Memorable humiliating defeats of top-level fighters

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  1. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Name some humiliating defeats of top-level fighters throughout history.
     
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    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Jones-Toney
    Mayweather-Corrales
    Pacquiao-Barrera 1
     
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  3. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hamed vs Barrera
    Wilder vs Fury
    Leonard vs Duran 2
     
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  4. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It does not get sweeter than watching Leonard get knockdown by a Camacho jab!


    I would concede that he was at least a decade past his best though; but same for The Macho Man...
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hamed-Barrera (never gets old)

    Tszyu-Judah

    L Spinks-Qawi (though Leon was hardly top level anymore)

    Bobick- Norton
     
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  6. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Their's been many.
    One of my favorites was Marvin "Pops" Johnson stopping up and coming Leslie Stewart. Someone forgot to tell Johnson he was supposed to be a" stepping stone".
    Hearns total annihilation of Cuevas and Duran. No one saw that coming to either fighter, not that emphatically.
    Leonard beating Hagler. Most fans and media actually questioned Leonard's sanity, feared for his safety. Hagler never fought again.
    Duran vs Moore and Barkley, Moore and Barkley were favorites and were supposed to win easily. Duran didn't get the memo.
    Tyson vs Douglas..... Wow.
    Ali vs Liston and Forman. Both of those fighters was supposed to destroy Ali..... Ali's victories over both men completely changed the face of boxing.
    Scmeling vs Louis #1 who actually believed he(Scmeling) actually " Saw Something ".
     
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  7. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Agree with most, but Hagler losing to Leonard wasn't embarrassing - infact many people felt Hagler won or it was a draw. Barkley is somewhat embarrassing, as he lost to a blow-up lightweight, but his performance was stellar. The rest I agree with 100%.
     
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    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Most feared for Leonard's life ( Myself included) A natural welterweight, out of the ring for almost 5yrs , partying, drinking, using drugs gets it in his mind to challenge possibly the best Middleweight in history, that Middleweight was a active fighter, coming off of two of his most destructive wins......
    No one thought Leonard would win. They only hopped he wouldn't get himself killed. It was a embarrassing loss for Hagler especially considering how big a favorite he was.
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Foreman vs Frazier
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Alejandro Gonzales vs Kevin Kelly ...it was supposed to be a coming out party for Kelly
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kelly Pavlik vs Jermaine Taylor ....some of the people in Taylor’s hometown were rooting for Pavlik
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling 2....Schmeling had to go back to Germany and face the Nazis
     
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    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    I guess it's embarrassing when you put it like that. It's just that's not the way most people see it & no one I've come across sees it as embarrassing for Hagler, but as a detriment to Leonard for supposedly being opportunistic.
     
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    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    mayorga vs de la hoya

    w klitschko vs sanders

    michael grant vs jameel mccline

    anthony joshua vs andy ruiz
     
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  15. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    How was Jones/ Toney humiliating?
     
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