A Time a Boxer had an off night....

I don't really believe in "off-nights" in boxing. They only have 2 nights in an entire year, and they spend weeks to months preparing for that night.

Bad camp is a better explanation, but that's months of bad prep, not just one night.

 

Ah he did, I was routing for him and he was still beaten fair and square

 

Well, when a boxer expected to win doesn't... pretty easy to view it as an "off night" compared to their winning ways.

 

Agreed plus it really down plays bad style match ups or an over performing underdog

 

True, but to be fair Holy is an ATG level heavyweight for sure. Top 10 imo.

 

Cracking light heavyweight tho

 

Bowe vs Golota 1. Bowe was obviously not wanting to be there.

The second fight I don't count as a bad night for Riddick, as he certainly looked more prepared. He just wasn't what he was anymore.

 

Agree to disagree. every trade in the world has someone that can have a bad day at the office, be it they work twice a year or 52 weeks.


Playing the clubs back in the day, maybe 90% was always right, but some nights I was on fire, had dibbs on which honey I'd leave with. Couple of times it was as if I never ever seen a guitar & saw people shake their heads...who told U ..U could play? LOL!

 

Very insightful, it really is just a job (though like any job, some people really like doing it). Everyone has bad days, compound that with the amount of money and expectations hanging over pro boxers...

 

Olivares vs Herrera 1. weight drained and weak, the great Olivares had nothing and was easily stopped in 8. The rematch had Olivares coming in a pound and a half over. This time they fought to a te round decision for Herrera with one of the judges calling the fight a draw. Hagler had an off night in the Duran fight and was actually behind the cards till he rallied in the last three rounds of their 15 rounder. Duran fought with absolutely no fire or passion in the Laing and Benitez fights.

 

I've considered that as well, that Zahir was just a stylistic issue, I really think Morales was simply flat. Morales has IMO outdueled far better boxers than Raheem, I think it truly was an off night for him. Been years since I've seen that fight though

 

I'd agree with that most of the time, Duran losing to Kirkland Laing was not an off night, he had trained on Johnny Walker for quite a while and was told Laing would fall down, might be his worst performance ever

 

Sugar Ray said that Duran's style threw Hagler off and it showed, I think Duran's training habits reared it's head in the Laing and Benitez losses , Laing more so. Though I don't know if a ready Duran beats Wilfred that night, I consider that Benitez best effort as a pro.

 

I agree completely.

These championship fighters (and championship contenders) fight twice per year. PBC guys fights once per year mostly.

You have 8-10 weeks to prepare for one night. The whole camp is geared for peaking on that night. You get into magnificent shape, hone your skills, study tape, and develop plans A, B and C.

you didnt have an "off" night, you got beat.

 

Deontay Wilder had an off night against Tyson Fury in their first fight.

Wilder, I believe, threw more punches than Fury in 11 of the 12 rounds, but his accuracy was way off.

He also came into the ring nearly 20 pounds underweight, since he'd spent nearly 10 months in the gym preparing for possible summer fights against Joshua and Breazeale that never occurred before signing to fight Fury, and then that fight was pushed all the way back to December. And Wilder didn't have the weight to lose.

Still, Wilder had Fury down twice and nearly stopped him.

I'm sure the rematch will end much quicker. Wilder will be in the mid 220s instead of 206 or whatever he was that night. He'll be off for the Christmas holidays, so he'll just have a normal six or eight-week camp.

if he comes into the ring like he did against Breazeale last time out, rested and sharp and in the mid 220s, I expect him to pick up where he left off in the 12th round of their last fight and stop Fury in the first couple rounds - if not the first.

Or he'll bounce Fury off the floor a half-dozen times - like Holyfield did to Moorer in their return - before stopping him in the middle rounds.

Either way, it won't got the distance.