With some big fights coming up soon, especially the UNDEFEATED fights(Cal v Kess and PBF v Hatton), and with potentially so much to gain for the winner and so much to lose for the fighter defeated it got me to thinking.
In which fight in histoy has one fighter gained the most while his defeated opponent has lost the most?

MAB v NAZ immediately came to mind for me. MAB was an established fighter but the win over NAZ really put him into the spotlight, especially as the fight followed his losses to Junior Jones and Erik Morales. His stature and popularity really went up from that point onwards.
On the flip side NAZ disappeared into obscurity....

What other single fights have had this much effect on two fighters careers?

Douglas vs Tyson
JCC vs Meldrick Taylor 1
Lewis vs Ruddock
Jones vs Tarver 2
Curry vs Honeyghan

I'll think of some more later.

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Douglas vs Tyson
JCC vs Meldrick Taylor 1
Lewis vs Ruddock
Jones vs Tarver 2
Curry vs Honeyghan

I'll think of some more later.

Good choices.
I especially like Curry v Honeyghan.
Of late Pavlik v Miranda. That really changed the Middleweight division.

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Douglas vs Tyson
JCC vs Meldrick Taylor 1
Lewis vs Ruddock
Jones vs Tarver 2
Curry vs Honeyghan

I'll think of some more later.

When I 1st read the topic title I thought of Douglas & Tyson.

Maybe Rahman over Lewis!

Originally Posted by Galaxy.

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Douglas vs Tyson
JCC vs Meldrick Taylor 1
Lewis vs Ruddock
Jones vs Tarver 2
Curry vs Honeyghan

I'll think of some more later.

When I 1st read the topic title I thought of Douglas & Tyson.

Maybe Rahman over Lewis!

I dunno about Rahman Lewis. Everyone knew it was a fluke and Lewis proved it in the rematch.

Originally Posted by eagle

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Douglas vs Tyson
JCC vs Meldrick Taylor 1
Lewis vs Ruddock
Jones vs Tarver 2
Curry vs Honeyghan

I'll think of some more later.

Good choices.
I especially like Curry v Honeyghan.
Of late Pavlik v Miranda. That really changed the Middleweight division.

Thanks heres few more.

Foreman vs Moorer
Tyson vs Spinks
Nelson vs Fenech 2

Sanders over Wlad
Peter over Toney twice
Barkley over Hearns
Johnson over RJJ
Green over Codrington
Rosario over Bramble
Foreman over Fraizer

Originally Posted by CutMeMick

Sanders over Wlad
Peter over Toney twice
Barkley over Hearns
Johnson over RJJ
Green over Codrington
Rosario over Bramble
Foreman over Fraizer

Thanls they are all good choices.
Cant believe i left out Kostya over Zab!!! Zab went from being the next big thing in boxing to the next big thing in break dancing with one killer right hand from KT, and it exposed Kostya to the big US audiences.

Hatton vs Tszyu ??

Yeah Kostya/Zab would be my pick; possibly also Spinks/Tyson also I mean, that was an embarassment. Golata/Bowe I and II. What an idiot Goloata was

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Hatton vs Tszyu ??

Who lost and who gained?

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Hatton vs Tszyu ??

Who lost and who gained?

Well Hatton got tons of respect and finally made a name for himself everywhere and Tszyu retired ??

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Hatton vs Tszyu ??

Who lost and who gained?

Well Hatton got tons of respect and finally made a name for himself everywhere and Tszyu retired ??

Yeah but everyone says Tszyu was shot....on this board anyway.

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Hatton vs Tszyu ??

Who lost and who gained?

Well Hatton got tons of respect and finally made a name for himself everywhere and Tszyu retired ??

Yeah but everyone says Tszyu was shot....on this board anyway.

I dont think KT was shot, maybe past his best but still good. I think maybe by fighting in Rickys home town with a british ref he bit off more than he could chew to make some good money. It def gained Hatton a lot of respect as well.

Originally Posted by eagle

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Hatton vs Tszyu ??

Who lost and who gained?

Well Hatton got tons of respect and finally made a name for himself everywhere and Tszyu retired ??

Yeah but everyone says Tszyu was shot....on this board anyway.

I dont think KT was shot, maybe past his best but still good. I think maybe by fighting in Rickys home town with a british ref he bit off more than he could chew to make some good money. It def gained Hatton a lot of respect as well.

How can it gain him respect? Everyone NOW says he was a shot fighter going in there. Somehow the guy who blew Sharmba into the weeds (yet again) was now a 'done' fighter because rick beat him?