Boxers that won title fights while being sick?

Luis Ortiz ko'd Bryant Jennings while having the flu

 

Is there any way to verify it? I'm sure a lot of fighters use it as good excuse for subpar performance.

 

Not a win, but Vito Antuofermo drew with Marvin Hagler while suffering from Bronchitis. This was well-documented at the time.

 

Golovkin either has camp problems or he has a weak immune system. He was unwell against Ouma and Derevyanchenko too, apparently. The Ouma fight I believe because he looked rough around the edges but sometimes I wonder if Hearn wasn't feeding us porkies re the SD fight.

 

Think Eubank had the flu over in South Africa.

 

He never said it at the time and made Ronnie Davies swear he wouldn’t say anything

 

I tend to take claims of illness or injuries with a grain of salt. I’m sure they are true sometimes, but you hear it so often, it can be hard to take them seriously.

 

I read somewhere that Jack Dempsey fought a few times while dealing with STDs, does this count?

 

Buster Douglas contracted the flu the day before the Tyson fight.

Also lost his mother a few weeks before.

But, of course, Mike Tyson apparently lost his virginity in Tokyo so how could we expect him to be able to fight? Plus he was way past prime at 23 or whatever.

Larry Holmes had the flu when he beat Mike Weaver in one of the best heavyweight title fights ever.