Great Defeats

[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.

[Spicoli]

Barely out of high school Bones Adams, busted jaw and all vs Orlando Canizales.

Judah vs Danny Garcia. Love him or hate him..Judah put it on him!

[IamInuit]

Barely out of high school Bones Adams, busted jaw and all vs Orlando Canizales.

Judah vs Danny Garcia. Love him or hate him..Judah put it on him!

I always like Clarence.


Judahs best fight might have been his loss to Cotto. Shane's against Cotto was valiant also but he simply ran out of rounds.

[Mark TKO]

I remember a british fighter, Richard Evatt, giving Junior Jones a real battle back around 2000ish (presume it was a Naz undercard).

Evatt had him down twice before losing late on by getting kayoed himself (may even have been last round). He must have been ahead on cards too.

Sadly I read a couple of years ago that Evatt had died in a homeless shelter

[Fenster]

I remember a british fighter, Richard Evatt, giving Junior Jones a real battle back around 2000ish (presume it was a Naz undercard).

Evatt had him down twice before losing late on by getting kayoed himself (may even have been last round). He must have been ahead on cards too.

Sadly I read a couple of years ago that Evatt had died in a homeless shelter

Yeah it was a Naz undercard (Ingle) and I remember Sky had Evatt hacking up before getting chinned - it was the 11th round.

[ryanman]

I remember a british fighter, Richard Evatt, giving Junior Jones a real battle back around 2000ish (presume it was a Naz undercard).

Evatt had him down twice before losing late on by getting kayoed himself (may even have been last round). He must have been ahead on cards too.

Sadly I read a couple of years ago that Evatt had died in a homeless shelter

Yeah it was a Naz undercard (Ingle) and I remember Sky had Evatt hacking up before getting chinned - it was the 11th round.

Had totally forgot this. Mark is right he did sadly die in a shelter, so I read just now. Seeing the pictures of him in his tiger shorts/poncho really brings back memories of that late mid to late 90s era that was my introduction to boxing.

[Fenster]

Wayne McCullough and In-jin Chi against Morales. Even though they clearly lost on the cards the fights were fantastic. Two complete and utter mentals that wont stop coming

[IamInuit]

Wayne McCullough and In-jin Chi against Morales. Even though they clearly lost on the cards the fights were fantastic. Two complete and utter mentals that wont stop coming

Add Ayala to the Morales ticker tape. How that guy remained on his feet to the finish was nothing short of a miracle.

[El Kabong]

George Foreman vs Evander Holyfield....hard fight surprisingly difficult for Evander

Vitali Klitschko vs Lennox Lewis, all heart in that fight

[SlimTrae]

Barely out of high school Bones Adams, busted jaw and all vs Orlando Canizales.

Judah vs Danny Garcia. Love him or hate him..Judah put it on him!

I always like Clarence.


Judahs best fight might have been his loss to Cotto. Shane's against Cotto was valiant also but he simply ran out of rounds.

Good call, Judah manned up vs Cotto.

Actually I scored Shane vs Miguel a draw, Cotto got on his bike the last round or two, I think.

[SlimTrae]

Matthew Saad Muhhamad vs Yaqui Lopez

Lopez feels it's his last shot at a title, just a great effort, And Round 8, was round of the year. Great losing effort, he brought his ass to the table in this clip!!

[SlimTrae]

Ken Norton IMO would never give a greater effort thann his first & only title defense. Back n forth action for 14 rounds...and then they both come out in round 15, like they had stamina to blow. No shame in the way Norton loss this fight.

[Andre]

Watch this one,

[Master]

Have we had Meldrick Taylor v Chavez because he gave it his all.

Also Vargas v Tito, Fernando was never the same again.

if you are going to lose you go out on your shield.