Quote Originally Posted by sweet science
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I just read the article before coming here and thought of starting a post on it myself. I saw that fight.

Question:

Borges's article states that Mancini did not fight as tough after that fight, saying that it affected Mancini psychologically. To be precise, the article states:
"Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini was never Boom Boom again. . . . Never the same package of aggressiveness he'd been. . . . within two years he would lose his championship to unheralded Livingston Bramble and never again fight with the same unfettered aggressiveness he showed in the Kim fight. Mancini would always deny that the Kim tragedy and his own retirement were related and in fact made two unsuccessful comebacks from his 1985 retirement to try to prove that point. But Arum saw the candle flicker and die out in Mancini up close that afternoon in Las Vegas."

The question is: Did the psychological effects of the fight on Mancini--and I'm sure there were psychological effects--play a substantial role in Mancini losing his title to Bramble? I suppose we do not know for sure but perhaps the question is interesting.
He really was never the same fighter,fighting Mancini before that fight was like walking in to a cuisinart,he was one of my fave fighters at the time,because Ive allways fought a plodding cerebral style,and I love guys who just come,and come hard
I respect what I cant do
Mancini,tried to fight like that after the fight,and just couldnt do it,and you could see he was pulling shots on occaision.