Bravest Performances In Losing Efforts.

[Spicoli]

Marvin Johnson / Matthew Saad Muhammad 2
Kid Akeem / Robert Quiroga
Tony Lopez / Julio C. Chavez
Joe Hipp / Tommy Morrison
Jung Koo Chang / Muanchai Kittakasem
Bones Adams /Orlando Canizales
Levander Johnson / Jesus Chavez
Ray olivera / Emanuel Augustus

[donnydarkoIRL]

Sean Mannion against Mike McCallum.

Joe Frazier against Muhammad Ali in Manilla.

[amat]

All in their own way but this is what came to mind in no order.

Tex Cobb - Larry Holmes
Diego Corrales - Jose Luis Castillo II
Du Ku Kim - Ray Mancini (had this fight not had that horrible horrible ending and aftermath it would be considered one of the best fights of all time)
Billy Conn - Joe Louis
Jeff Lacy - Joe Calzaghe
Vazquez - Marquez I,II & III
Henry Cooper - Muhammad Ali
Vitali Klitschko - Lennox Lewis
Alexis Arguello - Aaron Pryor
Ron Lyle - George Foreman
Julian Letterlough - Julio Gonzalez
Mark Breland - Aaron Davis

[jmbtandy]

Jose Ribalta v Mike Tyson - that boy took some hits apparently when he was eventually KO'ed his mouth piece landed on the judges table with 6 teeth still in in

[ICB]

Marvin Johnson / Matthew Saad Muhammad 2
Kid Akeem / Robert Quiroga
Tony Lopez / Julio C. Chavez
Joe Hipp / Tommy Morrison
Jung Koo Chang / Muanchai Kittakasem
Bones Adams /Orlando Canizales
Levander Johnson / Jesus Chavez
Ray olivera / Emanuel Augustus

I think Marvin Johnson vs Matthew Saad Muhammad 1 deserves a mention as well. Johnson beat the crap out of Muhammad and just couldn't find that final KO blow. I think thats one of the bravest performances and best performances i've ever seen in a losing effort.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Ricky Hatton v Floyd Mayweather.

Kept coming and was in Mayweather's face all night, even with a one sided ref and the point deduction, never gave up. Great heart and courage shown.

[Julius Rain]

anybody mention jirov-toney yet?

[CutMeMick]

Marvin Johnson / Matthew Saad Muhammad 2
Kid Akeem / Robert Quiroga
Tony Lopez / Julio C. Chavez
Joe Hipp / Tommy Morrison
Jung Koo Chang / Muanchai Kittakasem
Bones Adams /Orlando Canizales
Levander Johnson / Jesus Chavez
Ray olivera / Emanuel Augustus

Great call here... Good list.

All in their own way but this is what came to mind in no order.
Tex Cobb - Larry Holmes
Diego Corrales - Jose Luis Castillo II
Du Ku Kim - Ray Mancini (had this fight not had that horrible horrible ending and aftermath it would be considered one of the best fights of all time)
Billy Conn - Joe Louis
Jeff Lacy - Joe Calzaghe
Vazquez - Marquez I,II & III
Henry Cooper - Muhammad Ali
Vitali Klitschko - Lennox Lewis
Alexis Arguello - Aaron Pryor
Ron Lyle - George Foreman
Julian Letterlough - Julio Gonzalez
Mark Breland - Aaron Davis

Great, great list... Gotta applaud cause you listed several that I was gonna list.

anybody mention jirov-toney yet?

Good call... Rain.

[CutMeMick]

Some that spring to mind:

Garcia loosing to Rivera
Miranda loosing to Pavlik
Lacy loosing to Joe
Inji loosing to Erik
Jhonny loosing Izzy
Vargas loosing to Tito
Duran loosing to Hagler
Holmes loosing to Gomez (He kept getting up time after time)
Paz loosing to RJJ
Cooper loosing to Moorer

[ElTerribleMorales]

i dunno if anyone put this one but, Floyd Mayweather Sr. Vs. Sugar Ray Leonard, honestly gotta give Floyd Sr. a hell of a lot of credit for the heart he showed

[Galaxy]

Some that spring to mind:

Garcia loosing to Rivera
Miranda loosing to Pavlik
Lacy loosing to Joe
Inji loosing to Erik
Jhonny loosing Izzy
Vargas loosing to Tito
Duran loosing to Hagler
Holmes loosing to Gomez (He kept getting up time after time)
Paz loosing to RJJ
Cooper loosing to Moorer

I'm surprised this one hasn't been mentioned more, such a brave effort from Vargas!

Anyone said Balboa vs Creed?

[CutMeMick]

Some that spring to mind:
Garcia loosing to Rivera
Miranda loosing to Pavlik
Lacy loosing to Joe
Inji loosing to Erik
Jhonny loosing Izzy
Vargas loosing to Tito
Duran loosing to Hagler
Holmes loosing to Gomez (He kept getting up time after time)
Paz loosing to RJJ
Cooper loosing to Moorer

I'm surprised this one hasn't been mentioned more, such a brave effort from Vargas!
Anyone said Balboa vs Creed?

I didn't go through the whole thread so I wasn't sure if it had been mentioned or not.

Others that came to mind:

Czar loosing to Kats
Earl loosing to Kats
Mancini loosing to Alexis
Zaragoza loosing to Erik

[JT Rock]

Same as you, havent gone back and read... But I was thinking about Tyson Vs Douglas

Tyson was taking thunderous shots and kept coming, despite a dumb gameplan Tyson hung in there till he was Ko'd not to mention he had Douglas down for the 14 count and almost squeaked away with the victory

[p4pking]

I am over it ICB no problem, I still think the ref sucked Floyd's dick that night and my opinion of that will never change, end of.

Hatton got his ass beat, and it would've happened the same way anywhere or any time.

I've just neg repped your ass for stirring up shit, I ain't come here for an argument I'm done with you newbie.

I just neg repped you, not that my punch power matters, but that is seriously one of the stupidest things I have read on this forum. Dissing somebody because they are a "newbie", and not having a single response to their actual arguement... How pathetic. As if someones opinion has to be validated by how many posts they have on some forum. I mean truly, who gives a fuk. At best all that could indicate is that they have something better to do.

[ICB]

Heres some more that come to mind.

Yaqui Lopez vs Matthew Saad Muhammad 2
Daniel Zaragoza vs Erik Morales
Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao 2
Alex Arthur vs Michael Gomez
Ike Quartey vs Oscar De La Hoya