Fighters unfairly attached to a loss.

[ICB]

Alexis Arguello vs Aaron Pryor I and II, i think Arguello is far too known for these two fights, and not known enough for his great career at the lower weights.

[gyrokai]

Great topic in such dry conditions for boxing.

I don't like to think about topics like these, because personally, I don't want to be remembered for one failure of my life. So I hold that to boxers to, at least I hope I do. heheh

I think the guy who said, Roberto Duran just hit it on the nail. It's sad because Duran would have been a champ in any era, but at the same time he did it to himself when he quit, he purposely made the mistake himself albeit a quick decision mistake.

Scares me what one mistake can do to your legacy, but then again, who cares what others think. I'm sure Duran regrets quitting.

[HattonTheHammer]

I always kinda feel sorry for those rising stars you see greatness in but never get a completely fair crack of the whip because they lost a couple of 4round split decisions early in their careers.

[ono]

Maybe controversial but Naseem Hamed with his loss to Barrera. His achievemets often get over-looked because he lost to MAB.

I also think David Haye was attached to his loss to Thompson unfairly. To me he learnt so much in that fight. It helped make him the fighter he is today. I think that fight is forgotten now anyway, but for a while people used to use that fight as an example as to why he'd never be a champ.

[HattonTheHammer]

Maybe controversial but Naseem Hamed with his loss to Barrera. His achievemets often get over-looked because he lost to MAB.

I also think David Haye was attached to his loss to Thompson unfairly. To me he learnt so much in that fight. It helped make him the fighter he is today. I think that fight is forgotten now anyway, but for a while people used to use that fight as an example as to why he'd never be a champ.

Barrera was the first naturally gifted fighter to take on hamed and naz got found out against his 1st genuine world class opposition.

Naz had plenty of chances to let his punches go and take the plunge to see whether he or marco was the better fighter - he chose to paw his left hand for 12rounds even after being told endless times by steward he was losing on points!!

[killersheep]

I would say Tszyu vs. Hatton. Most people remember two things about Tszyu KO'ing Judah and losing to Hatton.

[HattonTheHammer]

I would say Tszyu vs. Hatton. Most people remember two things about Tszyu KO'ing Judah and losing to Hatton.

How do you come to that conclusion??

Hatton has proven himself as one of the all time great 140 pounders.

Judah on the other hand got demolished by tszyu and has since struggled at 147+

[Pugilistic]

Jones loss to Tarver and Johnson labelled him as glass jawed.

[RozzySean]

Not just the KO to Tarver. The KO Johnson put on him was even more brutal. I think it's the back to back KO's that give Jones the label of glass chin.

Also, with Wlad, it's not just Corrie Sanders. He does have 3 KO's on his record. Some people make excuses for him about his conditioning, and that might account for the Purrity fight, but he has two legit KO's and a number of knockdowns that indicate he isn't exactly Wayne McCullough.