Most pathetic/disappointing championship performance ever?

[fairyrak]

Was reading Ray Leonard's book over the holidays. As a HUGE Roberto Duran fan, it was a great reminder of just how many people Duran disappointed with the NO MAS fiasco, and the shame he brought on himself.

So what do you guys think is the most disappointing championship performance of all time?

For criteria, I think we should limit answers to "big" names who much was expected from.

Also, I think it's a little unfair to list early KO's where a guy got caught and finished. Of course that is always disappointing, but anyone can get caught and put out. I'm talking about guys who undertrained, showed no courage, quit, ect ect.

Only Roberto Duran knows why he quit in that 2nd fight, he wasn't out of it according to the judges as the scores were 66-68 66-68 and 66-67 at the time of No Mas, that is hardly a shut out and Duran had plenty of time to turn those scorecards around. It is without doubt the most disappointng end to a championship fight. The most bizarre is Oliver McCall. I've watched some former greats lose because they simply shouldn't have been in the ring at all. Ali V Holmes, Leonard V Camacho and more recently Mosley V Pacquaio and Jones V Green. We all sometimes think our boxing heroes can go on forever, we also have short memories of their former greatness and this gets tarnished when we see them fighting well below their peak of ability.

that should change, people think that a boxer is always a boxer in his prime when he faces the best and beats the best no matter if he is 38 or 40 years old. the prime of a boxer should be when his body and mind are at their peak to support and transform a potential peak training into a peak fighter better than at any other age, and they can face bums in their prime and still be in their prime

the most disappointing performance: liston vs ali and i didnt even live in those ages but it was disappointing

[#1FightFan]

david tua vs lennox lewis, haye vs klit, mosely vs mayweather

[IamInuit]

Briggs vs the White poodle.

[Althugz]

Nicky cook v ricky burns?

It wasnt a big fight....but if the criteria is simply that it had to be a championship fight, then this wins imo. It was an absolute farce

Can we include this fight? Cook blew out a disc in his spine almost as soon as the fight started..surely that's not a fault in his performance?

[Violent Demise]

William Joppy vs. Tito Trinidad has to be up there.

Joppy came out very overconfident and rather than box he stood in front of tito with his hands down and got destroyed.

Also Spinks vs. Tyson was a joke.

I don't see how Trinidad-Joppy applies. Joppy might of come in overconfident, but he at least tried to win. He got up every time he went down and continue to try and win the fight. The result might of been disappointing to him and his fans but there was nothing disappointing about his performance. At least not to me

[Dark Lord Al]

Johnny Nelson vs James Waring

This was a warrior performance by Nelson , compared to his first title effort against Carlos DeLeon , Nelson in that fight showed us all that it is possible not to hit or be hit by your opponant.
Johnny "The Pacifist" Nelson.

[jon09]

Oscar vs Trinidad
Douglas vs Holyfield

[Master]

Johnny Nelson vs James Waring

Nelson v De Leon

[roberto duran legend]

Lewis V Akinwande shocking

[Dia bando]

Johnny Nelson vs James Waring

This was a warrior performance by Nelson , compared to his first title effort against Carlos DeLeon , Nelson in that fight showed us all that it is possible not to hit or be hit by your opponant.
Johnny "The Pacifist" Nelson.

Yes Al I remember both fight's, yes Mr Nelson covered himself not in glory
but in shit did he stink the place out, the worst fight's I have ever seen.?
Yes Al still can't believe how bad he was.

[Spicoli]

Camacho/ Chavez springs to mind. Terry Norris v Paul Vaden

in a way I'd put Toney v Jones jr there. I still think Jones got in his head and Toney left some of his fire in the locker room

[Master]

Nicky cook v ricky burns?

It wasnt a big fight....but if the criteria is simply that it had to be a championship fight, then this wins imo. It was an absolute farce

Can we include this fight? Cook blew out a disc in his spine almost as soon as the fight started..surely that's not a fault in his performance?

That fight was faked, plenty of bets on round 1 KO before the fight when everyone knows Burns can't punch at this level.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Camacho/ Chavez springs to mind. Terry Norris v Paul Vaden

in a way I'd put Toney v Jones jr there. I still think Jones got in his head and Toney left some of his fire in the locker room

well it depends really, Camacho pretty much redeemed himself a bit in the sense that he took his beating against Chavez and stood a bit with him rather than running all night like he had been doing since his close call against Rosario, but I guess you can say it was a bit disappointing in the sense that the fight was so lopsided

[FinitoElDinamita]

Derrick Gainer deserves the honor for THE MOST PATHETIC championship performance ever in the history of Boxing..

It was an IBF/WBA unifications match but it was so sad and pathetic, I dont wanna talk about the details..

Watch Marquez-Gainer and see how a fake champion performs under pressure..

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Barrera was pretty pathetic in his second attempt against Pacquiao.