Fighters that were unable to rebound from big losses?
Who are your top 3?
Mine are:-
1) Mike Tyson - Was never the same after Douglas battered him. He stopped moving his head & throwing combos, plus he seemed to lose heart when faced with adversity. His whole life unravelled after that & we all know what happened to him.
2) Matthew Saad Muhammad - My all time favourite fighter. Was an all action, exciting champ until he ran into Dwight Qawi who pounded the brown stuff out of him. The rematch went the same way & Saad spent the rest of his career as a journeyman, getting beaten by guys that weren't fit to spar with him.
3) Pipino Cuevas - Thomas Hearns not only destroyed his ego, but seemed to ruin his career too. Seemed to lose almost every time he fought after the Hearns loss.
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Who are your top 3?
Mine are:-
1) Mike Tyson - Was never the same after Douglas battered him. He stopped moving his head & throwing combos, plus he seemed to lose heart when faced with adversity. His whole life unravelled after that & we all know what happened to him.
2) Matthew Saad Muhammad - My all time favourite fighter. Was an all action, exciting champ until he ran into Dwight Qawi who pounded the brown stuff out of him. The rematch went the same way & Saad spent the rest of his career as a journeyman, getting beaten by guys that weren't fit to spar with him.
3) Pipino Cuevas - Thomas Hearns not only destroyed his ego, but seemed to ruin his career too. Seemed to lose almost every time he fought after the Hearns loss.
:badass: :end: :band: :bounce: :bootyshake: :boobs2: :bobby: :boat: :blow: :boxing2: :boxing2: :crowd: :clap:
how about naseem hamed?
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Originally Posted by Syntax Error
Who are your top 3?
Mine are:-
1) Mike Tyson - Was never the same after Douglas battered him. He stopped moving his head & throwing combos, plus he seemed to lose heart when faced with adversity. His whole life unravelled after that & we all know what happened to him.
2) Matthew Saad Muhammad - My all time favourite fighter. Was an all action, exciting champ until he ran into Dwight Qawi who pounded the brown stuff out of him. The rematch went the same way & Saad spent the rest of his career as a journeyman, getting beaten by guys that weren't fit to spar with him.
3) Pipino Cuevas - Thomas Hearns not only destroyed his ego, but seemed to ruin his career too. Seemed to lose almost every time he fought after the Hearns loss.
:badass: :end: :band: :bounce: :bootyshake: :boobs2: :bobby: :boat: :blow: :boxing2: :boxing2: :crowd: :clap:
how about naseem hamed?
Good shout.
He seemed to lose all heart when he realised that his power wasn't heaven sent.
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I am not going to agree with the Tyson one, as he still regained his title afterwards, fought main events and was 'the man' for a while after that loss.
What about Don Curry, though, after Honeyghan beat him up?
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Meldrick Taylor, after Chaves
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David Reid by far, I would mention Vargas but he did show alot of heart after the brutal beating from Tito.
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Meldrick Taylor, after Chaves
Thats good one man. It seemed like it just lost all of his heart after that fight and was never the same fighter. Its sad to because I thought he was one hell of a boxer. I still believe he got robbed in that chavez fight.
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Got to agree about Curry.
What happened to that guy?
Honeyghan literally killed his career.
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Ricky Hatton.
ahem... excuse me? i do believe that hatton is undefeated sweet cheeks!
but mine are
Iron mike
Fernando Vargas,
Naseem Hamed
felix trinidad to an extent??
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Breland post Starling
Nunn post Toney
Buchanan was never quite the same post Duran
Camacho post Rosario ;)
Mosley post Forrest
Graham post Kalambay
Watson post McCallum
Hearns post Hagler
Liston post Ali/Clay
Bowe post Holyfield
Golota post Lewis
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Breland post Starling
Nunn post Toney
Buchanan was never quite the same post Duran
Camacho post Rosario ;)
Mosley post Forrest
Graham post Kalambay
Watson post McCallum
Hearns post Hagler
Liston post Ali/Clay
Bowe post Holyfield
Golota post Lewis
i agree with all that apart from mosely after forrest, forrest sucks these days and mosely is still up with the best!!
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how about naseem hamed?
Good shout.
He seemed to lose all heart when he realised that his power wasn't heaven sent.
Nazeem Hammed Lost to one man.
And he felt to bad to fight afterwards, only a pick-me-up against Calvo.
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i agree with all that apart from mosely after forrest, forrest sucks these days and mosely is still up with the best!!
Mosley may be top 20 pound for pound now a days but pre Forrest he was vying for #1 spot. IMO he has never recovered the form he showed between DLH1 and Forrest1...
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i agree with all that apart from mosely after forrest, forrest sucks these days and mosely is still up with the best!!
Mosley may be top 20 pound for pound now a days but pre Forrest he was vying for #1 spot. IMO he has never recovered the form he showed between DLH1 and Forrest1...
yeh i feel you, youre point could be argued not sure though...
