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  1. 11-02-2006, 01:46 PM #1
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    Who is your favorite "could have been" or "almost was"

    The fight game (and professional sports as a whole for that matter) is a tough racket.... People come and go, fortunes are made and squandored, careers began and ended in a matter of months.

    So my question is this....

    Who is your favorite "could have been" you know the guy that there is no telling how good they could have been if they just didn't murder that last stripper or whatever. Anyone in professional sports will do....

    Mine is Ike Ibeabuchi... one of the most talented boxers of our generation who is now serving 30 years for kidnapping and aggrevated assault in Nevada.

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    Great question, I would have to say Mike Tyson. Even though he was an accomplished champion he was very young when he went to jail for rape and was never the same when he came out. When Tyson got rid of Rooney for King his skills slowly deteriorated and he never rose to the same stardom he had accomplished prior to King. I think if Tyson stayed out of trouble and stuck with Rooney he be one of (if not the) greatest boxing legends.
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    If your going that route with Tyson, then you could also do the same with Ali. He went to jail during his prime and who knows if ANYONE would have beat him if he didn't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sooners04
    If your going that route with Tyson, then you could also do the same with Ali. He went to jail during his prime and who knows if ANYONE would have beat him if he didn't.

    This is also true....

    What about Bo Jackson... He got hurt still in his mid 20's he had a bunch of good years left and he was a beast.
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  5. 11-04-2006, 06:50 PM #5
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    Bo Jackson had the most potential I've ever seen and didn't do much, so he gets my vote too. Len Bias also had unlimited potential.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standard01
    Bo Jackson had the most potential I've ever seen and didn't do much, so he gets my vote too. Len Bias also had unlimited potential.
    What happened to Bo though wasn't his fault which is more than you can say for Tyson. If it happened today he would stand alot better chance because of the advance of modern medicine we are talking about something 15 years ago...
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  7. 11-05-2006, 06:14 PM #7
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    Kevin the Monstor Randelmen could have been on of the greatest fighters of all time had all the tools great wrestling and outrageous strength all he needed was a sub defense and learn better gnp and he would have been a champ but hes may favorite could have been.
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    Wusup??
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  10. 11-06-2006, 07:08 PM #10
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    Kerr or belfort, I have more empathy for belfort.
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  11. 11-07-2006, 03:18 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by mn_fighter
    Kerr or belfort, I have more empathy for belfort.

    Yeah that thing where his sister was kidnapped and murdered by a drug cartel was kinda shitty for him... And I think he should have won that fight against Tito...
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  12. 11-07-2006, 10:44 PM #12
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    I always thougth of Pedro Rizzo as an uncrowned champ. He obviously never one a belt but he definantly desurves mention.
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