I voted I'd rather lose a punishing fight over 12 rounds but on reflection I can see some of what Amir is saying.
I mean, although embarrassing, it's probably easier to rationalise a one punch KO loss as being a case of 'I just got caught with a shot I didn't see'.
Psychologically it's hard to say you just got outboxed and dominated round after round because of fluke punches or events.
I mean if you get beaten up over 12 rounds and completely outboxed it's hard to kid yourself you can ever come back and beat that person, but just being caught isn't about boxing ability as much as...well just being caught I guess.
I'm sure Lennox Lewis would rather have lost the way he did, freak knockouts two times which he avenged in style, than to be beating up for 12 rounds. He could dismiss the KO losses as lapses in concentration, bad luck, freak events etc, but to get beaten down, well the other guy was simply better than you.
In relation to the Froch fight however it's nonsense. Froch wasn't beaten down, it was a wildly entertaining, brutal two way action fight. Both guys wore their hearts on their sleeves and went to war. It was a treat to watch and Froch doesn't need to feel embarrassed at all.
Khan on the other hand, well that shit was humiliating.
But I'd agree with Khan probably in that Froch has had a lot more taken out of him over the past couple years than Amir has, although of course Froch has fought actual elite opponents who can punch as well.
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