Fighters who were never the same after losing once

[Violent Demise]

Fernando Vargas.Tito took his soul and I'm not one for 'what ifs' but i still say Fernando was turning it around untill a succession of low blows stole his legs .
That is still the best fight in living memory for me but the beating Fernando took at the end of such a gruelling fight and at such a young age , no way he could have recovered.

I think that's BS he fought with all the heart in the world against Oscar, its just Oscar was too good of a boxer for him.

Sorry. He may have "fought his heart out" against Oscar, but he wasn't the same fighter AFTER Tito. You may recall... he was floored quite easily and put on queer street by the lightly regarded Wilfredo Rivera (also from PR) in a fight shortly after the Tito fight. Had Wilfredo taken advantage of that knockdown, he'd have given Fernando his 2nd KO loss. So it was Tito who ruined Fernando, not Oscar.

Lightly regarded? You ain't seen much of Rivera have you? Rivera was a very good fighter. If there was any justice in the world he would of got that win against Pernell Whitaker. He deserved it.

[Spicoli]

Maybe he was never meant to be....and he certainly was noy emulating his father

But Dario Galindez Jeezus,talk about how quickly an undefeated career can take a permanent nose dive

[Master]

just reminded me Corey Spinks, in fact any of the Spinks.

[TitoFan]

I think that's BS he fought with all the heart in the world against Oscar, its just Oscar was too good of a boxer for him.

Sorry. He may have "fought his heart out" against Oscar, but he wasn't the same fighter AFTER Tito. You may recall... he was floored quite easily and put on queer street by the lightly regarded Wilfredo Rivera (also from PR) in a fight shortly after the Tito fight. Had Wilfredo taken advantage of that knockdown, he'd have given Fernando his 2nd KO loss. So it was Tito who ruined Fernando, not Oscar.

Lightly regarded? You ain't seen much of Rivera have you? Rivera was a very good fighter. If there was any justice in the world he would of got that win against Pernell Whitaker. He deserved it.

Gotta admit... I never saw much of Rivera. I know he came up short in his bigger fights (DLH, Mosley, Vargas). I never did see either of his fights against Whitaker. His career being pretty much parallel to Trinidad's, he was often overlooked here in PR.