Most pathetic/disappointing championship performance ever?

[Master]

Barrera was pretty pathetic in his second attempt against Pacquiao.

On a similar not Eric Morales 3rd fight with Manny.

[Mars_ax]

Wlad vs. Haye wasn't the worst i've seen, but it wasn't only Haye that was pathetic, Wlad never let his hands go, and fought like he was afraid of getting knocked out the whole fight, that was also disappointing.

[jamiebhoy]

Douglas V Holyfield - Easy pay day and no pride from Douglas

[BIG H]

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.

That's the one I was thinking of mate - got mixed up.

[El Kabong]

Wlad vs. Haye wasn't the worst i've seen, but it wasn't only Haye that was pathetic, Wlad never let his hands go, and fought like he was afraid of getting knocked out the whole fight, that was also disappointing.

Wlad won the fight, won every damn round as a matter of fact, and you complain? Haye ran, Wlad would get him cornered or in range and HAYE would rush in a clinch and fall down claiming fouls. Hard to KO someone that's always running away yet has some dangerous weapons....Haye had no sack but dangerous speed and power. Wlad fought smart and won easily. Wlad's not exactly Bruce Seldon.

[Beanflicker]

Nothing is more pathetic to me than when a fighter clearly has no intention of trying to win a fight. I have always loved Mosley, but his performance against Pac was a payday.

Good call and I agree 100%.

People always slag boxers for being boring, ect, but IMO a boxer's concern shouldn't be to entertain, it should be to win the fight. This is a sport and his #1 goal should be to win, and in that I think the #1 responsibility the fighter owes to the paying public is the legimate EFFORT to win the fight and make it a contest.

There's nothing worse than seeing guys in there just for the cheque.

[Otley]

Recently Audley Harrison v David Haye
future Shane Mosley v anyone with a title
Past Lloyd Honeyghan

job bisuit (Happy New Year)!!!

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[fightscorecollector]

i remember Paul Vaden talking the talk before his fight vs Terry Norris then spent the 12 rounds running away from him hardly landing a punch

also the Luis Santana guy who faked it twice vs Terry Norris and the Coggi fight when he faked injury vs Frankie Randall

[AdamGB]

Wlad vs. Haye wasn't the worst i've seen, but it wasn't only Haye that was pathetic, Wlad never let his hands go, and fought like he was afraid of getting knocked out the whole fight, that was also disappointing.

Wlad won the fight, won every damn round as a matter of fact, and you complain? Haye ran, Wlad would get him cornered or in range and HAYE would rush in a clinch and fall down claiming fouls. Hard to KO someone that's always running away yet has some dangerous weapons....Haye had no sack but dangerous speed and power. Wlad fought smart and won easily. Wlad's not exactly Bruce Seldon.

We both know Wlad was content to go the safest route to a ud in this supposed 'grudge match'.

Both men talked like the other was going home in an ambulance, but neither even tried to deliver on it. A let down from both fighters... More so Haye, but Wlad too (though to be fair he did exactly what was expected of him and fought as usual)

[Mctaggert]

Everyone has forgot and likley blocked from their minds, the huge efford of the one and only Henry Akinwande!

[El Kabong]

More so Haye, but Wlad too (though to be fair he did exactly what was expected of him and fought as usual)

What's wrong with it? How exactly is it "pathetic" and/or "disappointing" Frustrating for some maybe, but you know what you're getting with Wlad...it's like you guys go to an ice cream shop ask for vanilla, get the vanilla, then complain that there's no special extra stuff added to it...it's vanilla, you ordered it you should be aware of what you're getting.

Wlad fought the way he was supposed to, seemed to me Wlad planned for Haye to attack him...had Haye done that then we probably would have seen a KO in Wlad's favor...but Haye ran which is NOT what most expected...and then he blamed it all on his little toe ....poor little toe

[Mars_ax]

Wlad vs. Haye wasn't the worst i've seen, but it wasn't only Haye that was pathetic, Wlad never let his hands go, and fought like he was afraid of getting knocked out the whole fight, that was also disappointing.

Wlad won the fight, won every damn round as a matter of fact, and you complain? Haye ran, Wlad would get him cornered or in range and HAYE would rush in a clinch and fall down claiming fouls. Hard to KO someone that's always running away yet has some dangerous weapons....Haye had no sack but dangerous speed and power. Wlad fought smart and won easily. Wlad's not exactly Bruce Seldon.

For what it's worth I believe Haye did win a couple rounds on the judges scorecards. I do however agree that it wasn't easy for Wlad to to catch David 'Hare'. Wlad (as usual) fought way too tentative, much of the time he'd back Haye into the ropes/corner, and then just fucking stare at him, and not throw punches. It was like he was scared to death of gassing, getting countered or KTFO by a crusierweight.

For chris sakes Wlad, here was the pretentious fucking clown that had been insulting you and your family the last 2 years. Show some stones, put some hurt on the muther-fucker and knock him into next week. It was a pathetic performance by Haye, but considering the magnitude of the fight and everything that had gone down prior to fight night, Wlad's performance was disappointing.

[Mars_ax]

Everyone has forgot and likley blocked from their minds, the huge efford of the one and only Henry Akinwande!

I had been trying to remember Akinwande's name, thanks. That had to be one of the worst, most cowardly performances ever. Mills Lane finally stopped the sham and DQ'd Akinwande, because he wouldn't fight.
Lennox Lewis was in some strange fights during his career.

[Spicoli]

I totally forgot about Robert Allen in Hopkins rematch. Ref literally chuckled at him at one point like 'get the f outta here'.

Riddick bowe vs Dokes.....not Dokes but Bowe and camp for making it.

[Saddo]

Henry Akinwande Vs Scott Welch... Being a welch fan I was really dissapointed in Scott that night as his trainer was showing him photos of his kids to try and motavate him into doing something... funny thing is scott was sat behind me at a hatton fight and although I said hello I strangly never mentioned how I felt about the henry fight to him


and Tyson Vs Golota came to mind... with hindsight maybe... just maybe if golota showed some balls he could have won this one...