Greatest win was his last win

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  1. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A fighter's greatest win is usually somewhere in the middle of his career, not the twilight. How many can you name where their greatest win was their last win? I'll get the ball rolling with:

    Leotis Martin and Kiyoshi Tanabe - both fighters saw their career trajectory go straight up with KOs of Sonny Liston and world flyweight champ Horacio Accavallo, respectively. Only for it to come crashing down as both fighters suffered detached retinas in their greatest ever bouts and went straight into retirement.
     
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  2. ikrasevic

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    Lewis Vs. Vitali
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    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Doesn't get much better than stopping the next generation during a fight you took on short notice and didn't have time to be in shape for. And that wasn't even a tame stoppage -- had that fight continued, pieces of Vitali's face were going to be literally torn off.
     
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  4. Flo_Raiden

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    Ernesto Marcel beating Alexis Arguello
     
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    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Gaby Canizales KOing Miguel Lora in round 2.
     
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  6. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Obviously at that time it wasn't his best win, but Sanchez beating Nelson with hindsight is arguably the best name he beat with the career Nelson went on to had.
     
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  7. Nosferatu

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    Yeah but wasn't Nelson kinda green? I think Gomez might be a better win
     
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  8. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah I already said at the time it wasn't Sanchez's best win, I'm speaking in hindsight with the career Nelson went on to had.

    But if you want another example Ward retiring with two wins over Kovalev was his best wins of his career.
     
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  9. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you consider newspaper wins (I.e. where the majority of the published press scores favor one fighter), then Packey Mcfarland, a natural LW, beating a top 10 all time MW Mike Gibbons, albeit it wasn't contested at the MW limit, was arguably his best ever win. Not bad considering he had retired 2 years earlier, had not had any warm up fights and was considered to be a little out of shape.
     
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  10. Thread Stealer

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    What do you think Marciano’s best win is?

    Moore? Walcott? Charles?
     
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  11. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Man, you guys are awesome! These were great. I'm struggling to put some together, but I did come up with 2 more.

    Thad Spencer - Beat Ernie Terrell in the 1st round of the heavyweight tournament and was suddenly touted as the favorite to win the tourney, but that was it. Couldn't get a win in his last 9 bouts after that.

    Wallace (Bud) Smith - had a journeyman record of 29-13 when he fought for and won the lightweight title from Jimmy Carter. Successfully defended it against Carter and then he spiraled losing his last 11 before calling it quits. This one is a bit of a stretch, guys, because his greatest win clearly was winning the title. However, I put this in because he likely made a greater purse with this being a title defense with him as a champion. Again, a bit of a stretch, so forgive me on this one.
     
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  12. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What about Masso Oba's vs Chartchoi Chionoi? As my #11 all time ranked Fly, he's the "greatest" Flyweight I consider he beat, though arguably Beulio Gonzalez, my #12 all time at Fly, was a little closer to the absolute peak that was in his future, than Chinoi's was to his in the past, when Oba beat them.
     
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  13. Pedro_El_Chef

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    Joe Louis knocking out Walcott before his first retirement. Some might say that was his best win so it's worth a mention.
     
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  14. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think that's a great pick, Greg. We might split hairs a bit on what one considers the greatest win, but I think it's a great choice.
     
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  15. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pedro, I see where you're going with this and I will say kudos for inventiveness. But if I was on a panel, I would probably say this is a push. Last should mean last.
     
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