Most heroic in defeat

[FinitoElDinamita]

Most recently, Juanma Lopez in the Salido rematch..
It's weird because I was never a fan of Juanma until he lost the second time.. Sometimes, it's not all about winning or losing, but more about the type of character the fighter shows , win or lose..

Juanma came in with a plan to box and he did ok for the first few rounds. But then Salido started coming on and it started to look like the first fight.. Now many fighters at that moment would have panicked and got themselves knocked out even earlier but Juanma, being a true warrior that he is, decided to abandon his game plan cuz it wasn't working anyways. He said the hell with this boxing shit and resorted to what he knew best which was to brawl. At that moment I was like fuckin wow!! this Juanma guy is straight up gangster. All of a sudden, he wasn't getting cute no more. He went into the trenches fully knowing that's how he lost the first fight and dude just started swinging.. As a hardcore boxing fan, that was one of those moments that touched my heart and Juanma turned me into a fan forever.

JUanma!!!!

[Master]

Rosario/Comacho/Holigan v JCC and taking a beating but not giving up.
Danny Williams v Vitali
Gatti v Ward
Holyfield v Bowe 1

[IamInuit]

Alexis Arguello both when he won and lost. A true class act and compassionate man. I still have trouble with him offing himself.

[Hulk]

Rosario/Comacho/Holigan v JCC and taking a beating but not giving up.
Danny Williams v Vitali
Gatti v Ward
Holyfield v Bowe 1

Haugen you mean. And he was one tough lil son of a bitch.

Danny Williams showed amazing heart in a few of his fights, especially against that Potter fella when Williams threw out his shoulder dramatically.

I'd add Corrie Sanders loss to Vitali as also quite heroic in defeat. Both him and Williams underestimated Vitali, came in like fat slobs and took horrible beatings.

[Spicoli]

Kennedy McKinney scraping himself off the canvas numerous times vs Barrera. Its always one that comes first for me. Great night, great fighters and mutual courage. Robert Quiroga vs Borboa. This thread could run 30 pages