Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
What made me think of this is thinking back to Mike Tyson-Buster Douglas and then thinking about Roy Jones Jr.-Antonio Tarver II.


What's more devistating to the fighter's aura and to you being a fan seeing your favorite fighter catch a beat down.


I think honestly seeing someone totally dominated is more taxing...Tyson's aura was just demolished...he had to start back at square one and he never came close to beating the calibre of opponents he beat before he lost to Douglas again.
a beating throughout a long fight is much much worse physically and mentally on a fighter than being stopped with one punch I think. When Hagler and Hearns fought that war in 1985 they both diminished physically after that fight regardless that Hagler won. But they were so good in 1985 that they still had enough after to beat Mugabi (Hagler) and Hearns (who beat a big list of fighters). One punch knockouts do not hurt a man physically that much, and mentally he can just say he was caught with a lucky punch. But a beating like the one Lloyd Honeyghan took against Starling or Tyson against Buster Douglas seems to do permanent damage to a mans psyche. Then it gets easier and easier to beat that person until soon he is beaten by guys who wouldn't have sparred him years before-like in the case of Kevin McBride beating Tyson. Incidentally Holyfield has taken several beatings and has done better than most guys in staying sharp. But we still do not know if Holyfield is good still or fighting the right opposition.