Heavyweight Busts

[MC Paul Barman]

Who are the heavies that flopped.

Odlanier Solis started his career with a bang. Beating decent competition from the get go....
Started struggling to keep his weight in a reasonable range. Didn't fight regularly enough. Bum rap against Vitali but he has a fight where he struggled mightily against Leif Larsen (which never should have happened).
Two shitty showings against Tony Thompson and then he was done.

David Price.... another guy sidelined by Tony Thompson.

 

[XCuTioNeR]

Tshabalala never became the next big thing.

 

[Cheese]

the white boy from buffalo. mesa something

 

[Seano]

Jimmy Thunder.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

There was a tall Chinese (I think Chinese) dude who was like 7f

the white boy from buffalo. mesa something

But he was just a regional guy that I don't think they ever planned for him to be much bigger than that. I think Mesi exceeded expectations.... expectations that just weren't all that high for him.

Like a Jason Litzau. A fun regional guy.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Mesi's KO over Touch of Sleep was sick.

 

[Seano]

There was a tall Chinese (I think Chinese) dude who was like 7f

Taishan Dong. He is fighting tonight.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Taishan Dong. He is fighting tonight.

I was thinking about some dude that Zack Page exposed.
They brought Page out to fight this giant, to see if this big dude could go to the next level.... and, though they gifted him the UD, he never fought again (at least I think he hasn't fought since)

 

[MC Paul Barman]

It was Marat Jumanaliev

 

[Rozko]

Golota comes to mind. He had some promise. He was doing great against Bowe in second fight but couldn't stop throwing those low blows. That finish is still the greatest combo in boxing.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Golota comes to mind. He had some promise. He was doing great against Bowe in second fight but couldn't stop throwing those low blows. That finish is still the greatest combo in boxing.

AV of the year. Nice work.

 

[Rozko]

AV of the year. Nice work.

Thank you

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Denis Boytsov...
Coming along pretty good. Decent power and could put punches together. Then he fought Alex Lepai, and you realized he wasn't where it's at.

 

[MC Paul Barman]

Don King signed this Croatian fella named Mario Preskar. He was really young at the time: 17 years old.
Preskar looked good beating the guys he should beat. He was being called one of the "White Tysons". Hurting people in sparring.
But he never went too far with it. Getting exhausted late in fights. 6'1, so small for a heavy.

 

[soggyfist]

Seth Mitchell was getting the push a few years ago. He never really looked like the goods though.

 

[The Adder]

Micheal Grant.

 

[Phisher]

Denis Boytsov...
Coming along pretty good. Decent power and could put punches together. Then he fought Alex Lepai, and you realized he wasn't where it's at.

Boysov was an up and comer for ages. Plus, the way his career ended is just embarrassing.

 

[Shoemaker]

Arreola had a pretty good bust. An e-cup at least.

 

[actjac]

Jeremiah Graziano. a former U.S. national amateur champion who as a pro was 14-0 (13 KOs) and 4-0 MMA who couldn't shake his shaky past and has been involved in drugs and in and out of jail regularly as a result.

 

[Ja Jas]

David Price. 6'8" knockout machine, Olympic pedigree. Then got beaten twice by a 45 year old gatekeeper then flatlined by a chubby man.