Best Win and Worst Loss in your time as a boxing fan?

Miguel Cotto beating up Antonio Margarito in their rematch will never not be my favourite.

Worst loss, maybe Lewis’s defeat to Rahman or AJ’s crushing upset to Ruiz. As a Brit it’s always a bit harder to see your fighters lose.

A modern favourite would also be Tyson Fury beating Wilder in their trilogy after he was accused of everything under the sun by Wilder and is delusional fanatics. This really was karma.

I’d also mention separately McCellan vs Benn which was the most brutal fight I’ve ever seen and has impacted me more than any fight.

 

Bad losses?

Bruno v Tyson 2
Naz v MAB
Eubank v Calzaghe

Best wins

Fury v Wlad
Froch v Kessler 2
Mosley v Margarito

 

Best wins: Tyson Fury vs Wladimir Klitschko, Terence Crawford vs Errol Spence Jr
Worse lose: Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr I

 

Best win Duran v Leonard
Worst loss Duran v Leonard

 

Lewis/Rahman 1 - Real shock to me and I guess everyone as Lewis looked unbeatable since becoming undisputed.

Hopkins/Smith Jr - Losing a decision is one thing but getting KO'ed that really spelled the end for BHop, the miracle was over and Hopkins had finally gotten too old.

Hamed/Barrera - This was a hard one, Hamed was one of the fighters that turned me from a casual fan to a hardcore fan of the sport. I believed the hype.

Eubank/Thompson - Eubank was the boxer that got me interested in boxing along with Bruno. He did so well in both fights and it was a bitter pill to swallow to see him lose on an injury in a fight he could have one if not for the swelling to his eye.

Pacquiao/Marquez 4 - Seeing Pac KO'ed like that was shocking. Ironically I've become a bigger fan of JMM since this fight happened than I ever was of Pac.

Joshua/Ruiz 1 - What a gut punch to see Joshua who then was seen as the man holding the division up and a potential mega star of boxing, to not only lose but lose to such a fat little stump of a heavyweight in Ruiz Jr. Pride comes before the fall as they say.

 

Worst loss probably Sergio Cotto. Sergio didnt even spar for training camp because of how bad his knee was.

Best win? Legit mightve been Crawford Spence. Dont know last time I saw a top undefeated champ who was universally regarded as P4P get beaten so clearly. Last time that happened it mightve been Bute. Cant remember another top champ/prospect being so decisively beaten

 

The Shocking Worst Loss:
Has to be RJJ KO loss to Tarver 2. I assumed it would be a hard fight like the first one RJJ barely eked out. This was the first time I realized that Jones looked vunerable. Tarver was his Kryptonite. I felt this one in my gut and I knew, it was all downhill for Roy.

The best wins are:
Jason Litzau vs Celestino Caballero - everyone thought that Caballero would take this one with ease. Wow, what a great performance by Litzau. He boxed beautifully.
Jhonny Gonzalez vs Abner Mares - Again everyone expected Mares to easily outbox Gonzalez. What a great win/KO for Gonzalez.
Micky Ward vs Arturo Gatti - We all knew that this would be a barn burner, a phonebooth operation. We boxing fans got exactly what we expected. I was thrilled, no matter who won, but when Ward was awarded the victory, I was surely proud of him.

 

Worst loss: Tommy Morrison Vs. Michael Bentt
(not to mention Tokyo)
Less than 6 months after the win over Foreman, the world saw how chinny he was.

Best win: Lewis Vs. Vitali

 

One that really sticks in memory for me was Bhop turning back the clock with a masterclass schooling of Kelly Pavlik.

Bhop had looked v old toward the end of his SD loss to Calzaghe, and many were picking Pavlik to be the first to stop Hopkins - but as ever Bernard managed to tear up the script!

 

Best Floyd Joy Sinclair UD Manny Pedquiao

Worst Martinez Cotto

 

Tyson v Douglas worst win

Best win

Floyd schooling manny

 

Oskee losing to Tito.
Oskee stopping Vargas.

 

Best wins - Douglas vs Tyson, Foreman vs Moorer and Tszyu vs Judah.

Worst losses - Roy Jones Jr losing to Danny Green and the all time worst loss Ali vs Holmes.