Thread: Fights that made you literally cry

Originally Posted by MMASUX

I didn't cry, but i was so upset when JCC lost to ODLH. I was like 13 years old, and i was so dissapointed.

I'm a lot older. I couldn't understand how folks thought Chavez could stay in that fight. He had a gazillion miles on him.

Originally Posted by El Kabong

What no Mayorga-Cotto?

I've never cried because of a fight. I was mighty shocked when Tarver KO'd RJJ....I saw the punch land and I was just in disbelief.

When Wlad lost to Brewster it was kind of difficult to watch because I saw it coming. Not meaning I saw it was a bad match up or anything, but I saw Wlad knock him down, throw the kitchen sink at him and then he couldn't even hold his arms up to defend himself. I seriously thought that was his last fight. I didn't see the Sanders fight live, I imagine I'd have been in disbelief for that one too.

Cotto-Margarito was difficult to watch...Miguel was winning round after round and then slowly started to succumb to what we now figure were loaded shots....very difficult to see happen, more so after the handwrap controversy with Mosley though.

Just wondering. As you were watching the Margarito-Cotto fight did it ever seem to you like something unusual was happening? It never occurred to me. Of course I still guess Margarito was clean for that fight. I thought I was looking at a fight Arguello fought a dozen times, Marciano fought half a dozen times, Tito a couple of times, Carmen Basilio fought a bunch of times. Get outspeeded early but just keep coming, look awkward but just keep coming and hurting the faster guy enough that by the later rounds it is a race to the final bell. Can the fast guy hang on or the stalking puncher finish him.

It just felt like a fight I'd seen many times before.

Golota vs Brewster and Lewis made me very sad.
RJJ loss against Glen Johnson was tough to watch

Watching Phillips dismantle Kostya with more determination and strength on the night was a hard one to take.

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

Originally Posted by MMASUX

I didn't cry, but i was so upset when JCC lost to ODLH. I was like 13 years old, and i was so dissapointed.

I'm a lot older. I couldn't understand how folks thought Chavez could stay in that fight. He had a gazillion miles on him.

Yea i understand it now, but back then JCC was boxing for me. Once that fight happened i knew it was the end for JCC.

Roy Jones being KO'd by Tarver shocked the hell out of me and watching Green knock him out live made me pretty sad. Also Kostya vs Hatton was a tough one to take, I couldnt see anyway of Hatton winning that fight so it was a shock to the system.

I don't cry at fights - thats for homos.

But a massive Benn fan I was gutted when he lost to Eubank and devastated when he quit on his stool in his last fight v Collins. Was in the crowd that night and though i knew he had lost something after the McClellan fight to see him quit and booed was not the way to go out.

Had I been old enough seeing Ali lost to Holmes must have been pretty upsetting too

Ali fighting on and losing to Spinks then continuing on against Holmes. He should've retired after the Thrilla In Manila.

Every Time Arthur Abraham losses.

Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

Gatti vs Alfonso Gomez, after all the great fights and heart he showed his fans, Arturo didn't deserve to go out like that, then not too far afterwards his untimely passing

On that note, it was sad to see the great Jose Luis Castillo, one of my favorite fighters, lose to fucking Alfonso Gomez.

Watching Emmanuel Augustus not even try against Kid Diamond was also sad.

I don't cry at fights - thats for homos.

I have a feeling this comment might offend some people.

Originally Posted by marbleheadmaui

Just wondering. As you were watching the Margarito-Cotto fight did it ever seem to you like something unusual was happening? It never occurred to me. Of course I still guess Margarito was clean for that fight. I thought I was looking at a fight Arguello fought a dozen times, Marciano fought half a dozen times, Tito a couple of times, Carmen Basilio fought a bunch of times. Get outspeeded early but just keep coming, look awkward but just keep coming and hurting the faster guy enough that by the later rounds it is a race to the final bell. Can the fast guy hang on or the stalking puncher finish him.

It just felt like a fight I'd seen many times before.

I thought it was odd that all Margarito needed was 2 solid rounds to stop Cotto as Margarito isn't known for being a hellacious 1 punch power puncher. What really shocked me was when Mosley stopped Margarito with relative ease AFTER Toni was busted for loaded wraps and then I knew something was up vs Cotto as Miguel had just as much power as Shane and cracked Margarito a lot but I'm guessing the psychological advantage of having loaded wraps gave him the edge.

Just my opinion on the issue though.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

I don't cry at fights - thats for homos.

I have a feeling this comment might offend some people.

Feelings are strictly for homos,we'll have none of that.
(its very upsetting to real men like us.)

The Hatton/Pacquiao one was pretty bad for me. I had got so pumped up for it and was watching fresh off a hangover. That first round had my hands doing the shakes and then when Hatton was stopped in the second I admit that I did get a little cut up. I had to go to the corner of the room and the tears were there. I wiped them away and within minutes was on here telling my critics that yes I had got it wrong. I never really got over that KO.

And I must admit that I don't release tears easily. It's a once a year thing for a matter of seconds. I can be quite cold and heartless, but sometimes things do bubble up and that was one of the occasions.