Fighters that faked being hurt during a fight?

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  1. Fmancillaz

    Fmancillaz New Member Full Member

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    I remember Jorge Castro being battered by John David Jackson. At the end he faked being hurt (or that's what the story says) and caught Jackson cold. In the first fight between Eubank and Carl Thompson, the latter faked being hurt at one point during the fight.
     
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    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Emanuel Augustus used to do it alot in his career.

    I'm not sure if Matthew Saad Muhammad used to "fake" being hurt as such, but he would often take alot of punishment and comeback immediately and pay his opponent back.
     
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    JabbaTheGut Active Member Full Member

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    Ali always did that after taking a big punch cleanly
     
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    Ali against Shavers
     
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    Dwight Qawi did a superb fake against George Foreman. He got hit, then pretended like he was out about to go down, then retaliated with a big surprise punch.
     
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    Rilz Ball don't lie! Full Member

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    B Hop, all the time. So annoying.

    Edit: He would fake actual injury, not being hurt upstairs from a punch.
     
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    That was the only video I ever posted on youtube years ago to prove it in a Qawi discussion on this site :D

    Qawi was awesome. Him clowning Spinks was cool as well.
     
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    Hopkins pulled this trick more than once but getting knocked out the ring off Smith was his best fakery I think,that poor ankle lol.
     
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    Me.

    When I come home at 4am, reeking of whiskey and covered in stripper glitter I've always found the best course of action is once I open the front door... throw myself on the floor and instantly curl up in a ball and let my wife just punch herself out.
     
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    I thought De La Hoya exaggerated that body shot from hopkins.
     
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    _Scott_ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't try this in the UK or the refs wave the fight off immediately
     
  14. box33

    box33 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah i think body punches can just make you react in odd ways as i looked at that fight over too many times,

    Plus it's odd how they both became partners & to this very day work alongside each other without any issues or dissension all these years later, its actually nice to see.
     
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    box33 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    When was this, any examples?