Fighters That Won The Battle But Lost The War ?

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  1. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    So recently i watched McCallum vs Toney 1 here was my scorecard BTW for reference.

    1 McCallum
    2 Toney
    3 McCallum
    4 Toney
    5 McCallum
    6 Toney
    7 McCallum
    8 Toney
    9 McCallum
    10 Toney
    11 McCallum
    12 Toney

    114-114 Draw

    Now this fight was scored a draw and i also had it a draw aswell, but Toney for me looked like the better fighter overall with his much more cleaner effective punches. And he also had by far the best rounds in the fight seriously hurting McCallum in 2 rounds.

    But yeah sorry for rambling on but can you think of any fights where a fighter won the actual decision but looked like the loser after ?

    A few fights that come to mind are......

    George Foreman vs Alex Stewart
    Timothy Bradley vs Ruslan Provodnikov
     
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    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    Yvon Durelle Vs. Archie Moore 1

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    Great Example.
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Fight Of The Century…took more out of Joe Frazier than Muhammad Ali
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We’ll don’t leave us hanging…you have the give your scorecard for the second fight …lol
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jorge Arce vs Hussein Hussein
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao IV
     
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    Bronze Tiger Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You could make a case for the 12th round being 10-8 for Toney
     
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    Anubis Boxing Addict

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    As did Manila. What Shavers did to Ali however wrecked Muhammad for life. He might be alive and well today without Earnie having punched him repeatedly in the head. His brother Rahman turns 79 in July and is fine.

    Armstrong after dethroning Ambers for his third title.

    Decisions where the winner looked worse than the loser? Pep-Saddler II. Willie asked photographers to please refrain from taking pictures of his battered and bloody face after what may have been the greatest fight of all time.

    Here's the face of another battered winner...:

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    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Absolutely, mate. One of those fights where he put so much effort in, he was never really the same.
     
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    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Very true.
     
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    Leotis Martin having to retire after his upset ko of Sonny Liston due to a detached retina.
     
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    Frazier v Ali 1
    Ellis v Patterson
     
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    Joe Mesi beating Jirov. Won a close decision but Mesi suffered an injury from this which basically ended his career. He did fight some journeymen a few years later but that fight completely derailed his career despite winning.
     
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    Chico vs. Castillo I. That was his last hurrah.
     
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