Fighters who were never the same after losing once

[Nameless]

Tito Trinidad after his lost to Hopkins, I really feel like the executioner broke something into his soul at this moment.

Jones Jr after Tarver: Perhaps he recovered in the meantime, I am not sure, but he's been gun shy for his next 3 fights and I really feel like something went away for good after that lost... at least, a small fraction of him.

Jermaine Taylor: I really feel that his lost against Pavlik did damage his innerself, I wouldn't say it'll be permanent but definitely, he wasn't the same after that lost.

[Mark TKO]

theres a big difference between losing by KO and a decisio - unless its a completely one sided affair where you get a battering eg Lacy

Hamed springs to mind and Jones (though maybe on the slide)

david reid was never as good as people perceived him to be.

And Riddick Bowe (although he did 'win' against Golota !)

if Haye is sparked by Wlad we won't see him again I reckon

[SweetPea]

theres a big difference between losing by KO and a decision -

Yes, and I'll add that there's also a difference between a quick KO and a sustained beat down KO.

Wlad against Sanders, MAB against Junior Jones, Lennox against McCall and Rahman, Pavlik-Taylor I... fights like that, a guy got caught with a big shot, and the fight was over shortly thereafter. There wasn't too much damage inflicted.

Whereas fights like Chavez-Taylor, Trinidad-Reid, Trinidad-Vargas, Margarito-Cotto, those were long grueling fights with tons of accumulated damage, and losses like that are tougher to recover from.

[Jody Lane]

Gerry "Looney" Cooney!!!!! Holmes really messed him all the hell up.

[Violent Demise]

David Reid, after being touted as the next Sugar Ray, was never ever the same after that sudden and "unexpected" loss to Tito Trinidad, and has he ever fought again since that day? I'll go to Boxing Records and check in a minute, but I would be surprised if he did put on the gloves again.

He fought 3 times after. And the loss was not unexpected. Reid was almost a one eye fighter. He was a loss waiting to happen. That's why he cashed out against Trinidad

Most notable one IMO is Meldrick Taylor after his lose to Julio Cesar Chavez.

That's cuz Chavez ruined him.

if Haye is sparked by Wlad we won't see him again I reckon

I'm sure the Wlad loss won't be his last