Fighters response to a loss

Louis in dominating fashion over Max and the heavyweight division in its entirety.

 

25-11 -1 That was Johnny Nelson’s record at one point, He had that “0” pride stamped out early and was 6-5 11 fights deep. He had a real “we’ll getm next time” mentality and chugged along to become I think to be the guy with the most CW defences.

 

SRR when he lost to LaMotta. He won like 80 in a row afterward.

 

I think it says a helluva lot about a fighter to comeback from a defeat, particularly if that defeat was by way of devastating knock out.

No, he shouldn’t he have been caught in the first instance but Lewis’ comeback from 2 one punch knockout losses spoke volumes of his ability to deal with defeat and come roaring back from same without any carried over mental/emotional impairment.

The defeats in question literally fed into Lewis’ cause and focus when given the opportunity to reverse those losses.

It’s certainly no mean attribute to turn a prior failure into a subsequent and emphatic success.

 

Joey Maxim was stopped in 1 by Curtis Shepherd and exactly 3 weeks later defeated Shepherd over 10.
It wasn't such a big deal to lose a fight when you already had 2 more scheduled. Frankly I don't see how you can be a fighter if you are afraid to get your ass kicked. If losing a fight discombobulates you mentally you should find something else to do and pray that it is something that will always go your way and never offer any adversity.

 

Lennox came back stronger. He worked with the trainer who was in the opposite corner when he lost to McCall, and polished his skills.

 

I think it gets forgotten about just how well Tyson responded to the Douglas loss, despite how devastating it was. Tore through Tillman and Stewart and then two wins over Ruddock.

SRR obviously. Went unbeaten for some 90 fights after his first loss, which he avenged four times during that time.

 

I don’t know that they necessarily responded to the specific losses to become better fighters but Williams and Liston didn’t allow themselves to be derailed by early career losses to Satterfield and Marshall respectively.

Johnson’s KO loss at the hands of Joe Choynski might be a poster example in so far as Choynski teaching Johnson about boxing while they were held in Jail after the fight.

 

Tunney got schooled and badly carved up by Harry Greb in their first fight, and while Greb was very unlucky not to get the nod in two of the next three, Gene had certainly closed the gap. In their 5th go round, "Tunney gave Greb as thorough a beating as he has ever received. So completely was Greb outclassed and outfought in six of the ten rounds that he resorted to a defensive fight after the third and thereafter was guilty of persistent holding and stalling varied only by rare flashes of offensive fighting, which Tunney quickly terminated by a devastating attack. Tunney concentrated his fire almost entirely on Greb's heart and body, landing with deadly accuracy and telling effect. After a flashy start, Greb went on the defensive and let entire rounds go by without making more than a weak show of attack, without landing a decisive punch, even on those rare occasions when he undertook to do the leading." (Associated Press)
Eighteen months later Tunney easily beat Dempsey for the heavyweight. title That first beating from Greb taught Gene plenty.

 

Everyone is afraid to lose, no one wants to take a beating, nobody wants to be defeated by their adversary. Here's some words by men much smarter than you and I.

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"Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death." - Floyd Patterson

“We can't be brave without fear.” - Muhammad Ali

 

I don't believe Leonard beats Hearns in their 1st fight
without his loss
to Duran. After the Brawl in Montreal , Leonard gained
the confidence and belief to go along with the
talent and physical ability that would propel him into
becoming the 2nd greatest welterweight in history.

 

I don't think that any of those guys are smarter than I am.