Thread: What fighters are most gracious in defeat?

It's always good to see good sportmanship. How ironic that Tyson, after the Lennox Lewis beatdown, was one of the most gracious losers ever.

Notables:
1-Hamed after the Barrera fight
2-Corrales after the Castillo KO loss
3-Mayorga after the Spinks and Delahoya losses. (putting the belt around Spinks' waste)
4-Tszyu after the Hatton loss
5-Hatton after the Mayweather loss (HAHAHAHA!)

Joe Louis was gracious in victory when he knew he lost to Walcott, immediatly granting him a rematch

you know I can't stand Tyson but after both his losses to Evander and Lewis he was very humble

Wow! I never heard that story before. I wish we had more guys like that in the sport today.

Whoa! Tyson was not humble after the earbite fight. He, and his whole posse, made every excuse possible for him doing that.

Originally Posted by VanChilds

you know I can't stand Tyson but after both his losses to Evander and Lewis he was very humble

He threw a fit after the Holyfield loss and in the second fight when he knew he was losing he bit the mans ear.

Then, him and his entourage (bunch of clowns) complained to the camera the whole way back to the dressing room.

After the Lewis fight he was nice only because he wanted a paycheck in that fight. He wasn't really there to win.

obviously not the second fight with Evander guys...I kind of thought that would be self explanatory. I meant their first fight.

Hey, the guy whiped sweat off of Lewis' face. Either that was real classy, or Mike went momentarily gay.

HA!...Roy Jones was pretty good about losing to Glen Johnson. Had Tarver not been such a jackass he'd have been nicer to him too.

Tarver had a right to be a jerk. He beat Johnson and the judges robbed him.

And you say Roy was classy when he lost to Johnson? How's that? The only shots I remember see ing of Roy were him looking like he was dead for about 20 seconds after he got hit.

Johhny Tapia and Alexis Arguello are the two guys I think of not just for grace in defeat but total class in and out of the ring, they were always gracious win or lose.. Often what they say after they win means just as much... Lots of fighters are cocky as hell till they get beat, then they try and show class... Which is certainly better than not at all, so Tyson and Hamed should be given some credit in their cases.

Ike Quartey. Most gracious fighter of the last 20 years.

Glenn Johnson

Judah after losing to Kostya. He showed nothing but class.

Shane mosely after the first fight with vernon forrest, while smiling at larry mechant said "Boy, Ole Vernon really did a number on me didn't he",

that was great....and he kept smiling and showed nothing but class and respect for vernon...the second fight however was not the same.....thumbs up for my boy sugar...

Originally Posted by BABABOOEY

It's always good to see good sportmanship. How ironic that Tyson, after the Lennox Lewis beatdown, was one of the most gracious losers ever.

Notables:
1-Hamed after the Barrera fight
2-Corrales after the Castillo KO loss
3-Mayorga after the Spinks and Delahoya losses. (putting the belt around Spinks' waste)
4-Tszyu after the Hatton loss
5-Hatton after the Mayweather loss (HAHAHAHA!)

well NOT maywether after the upcoming judah loss