Fighters that flourished in the face of adversity . . . . . . .

[Thread Stealer]

Saad

[ELECTRIC GURU]

Originally Posted by Manfred

You right about Holmes, when he fought Norton for the title, that showed what he was made of. Norton had his ass on queer street and Holmes dug down and started turning that shit up. That was my first time seeing a fighter doing that and it inspired me.

That 15th round was epic.

[ELECTRIC GURU]

Originally Posted by jeffjoiner

Great list, so many great contributions.

Boxing more fully tests its participants than any other sport. I'm very much drawn to the human drama, of seeing a man overcome adversity to beat another man.

Great thread.

Totally agree Jeffjoiner, a fighter can have all the skill in the world but if he doesn't have the balls to go with it then he will get found out sooner or later like Jones, Vlad, and Don Curry. I got a feeling the next fighter who will get exposed for not being able to fight in adversity will be Broner.

[Zopilote]

Marquez!

his fights with Pacquiao, Katsidis and first fight with Diaz.

[uraharakisuke]

http://www.boxnews.com.ua/photos/1674/Victor-Ortiz5.jpg

[Roddy Collins]

Israel Vasquez

Knocked down twice against Jhonny Gonzales in the first half of the fight came back to stop him on the 10th
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Also in the 2nd marquez fight when overcame a bad cut to finish Marquez in the 6th [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZihnpaSJHKU&feature=relmfu"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZihnpaSJHKU&feature=relmfu[/ame]

and in the 3rd fight when he was knocked don he the fourth and survived a few other hairy moments to score a knockdown with only seconds to go in the fight to win him the fight
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[Sir Koolkid]

carl froch vs taylor

[The Funny Man 7]

Aaron Pryor.

[alakran]

Originally Posted by Rudyard

Suprised nobody didnt mention JMM\Pac 1...To get KD 3 times and comeback to get a draw speaks volumes IMO.

JMM show his ass that night.

good one

[alakran]

Originally Posted by jeffjoiner

Arturo Gatti has to be at the top of this list. He would take punishment no other fighter could take, then somehow land a bomb and hurt his opponent.

Sugar Ray Leonard was dangerous when he was hurt. The key is that he was hurt so few times, people don't remember.

Currently, JMM takes the top spot. It's almost like he doesn't really turn it up until he gets nailed.

thing about JMM and the reason he gives pac hell is that when he gets punched he punches back instead of covering up and stepping back, he doesnt give you a chance to finish your attack

[Zopilote]

Originally Posted by alakran

good one

Your AV is another great example.

Chavez was behind in the scorecards but never once stopped trying and kept putting on mad pressure until he stopped Taylor with about 6 seconds left in the fight.

[Drew101]

Originally Posted by Thread Stealer

Saad

This.

Regarding Guru's question of when Hopkins fought through adversity- Echols II, when Antwun threw him down and dislocated his shoulder. X shook off the pain and went on the stop Echols in convincing fashion.

[Drew101]

Add Bobby Chacon (1982-83 version at least) and Danny "Little Red" Lopez to the list, too.

[Rudyard]

Originally Posted by Sir Koolkid

carl froch vs taylor

Good call! Froch had to dig deep after being dropped and being outboxed by Taylor.

That very fight made me look at Froch as a totally different fighter!

[Quincy K]

it was just one fight but tommy"the duke" morrison against joe hipp. tommy was coming off a devastating ko loss to mercer and was rebuilding his career. he suffered a broken jaw and hand in the fight and if he lost his career wouldve been essentially set back two years in the competitive hw division. he perservered, go the win and went on to become the wbo champ.

true grit.