry Pirog

Dimitry Pirog, what happened to him? Last I saw of him was blasting out Daniel Jacobs with one punch.

Also, Paul Williams.

palooka wrote:Kevin Lear and Bradley Saunders.

I think Brad will be back.

digzee wrote:Cant forget the talented Darren Sutherland too.

Nobody did, not even in this thread.

mickey1975 wrote:

palooka wrote:Kevin Lear and Bradley Saunders.

I think Brad will be back.

I know you rate him hope he's able to give it another go though his hands are terrible, aren't they?

Tommy Morrison was done by 26 which is nothing for a heavyweight

palooka wrote:

mickey1975 wrote:

palooka wrote:Kevin Lear and Bradley Saunders.

I think Brad will be back.

I know you rate him hope he's able to give it another go though his hands are terrible, aren't they?

Yes. He's in Marbella training now, can't punch though.

Stanley Ketchel. Died aged 24. World Middleweight champion. Fought Jack Johnson for the World Heavyweight title.

Colin Jones

Just thought of two recent ones, Daiki (retina) and Koki (no longer in love with the sport) Kameda

Definitely Pirog.....a fight with GGG would have been something else.

Go back a bit...

Terry Marsh; good to have seen what he could have done in a unification fight.

Bodyshot3 wrote: Terry Marsh; good to have seen what he could have done in a unification fight.

He was about to fight Hector Camacho, it would have ended badly.

Tony Ayala Jnr.

mickey1975 wrote:

digzee wrote:Cant forget the talented Darren Sutherland too.

Nobody did, not even in this thread.

Ahh yeh, I see now

Anthony ogogo?

ThereByTheGrace wrote:Anthony ogogo?

Paul Williams

johnswan1 wrote:Ray Leonard. Retired in 1982 aged 25. Apart from the Howard fight in 1984 he didn't fight again until Hagler in 1987 when he was 30. Similar to Tyson in that he missed out on a large chunk of his physical prime.

Just goes to show what an amazing feat it was to come back and do what he did,we could argue about who won etc,but the fact he came back to fight the number one guy and perform like he did shows what he could have done in his prime.

binipop wrote:

Shirow wrote:Spencer Oliver
Dmitry Pirog

Dimitry Pirog, what happened to him? Last I saw of him was blasting out Daniel Jacobs with one punch.

Also, Paul Williams.

he had back issues that he could not recover from. tried to come back but couldn't handle intense Training anymore.

bigjack wrote:

johnswan1 wrote:Ray Leonard. Retired in 1982 aged 25. Apart from the Howard fight in 1984 he didn't fight again until Hagler in 1987 when he was 30. Similar to Tyson in that he missed out on a large chunk of his physical prime.

Just goes to show what an amazing feat it was to come back and do what he did,we could argue about who won etc,but the fact he came back to fight the number one guy and perform like he did shows what he could have done in his prime.

Agreed. I think Ray Leonard was better than Floyd Mayweather Jnr

big lennox wrote:

bigjack wrote:

johnswan1 wrote:Ray Leonard. Retired in 1982 aged 25. Apart from the Howard fight in 1984 he didn't fight again until Hagler in 1987 when he was 30. Similar to Tyson in that he missed out on a large chunk of his physical prime.

Just goes to show what an amazing feat it was to come back and do what he did,we could argue about who won etc,but the fact he came back to fight the number one guy and perform like he did shows what he could have done in his prime.

Agreed. I think Ray Leonard was better than Floyd Mayweather Jnr

He was certainly a bigger puncher and more inclined to take a chance; he also liked to put on a good show - he wouldn't run against an overmatched foe, he'd go for them to take them out.

tobyh5 wrote:Stanley Ketchel. Died aged 24. World Middleweight champion. Fought Jack Johnson for the World Heavyweight title.

Hmmm, surely that's the top answer? Can't see a better one

Salvador sanchez?

dominik wrote:

binipop wrote:

Shirow wrote:Spencer Oliver
Dmitry Pirog

Dimitry Pirog, what happened to him? Last I saw of him was blasting out Daniel Jacobs with one punch.

Also, Paul Williams.

he had back issues that he could not recover from. tried to come back but couldn't handle intense Training anymore.

Back issues! That's putting it mildly, he's paralysed from the waist down following a motorcycle accident.

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/paul-wi ... ght-again/

Not so much 'couldn't handle intense training any more' - as 'wasn't able to get his wheelchair up the steps to the ring.'

The man's got more back issues than a comic shop.