Fighters who dined out on a loss

[Fenster]

How's about Wayne McCulloch? Specifically being the first to take Naz 12 rounds.

He had some decent wins so to say he was defined by that is a bit unfair but he is most remembered nowadays for having the best chin outside of Oliver McCall, a reputation he first earned from that loss.

Hmmm... not sure his chin rep was due to Naz (not saying you're wrong but I don't remember him like that). He had a great rep from the Olympics/AMs, and before facing Naz he already had a reputation for being hard-as-nails, with the upset victory in Japan for the WBC title then several title defence wars before an epic with HOFamer Daniel Zaragoza. After Naz he had another epic with Morales (which was one of the HBO fights of the year).

You're right he was considered a lamb to the slaughter against Naz but I remember it more to do with stepping up in weight against, obviously, one of the P4P hardest clumpers and biggest stars at the time.

I'm sure you're right. Pre-Naz my memories are hazy as it was a bit before my time mate . At that point (199 its likely that I would have only been watching Naz, Lewis, Eubank, Calzaghe so I definitely would have known about McCullough for his WBC Bantam win but maybe not seen him and would have probably assumed Naz would have bombed him out (I probably would have backed Naz over King Kong).
Post Naz I remember his fight with Morales and then the absolute hammering he took against the much bigger Harrison (hammered in terms of the volume of shots - I don't think he blinked).

The Scott Harrison beating was the worst he ever took, hardly surprising considering McCullough was a pomp bantamweight facing a man who made Canelo blush when seeing his fight night weights.