Great Defeats

[SlimTrae]

Ever watched a fight where the loser gained your respect?

For me its:

Holyfield vs Bowe I
Jackson vs McCellan I

I rooted for Holy, but Bowe's game IMO would never be more tight. Round 10 was an OMG round.
Holy was defeated, but gained respect in the boxing world. He went from being called the Real-Deal to the Warrior.

Gman & The Hawk fought in a 1/2 empty arena throwing bombs at each other. In fact it was billed as "Bombs Away."

When it was all over Julian was defeated, but it took a greater fighter to beat him. No shame in either losses.

[walrus]

Bradley v Prod. Prod should have won that fight by TKO or at least points but Bradley was amazing that beating he took.

[Beanflicker]

Leonard/Duran 2.

It took a lot of guts for Duran to quit due to a tummy ache. Hey, you don't fuck around with your stomach man!

[iamasadlittleboy]

A really recent example, JoeverJoebert Alvarez. He was expected to have the crap beat out of him bby Gallo Estrada but was competitive through out. The scorecards were raw to say the least.

[Primo Carnera]

Eubank v Calzaghe and V Thompson. In my opinion , in his prime , he was boring to watch, poncing around the ring not throwing anything . but when he was at the end of his career and could've easily gave in against the odds , he battled hard and gave everything.

[mikeeod]

Hagler vs Hearns. I show that fight as an example to my kids prior to big events/matches. Hearns lost the fight but in no way could he be described as a loser. Both guys laid it all out there for the fans. Humbling performance by both...

[Master]

Ever watched a fight where the loser gained your respect?

For me its:

Holyfield vs Bowe I
Jackson vs McCellan I

I rooted for Holy, but Bowe's game IMO would never be more tight. Round 10 was an OMG round.
Holy was defeated, but gained respect in the boxing world. He went from being called the Real-Deal to the Warrior.

Gman & The Hawk fought in a 1/2 empty arena throwing bombs at each other. In fact it was billed as "Bombs Away."

When it was all over Julian was defeated, but it took a greater fighter to beat him. No shame in either losses.

Jackson was winning that fight for nearly 3 rounds until he got a head butt. He then gets knocked out and again in the rematch but he was in control in that fight. Reminds me a bit like Mosely against Forrest he was winning until the head butt.

[IamInuit]

Pretty hard to top Sam Mcveys efforts on that foggy night in Paris 1909 against Joe Jeanette in that close to 4 hour marathon that went close to 50 rounds.

[SlimTrae]

Ever watched a fight where the loser gained your respect?

For me its:

Holyfield vs Bowe I
Jackson vs McCellan I

I rooted for Holy, but Bowe's game IMO would never be more tight. Round 10 was an OMG round.
Holy was defeated, but gained respect in the boxing world. He went from being called the Real-Deal to the Warrior.

Gman & The Hawk fought in a 1/2 empty arena throwing bombs at each other. In fact it was billed as "Bombs Away."

When it was all over Julian was defeated, but it took a greater fighter to beat him. No shame in either losses.

Jackson was winning that fight for nearly 3 rounds until he got a head butt. He then gets knocked out and again in the rematch but he was in control in that fight. Reminds me a bit like Mosely against Forrest he was winning until the head butt.

I totally forgot about the butt with Julian, but don't remember Mosley in that predicament, will have to watch it again. At the time I felt Mosley simpley went to far up in weight classes..chasing the golden egg: DLH

Mosley could have ruled his division, but went up on too high/tough.

[Master]

Ever watched a fight where the loser gained your respect?

For me its:

Holyfield vs Bowe I
Jackson vs McCellan I

I rooted for Holy, but Bowe's game IMO would never be more tight. Round 10 was an OMG round.
Holy was defeated, but gained respect in the boxing world. He went from being called the Real-Deal to the Warrior.

Gman & The Hawk fought in a 1/2 empty arena throwing bombs at each other. In fact it was billed as "Bombs Away."

When it was all over Julian was defeated, but it took a greater fighter to beat him. No shame in either losses.

Jackson was winning that fight for nearly 3 rounds until he got a head butt. He then gets knocked out and again in the rematch but he was in control in that fight. Reminds me a bit like Mosely against Forrest he was winning until the head butt.

I totally forgot about the butt with Julian, but don't remember Mosley in that predicament, will have to watch it again. At the time I felt Mosley simpley went to far up in weight classes..chasing the golden egg: DLH

Mosley could have ruled his division, but went up on too high/tough.

I became a Jackson fan after he beat Herol Graham my favourite fighter and his timing was incredible. He was busting up Gerald but I am not saying it may have stayed that way. Jackson had serious eye trouble and I am sure it affected him.

Shane got knocked down almost immediately after the butt.

[SlimTrae]

Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vazquez

fights II & III.
The ebb & flow was so constant, I remember thinking in fight 2: whoever wins, give the loser a rematch. Got to be a rubbermatch.

I've always wanted to see Mayorga beat. he takes a great beating! LOL, But admit I thought he showed valor against Tito, especially when he got a knockdown scored.

[frasd]

Paulie Malignaggi vs Cotto

[SlimTrae]

Speaking of Pillow-punching Paulie, I once saw the lightest hitting fighters meant for each other, but I admit it was entertaining & actually ended in a draw. I think I had Spaddy winning it, but felt his foe put on a hell of a show

Paul Spadafora vs Leonard Dorin

[Arvid_85]

Armand Kranjc vs Paolo Roberto. Was a big fight here in Sweden. Armand the proud champ, Paolo the trash-talking bully. He almost put Armand to sleep in the first round. The other 11 Armand beat him very bad, but Paolo stood up and took the punishment as a man. Hurt and all, never went down. But the beating was bad. I despised Roberto, but after this fight I got respect for the man. Now he is a sucessful buisnessman. Armand suffered from bad management, brain hemmorrhage, losses to Harry Simon and Sven Ottke. But he came back and won a swedish reality series with other sports profiles.

[holmcall]

Mugabi-Hagler. The "Beast" gained respect for his showing.


Jimmy Young for his showing against both Norton and Ali.