Re: Fighters who retired at the right time.

Originally Posted by
NoSavingByTheBell

Originally Posted by
Master
Rocky as he was showing signs of age but would have lost his next fight.
Hagler sticking two fingers at the boxing world for not appreciating his greatness and leaving Leonard hanging.
Ricardo Lopez clears up his draw on his record to win and ride off into the sunset.
Rocky had 2 or 3 good fights left in him. Nino Valdez was scheduled for June/July 1956, and Rocky would have beaten him. Liston was in jail. Patterson was 20 years old. Who was left? Eddie Machen?
I read that his back injury was the reason why he retired at the time he did.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
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