Do you think a loss makes for a better fighter? Give a better legecy?

[DaxxKahn]

It all depends on the fighter and also how the loss came about. Some guys come back stronger and more motivated some dont come back at all.

Agreed, all depends on the man. Look at Judah; after Kostya it seemed a fragility has been there ever since. He had some good wins after that, but he was never the same IMO.

We will soon find out about Taylor, not just with the rematch with Pavlik, but after that. I don't think he is mentally secure, but we will soon find out.

I have always wanted to see Mayweather lose, not because I am a hater, as I love the skills he has; but to see how ferocious he would be in returning. In a way we saw that with Castillo. Alot thought he lost the 1st fight, or close enough to question him, and he came back and put a clinic on Jose pretty much.

Jimmy Braddock is a good case of someone who loses but comes back to win in a big way.

Think Lennox Lewis was having any of that bullsh#t after Rahman khtfo? Look what happened the second time around.

And look at the new loser, Cintron. After Margarito punished him, he is pretty much mentally ruined, just look at how he is handling recent business. He may have won the fights after Tony, but look at his approach to the top guys. One more loss and he is finished.

See Judah is a perfect example of my point...He has showed his true heart...since the loss he has never been the same...IMO a fighter that rebounds from a loss to continue his career with a positive outcome...perfect example you made in Braddock....tell you more on what kind of fighter he is...

IMO it takes a champion to be able to deal with a loss just as well as a win.....I am not one of those guys that believe that a loss is always a bad thing...sometimes it wakes a guy up

Yeah the fight game is a strange thing and really shows you the inner workings of people. I'll take personally a guy like Micky Ward who wasn't great, but damn if you make him quit; in a fight or in his career. Don't people say the sweet science is 70% mental? I personally believe it is more than that. And though you can teach skills to anybody {though how they develop those skills in their own right will always differ} you cannot teach heart and intestinal fortitude. You either have it or you don't. So guys like Quarry, Ward, Corrales, Wilde; I'll take them anyday over the Judah's and Cintrons. I'd rather watch a warrior than a winner if that makes sense.

Absolutly makes sense especially consider when you look and think about it there have been a whole lot of paper champions with zero heart that caight the right guy at the right time to win the belt and on any other night they would still be obscure