Dennis Andries against Hearns, was totally dismantled then walked into Kronk and asked for help in becoming a better fighter.
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Re: Fighters whose defining moment(s) were in defeat?
Dennis Andries against Hearns, was totally dismantled then walked into Kronk and asked for help in becoming a better fighter.
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Re: Fighters whose defining moment(s) were in defeat?
Henry Cooper v Ali
Although 'Our 'Enry' won a bunch of domestic titles he is imortalised for landing one of 'Enry's Ammers' on Ali's whiskers and putting him down. Only to get sliced to bits a few minutes later....
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Miguel Cotto, he gave us some of the most brutal fights in history, showing a lot of heart. Of his only 2 losses, the first is labeled as a match where he was cheated against, and now the second is also under speculation. An immense amount of heart bestowed in apparently, a very unlucky fighter.
EDIT: I should probably also add that I only became a huge Cotto fan AFTER his loss to Margario. Inspiring stuff.
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Rudduck against Tyson.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
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Some of these we're before my time to I'm listing them as I see it now...
Taylot losing to JCC
Nelson losing to Sanchez
Andrade losing to Mikkel
Torres losing to Chionoi
Palomino losing to Benitez
Jones losing to Ali
Torres losing to Cotto
Collins losing to McCallum
Winky losing to Vasquez
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Come on CutMeMick, Nelson and Winky were not defined by those defeats, they went on a defined themselves with brilliant victories.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
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Holyfield was defined by his first loss to Bowe. Prior to that fight he had a lot of detractors as a heavyweight, at least. He had a tough defense against a billion year old foreman, he ht the canvas against bert cooper, and went the distance with another billion yr old named larry holmes
So it wasn't until the Bowe loss that he earned respect as a heavyweight. Indeed, round 10 defines his career and character to this day.
Re: Fighters whose defining moment(s) were in defeat?
Foreman to Ali
Tyson to Douglas
Holyfield to Bowe
Oscar to Tito
Gatti to Ward I
Judah to Tszyu
Tarver to Jones
Ruiz to Tua
Hearns to Leonard
Khan to Prescott
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