What's more important... who you beat or who you lost to?....

[Hulk]

Its who you beat for sure. No question.

No one cares that Vitali loss to Ross Purity or Chris Byrd, not now anyway. His wins have put those defeats in the rear view mirror.

When people think about Aaron Pryor they don't immediately look at him losing to an unknown fighter at the end of his career.

Duran is not remembered for losing to Kirkland Laing, or Pat Lawler.

Tex Cobb is remembered for fighting his ass off against Larry Holmes, and beating Earnie Shavers. He is not remembered for being KO'd by a journeymen.

A fighter's wins define him, not his losses.

That was Wlad

Same difference

Wlad has lost to a good number of guys then early in his career.

Damn near lost to Davarryl Williamson too.

[Manos de Piedra]

It's definitely who you beat, then who you lost to but to a lesser extent. In a losing situation it's more how you lost, was it a fighting effort or simply quitting when the going got tough.

[AdamGB]

People should be remembered for their best against the best.

For example Vitali's era has been shite... So he will be remembered more for doing well and losing against an old Lewis than beating C class fighters. (sorry Lyle )

[FinitoElDinamita]

Who and how they beat them are the only things that matter..

[VictorCharlie]

Who you beat. Even if you beat a great that is somewhat past it no one can take away the W on your career. Losing later in your career can always be explained away as being past it .

[FinitoElDinamita]

We judge a fighter by their accomplishments.It doesn't make sense to judge a fighter off their losses.. IF that's the case, we would barely have any mega stars in boxing.. How many undefeated megastars are out there besides Floyd?? and im talking about super stars that everybody knows about..

Imagine judging Pacquiao off his losses to Torrecampo and Singsurat..

[killersheep]

Win or lose it's who you fight, if you keep fighting the best available, you have done your job, otherwise you're just cashing in. That's my opinion and not the popular one. That's why my favorite fighters are Glenn Johnson and Jhonny Gonzalez, sure they have losses on there records, but they always put up a good fight and always fight the best available.

What matters in the popular opinion is that you beat the sanctioning affiliates. By that I mean snatching up titles that were handed to someone by a sanctioning body.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Who you loose to matters as it shows who your willing to fight but who you beat is what really counts.