Ten Worst Moments in Boxing

[Beanflicker]

i don't like how the author included opinion pieces (Richard Steele being corrupt, Sonny Liston taking a dive, ect) with actual facts. Even if it is widely believed, you shouldn't speak of that kind of stuff in the same way you'd speak of cold hard facts, like fighter deaths.

[FinitoElDinamita]

For me, when Tszyu lost his title Manchester. If he had lost fair and square, i would have no problems with it but the manner in which he lost was disgusting.

The hometown fighter in Hatton pretty much got to anything he wanted inside the ring. NOt only did he have the referee and the judges in his pocket but he was allowed to wrestle, rabbit punch, throw low blows etc that was not a boxing match ..

Ricky Hatton.. The most overrated fraud ever in the history of UK boxing..

[bradlee180]

Ricky Hatton wasn't a fraud. He was in fact The Man at 140 lbs for a while.
I agree that he was over-rated by the British, but he was no fraud.
Hatton had the guts to step in there with who were considered the top 2 pound-for-pound best in the world when they were at their absolute best. No shame there.

[bradlee180]

A faded Muhammad Ali fighting a prime Holmes should be on a lit of worst moments in boxing as should an even older, more faded Ali fighting Trevor Berbick a couple of years later.

The Great Joe Louis being done by his own gov't.
Man donated entire fight purses to the war relief in WWII, and how does his gov't thank him?
They tell him those purses were taxable income, and he has to pay taxes on them, and the penalties had continued to pile up.
At the end, his entire fight purses were being seized, and they were not enough to even cover the interest on the principle. Eventually, old Joe was reduced to being a door-greeter at a Las Vegas casino.

Gerald McClellan vs Nigel Benn.

I thought perhaps Tyson/Holyfield rematch, but biting a piece of a man's ear off is something I'd never seen before, so maybe it was worth it.

[Violent Demise]

Ricky Hatton wasn't a fraud. He was in fact The Man at 140 lbs for a while.
I agree that he was over-rated by the British, but he was no fraud.
Hatton had the guts to step in there with who were considered the top 2 pound-for-pound best in the world when they were at their absolute best. No shame there.

He went from being dominated by the best in a boxing ring to getting knocked the fuck out in a bar by some chump bouncer. His actions afterwards showed everybody that Hatton's true color was yellow. Did he ever go back to the bar? Did he ever try and get back at that bouncer for laying him out? No. Instead the coward claims an addiction and goes into rehab. Fucking quitter.

[Spicoli]

If you are going to start including referee hack jobs on such a list then Saddo better increase the character count. The Chavez/Taylor fight does not equal Steele being corrupt. Do people actually believe that he was watching the time clock? Many worse calls have been made and fights reffed over the course of history. Same with Kim's death. No offense or lack of respect but what makes his death worse then say Baroudi being killed by Charles or Doyle by Robinson?

Here is a few other hack jobs if you want to talk corruption.

Cortez in Soto/Lorenzo
Tilleman in Reid/Ottke
Neumann in Abraham/Miranda 1
Mora in Mares/Agbeko 1. Joseph probably needed a junk transplant after that.
Santore in Martinez/Cintron
Cole in Jmm/Jaca "You can quit if you want Juan, your ahead on the cards."

Man, Mora was terrible! If you want true outright corruption my nod goes to Isidro Rodriquez in Coggi vs Eder Gonzalez 1. THE most flagrant payed off hack job by ref I personally have ever seen, check it out if you can. Also ref in Tarver v Harding 2! Honorable mention to Randy Neuman

[Violent Demise]

If you are going to start including referee hack jobs on such a list then Saddo better increase the character count. The Chavez/Taylor fight does not equal Steele being corrupt. Do people actually believe that he was watching the time clock? Many worse calls have been made and fights reffed over the course of history. Same with Kim's death. No offense or lack of respect but what makes his death worse then say Baroudi being killed by Charles or Doyle by Robinson?

Here is a few other hack jobs if you want to talk corruption.

