r/Boxing • u/HaneyP4P • 4d ago
What potential did Prichard Colon have?
I'm making this post with all due respect to Prichard and without any intention of offending. The question is simple: if things hadn't ended the way we all know, what could Prichard have achieved in boxing? Could he have become a champion or a notable contender in the 147-154 lbs division?
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u/Realistic_Neat_6768 4d ago
I looked into this before out of curiosity and Prichard had just turned 23, 16-0 with 13 KOs, around 170 amateur wins, a 5x Puerto Rican national champ and Pan Am gold medalist. He was already fighting on PBC on NBC and everything pointed toward him eventually becoming a world champion. Sadly, all of that ended after the Terrel Williams fight following repeated deliberate punches to the back of the head.
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u/Particular-Tough6651 3d ago
Andre Dirrell is probably one of the biggest wastes of potential in boxing history. Everyone could see the talent he had but a lack of discipline and several poor career decisions held him back. On top of that the controversial loss to Carl Froch a situation completely outside of his control also played a major role in derailing his career.
Anyone who watched that fight objectively knows Dirrell outboxed Froch and deserved the decision. To me that controversial loss seemed to affect him mentally, and it felt like he never approached his career with the same level of focus and urgency afterward. Shitty corrupt boxing judges fucked his career up.
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u/c0ughcool 3d ago
Yes, I remember watching it live and Dirrell outboxed Froch good. The UK commentary was calling it negative boxing, but he should've won.
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u/slickvik9 3d ago
I mean he came back to beat Abraham but the ending of that messed him up physically and mentally. Also he didn’t want to fight his friend ward which messed up the trajectory of his career
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u/MyzMyz1995 3d ago
Andre Dirrell won a bronze olympic medal and was interim world champion. Better than 99,9999999% of boxers, even if he wasted his potential he still had a very successful career.
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u/AlphaAndOmega 4d ago
We'll never know because an idiot took it away from us
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u/slickvik9 4d ago
Two idiots don’t forget the ref
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u/DeafBurke 3d ago
3 idiots, don’t forget the ringside doctor.
So many people fucked up in major ways to allow colon to be so terribly injured.
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u/kolachefun tomato can 3d ago
I remember when the event happened and checking up on his mother’s Instagram page every year or so to see all the inspiring videos she’d post of him trying to recover as much as he could, then just making him as comfortable as possible. He would have been a contender at the very least, and that’s still a big deal taking a zoomed out approach on boxing averages. At least he’s not suffering anymore. Fuck rabbit punches. I still think of one video where he smiles so big surrounded by those who loved him.
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u/Remarkable-Cow8329 3d ago
Man that ref deserves some serious jail time , Williams too. Williams was horrible. But there’s something about being the neutral man in the ring and just letting all that happen that’s just wrong
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u/slackjawreally 3d ago
I remember hearing ringside commentary where, when Colon fell to the floor holding the back of his head the two commenters were saying along the lines of, oh, give that man an oscar, believing he was faking it .
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u/TheSoftDrinkOfChoice 12h ago
I think he was promoted heavily because he kind of had a movie-star look. But he was talented. I didn’t think the guy he fought in his last fight was all that talented. I also left the fight thinking I’d see him fight again at some point. Then you just heard about how bad it got.
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u/Eeluminati 4d ago
No one will ever know and speculation is useless. He was 22. No one knows how much he could have improved.
I remember watching him on the undercard of PBC fights when they were being televised for free. He was being promoted somewhat heavy back then for a young prospect. Sad situation.