my fav: the start of the 10th round of Gatti v Ward 3, a hug , a look of mutual respect and then stratight back to knocking ****ing lumps out of each other .......yeeesh Gatti against PBF and Gomez against Cotto are some recent ones
Diaz vs Pacquiao- Diaz took an absolute beating but still came forward and fought up until he was KO'd in the 9th
Without doubt, Nigel Benn after being knocked out of the ring by McClennan - how Benn come out firing in that second round I will never know. Add to that, any fight with Carlos Monzon.
Although I agree both of these actions show a lot of heart/courage, machismo is more like an "I am a bigger man" display, such as when a fighter sticks his chin out or pounds his chest. If we were talking heart, I would have to say B. Douglas continuing to train for his fight w/ Tyson after the death of his mother.
without a doubt morales/pac 1 round 12.....the man had to know pac needed a knockout to win and he deicded to turn southpaw and stick with it as if to say, "we both know you need a knockout so here is your chance!".......doing that against some joe shmo club fighter would be no big deal but this was against pac who was and still is considered a whirlwind of violence and pain, especially after how he took care of barrera as no one ever would have expected him too. also of course gatti-ward round 9 with gatti refusing to quit despite the horrible shellacking he was receiving.
Spot on. Others: Naz v. Kelly- Every time one was knocked down they got up, talked ****, shook their head, and attacked. Mayorga letting Forrest hit him. Mayorga letting Tito hit him and then taunting him (and almost getting knocked down). Benitez staying in a corner throughout the 12th round and waving Duran in. Mayweather taunting Judah after getting low blowed for the last half of the 12th round. RJJ taunting Toney, Toney copies and then gets knocked down. The ENTIRE Morales-MAB trilogy. SRL getting hit by Duran and pretending to be hurt (also against Hearns i believe and Hagler) Ali telling Liston to get up in their rematch.
How about Kelly Pavlik sticking his tongue out just after getting rocked by Jermain Taylor, then gets dropped. He then miraculously stumbles his way through the rest of the round to ice Taylor a few rounds later. Brave or stupid, your call: Nate Campbell presenting his chin to Robbie Peden only to get KTFO Chris Arreola coming right back at Travis Walker with the fury after just getting dropped to one knee JC Candelo throwing combinations then grabbing his man junk after each one in vulgar fashion to taunt Verno Phillips for their FNF grudge match Michael Moorer stinging Holyfield with hard right jabs and nodding feverishly right in front of Evander during the final round of their first fight Pernell Whitaker pantsing Roger Mayweather lmao Chris Byrd for signing to fight Wladimir Klitschko the second time Roberto Duran for flipping off SRL wife before their first fight Chris Byrd for sticking his tongue out while dodging some massive heavyweight's haymakers