Cortez in Soto/Lorenzo
Tilleman in Reid/Ottke
Neumann in Abraham/Miranda 1
Mora in Mares/Agbeko 1. Joseph probably needed a junk transplant after that.
Santore in Martinez/Cintron
Cole in Jmm/Jaca "You can quit if you want Juan, your ahead on the cards."

Man, Mora was terrible! If you want true outright corruption my nod goes to Isidro Rodriquez in Coggi vs Eder Gonzalez 1. THE most flagrant payed off hack job by ref I personally have ever seen, check it out if you can. Also ref in Tarver v Harding 2! Honorable mention to Randy Neuman

So you saying the corner men are not allowed to hold there fighter up during the fight?

[scribbs]

The recent riot in Asia causing many deaths & injuries must surely enter this list or maybe it's not too higher profile for that.

If Mancini vs Kim is listed then why not add the numerous others who have died also. Personally I think Griffith vs Paret 3 would have been more worthy if deaths are included. This bout led to boxing on TV becoming non-existent for a while & the bout should have been stopped before it was.

I've come to hate lists & historic rankings many boxing people love, it's hard to quantify the subjects/fighters within context, one man's drink is another man's poison.

[Spicoli]

If you are going to start including referee hack jobs on such a list then Saddo better increase the character count. The Chavez/Taylor fight does not equal Steele being corrupt. Do people actually believe that he was watching the time clock? Many worse calls have been made and fights reffed over the course of history. Same with Kim's death. No offense or lack of respect but what makes his death worse then say Baroudi being killed by Charles or Doyle by Robinson?

Here is a few other hack jobs if you want to talk corruption.

Cortez in Soto/Lorenzo
Tilleman in Reid/Ottke
Neumann in Abraham/Miranda 1
Mora in Mares/Agbeko 1. Joseph probably needed a junk transplant after that.
Santore in Martinez/Cintron
Cole in Jmm/Jaca "You can quit if you want Juan, your ahead on the cards."

Man, Mora was terrible! If you want true outright corruption my nod goes to Isidro Rodriquez in Coggi vs Eder Gonzalez 1. THE most flagrant payed off hack job by ref I personally have ever seen, check it out if you can. Also ref in Tarver v Harding 2! Honorable mention to Randy Neuman

So you saying the corner men are not allowed to hold there fighter up during the fight?

No doubt , they had to virtually duck tape there to keep him upright.

Gotta throw in the 1980 plane crash in Poland that killed 20 members of the US Olympic boxing team who were off to the trials. Bobby Czyz missed his flight, lucky man!

[Violent Demise]

If you are going to start including referee hack jobs on such a list then Saddo better increase the character count. The Chavez/Taylor fight does not equal Steele being corrupt. Do people actually believe that he was watching the time clock? Many worse calls have been made and fights reffed over the course of history. Same with Kim's death. No offense or lack of respect but what makes his death worse then say Baroudi being killed by Charles or Doyle by Robinson?

Here is a few other hack jobs if you want to talk corruption.

Cortez in Soto/Lorenzo
Tilleman in Reid/Ottke
Neumann in Abraham/Miranda 1
Mora in Mares/Agbeko 1. Joseph probably needed a junk transplant after that.
Santore in Martinez/Cintron
Cole in Jmm/Jaca "You can quit if you want Juan, your ahead on the cards."

Man, Mora was terrible! If you want true outright corruption my nod goes to Isidro Rodriquez in Coggi vs Eder Gonzalez 1. THE most flagrant payed off hack job by ref I personally have ever seen, check it out if you can. Also ref in Tarver v Harding 2! Honorable mention to Randy Neuman

So you saying the corner men are not allowed to hold there fighter up during the fight?

No doubt , they had to virtually duck tape there to keep him upright.

Gotta throw in the 1980 plane crash in Poland that killed 20 members of the US Olympic boxing team who were off to the trials. Bobby Czyz missed his flight, lucky man!

Crash did take out Paul Palomino. Carlos Palomino's younger brother

[Master]

Tyson ear biting.

Douglas attempted to be robbed of the title.