Fighter that lost to the same opponent twice

Holyfield Vs. Bowe

 

Page/Willis

Rafael Herrera/Ruben Olivares

 

Sugar Ray Robinson - Gene Fullmer and Paul Pender
Roberto Duran - Sugar Ray Leonard and Vinny Pazienza
Bernard Hopkins - Jermain Taylor
Roy Jones Jr - Antonio Tarver
James Toney - Montell Griffin and Samuel Peters
Eder Jofre - Fighting Harada
Ruben Olivares - Rafael Herrera
Johnny Tapia - Paulie Ayala
Roman Gonzalez - Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Ivan Calderon - Giovanni Segura

 

Charles "The Hatchet" Brewer lost to Robert Thomas twice. Thomas was 10-41-3 going into their first fight (Brewer was 14-0) and 15-41-3 heading into their rematch a little less than 4 months later.

 

You could argue Frazier and Foreman I suppose.

 

Rahman was knocked out twice by Oleg Maskaev.

In between these fights Rahman had beaten Corrie Sanders and Lennox Lewis.

While Maskaev was knocked out cold 3 times.

 

Me, too. I have Evander Holyfield much higher than Riddick Bowe.

 

I guess Willie Pep doesn’t count since he lost THREE TIMES (all inside the distance) to Sandy Saddler.

 

Pep-Saddler is the most triumphant example of this, if only for the fact it was thrice rather than twice. I suppose some could argue Saddler>Pep, but that would primarily be based on Saddler 3-1 Pep, so it reinforces the point anyway.

Greb-Flowers is another notable one.

 

Arguello-Pryor

 

Joyce-Zhang

 

Even I wouldn’t. Frankly they were only separated by about 15-20lbs (7-8kgs) at their respective prime weights, & were about the same weight I think in their actual fights.

Joe’s my boy but he’d have to be a Welter for me to consider him better given how one-sided that first fight was.

 

Hopkins-Dawson as well

Also, does Terry Norris-Luis Santana count?

 

Duran and Leonard
McLarnin and Ross