Strategies that backfired big time!

[Spicoli]

One that sticks is Holyfield during the 2nd round of 1st fight w/Bowe.Things got gritty,sat down and tried to play power game the rest of the way.....Conn slugging with Louis with a win right around the corner.

[El Kabong]

Meldrick Taylor's whole career....he had the fastest hands, he could have been a very slick boxer and been very successful, but nope, his pride got the best of him

[BoxingGorilla]

Making my predictions before everyone else and Waterloo

[eagle]

Gatti trying to outbox Mayweather.

Hearns going toe to toe with Hagler

[Violent Demise]

Gatti trying to outbox Mayweather.

Hearns going toe to toe with Hagler

Going toe to toe was Hearns style.

[eagle]

Gatti trying to outbox Mayweather.

Hearns going toe to toe with Hagler

Going toe to toe was Hearns style.

Fair enuf. But maybe this was one time he shoulda boxed more.

[Nameless]

- Leslie lubaczewski trusting and believing that Trainer Monkey's strategies (with no experience whatsoever in boxing) was the man of the situation and trusting him repeatedly 4 consecutive times, each one ending by a brutal k.o and a brutal stoppage.

- Tyson simply going forward on Lewis with the sole intention of killing him when he should have had a much better plan for such a beast.

- Hatton laughing at the drills that Roach did teach to Manny was quite funny too but that's more fate irony than strategy backfiring though.

[Rocky Balboa]

I have to say Hearns going toe-to-toe was a bad idea and especially Hatton trying to be a slick Mayweatherish fighter.

[generalbulldog]

Meldrick Taylor's whole career....he had the fastest hands, he could have been a very slick boxer and been very successful, but nope, his pride got the best of him

Oh yeah I was about to type Meldrick Taylor but saw your post. He had to be a philly fighter instead of using his natural abilities. As explained by the Legendary Nights HBO series. What happened was that he became a shot fighter in his 20s.