Fighters who claim that their KO loss was due to a “lucky punch”

Lennox Lewis?

 

Moorer when he was flattened by Foreman, it was clear that Foreman was getting closer to Moorer in the final round of the KO in that fight yet Moorer claims it was a lucky punch, Foreman set that KO up well despite being out-boxed in al the previous rounds of that upset.

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I agree, Lewis was throwing sloppy right hands and falling off balance v Bruno and Tucker, Steward trained McCall to look for that flaw, when Lewis corrected his right hand by the time of the rrematch McCall had no answer and flipped out.

 

When McCall landed that shot on Lewis, Oliver's eyes were closed. To me, that's the definition of a lucky shot.

 

I've never met a Fighter yet who couldn't explain away a defeat, in private if not in public. Even dear old Pete Buckley will tell you he would have won most of his fights if he'd had reasonable notice or if Nobby hadn't already got him booked on a show the following week.
The idea of the lucky punch has always amused me. It only comes from the guy that got dropped with it. Did anyone on here ever throw a punch by accident ?

 

Hearns against Duran. All 47 of them lolol

 

Tony Tubbs claimed his loss to Tyson was a lucky punch. Dick Sadler on Liston-Martin as well.

 

Sean O’Grady, IMO an underrated commentator, once said this on USA Network’s Tuesday Night Fights, giving insight into the mind of how a boxer thinks:

“Nobody ever loses a fight when they’re at their best; because if they’re at their best, how could they lose?”

A fighter has to have that ego and sense of confidence — even invincibility — to continue to fight (especially at the top levels). Without that, seeds of doubt creep in and he begins to fight not to lose instead of fighting to win (sparring partner syndrome is a very good example of this). It is that blind belief that allows a Mike Weaver to get throttled for 14 rounds and go into the 15th against John Tate believing he will find a way to pull it out, to use one example.

A team sport player doesn’t have to have this ... maybe he did his part but the team lost, or maybe he had a sub-par game but there were still 1,000 other factors that led to the loss that could have made his contribution not be what tipped the scales. In an individual sport as one-on-one as boxing is, a fighter needs to do whatever mental gymnastics necessary to convince himself that THIS TIME he’s going to come through even if he didn’t at some point(s) earlier.

 

Was it lucky my friend?

 

Tomas Molinares lucky punch after the bell, Marlon Starling fight in 1988. Molinares was trained by Amilcar Brusa for that fight.

 

You’re right about that first half sort of but McCall really was having issues please don’t bash McCall as someone with no fighters spirit.

 

Oliver McCall was a good fighter, you are right, it is not good to judge an individual who is having issues.