What boxer did you think was invincible but ended up losing?

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  1. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Honestly, no one. It's hard not to have a bad night even if you aren't fighting prime great fighters.
     
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    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    There were a few for me. At the time he lost I thought Tyson was as unbeatable as you could get.

    Another one for me was Michael Nunn. He was even dominating James Toney until the 11th round knockout which proved me wrong.
     
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  3. The Professor

    The Professor Socialist Ring Leader Staff Member

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    Tyson. I cannot quite describe how shocked my brother and I were when a) Douglas wasn't blown away in a couple of rounds; and b) that he was winning all the rounds as the fight progressed, up to the KD Tyson scored in the 8th. It was astounding to see this unfold live - one of my best memories in 40 years of following boxing.
     
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  4. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    Moonsri was pretty unbeatable but, to be fair, he was getting quite old for the weight class and hadn't looked as good in his previous couple of fights.

    I have to admit that Daigo Higa had me fooled. After looking so dominant in his three world title fights I thought the man was the real deal. I made my son watch a video of his fight against Thomas Masson where Higa looked flawless. Then, in his next bout Higa failed to make weight and that was that. He was never the same.
     
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  5. KO_King

    KO_King Horizontal Heavyweight Full Member

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    Oh easy. Roy Jones Jnr.
    I watched him for years, not worrying IF he would win, but how good he would look while doing it. I think people who didn't live through it would really struggle to comprehend just how incredible he looked in his prime.
    But once he came back to light heavy the wheels completely fell off.
     
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  6. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Would have to be Roy Jones
     
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  7. drenlou

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    Roy did look unbeatable in his prime.
     
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    A prime Foreman looked unbeatable, I don't think anybody really expected past prime Ali Boma ye, to be the one to hand him his first loss.
     
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    Well one of them has brains.
     
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    I was genuinely shocked Pac lost to Bradley in the 1st fight regardless of the controversy. I thought Pac at the particular point in time was unbeatable.

    At some point in time i thought it was impossible to beat Wlad, especially during his decade long reign. I thought this guy was gonna retire until he was 50 and beat Joe Louis’s record of consecutive HW defenses.
     
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    like a boss Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good call. Tyson was just plain scary.
     
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    Donaire
     
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  13. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson
    Chavez
    Donald Curry
    Hagler
     
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  14. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Wlad felt unbeatable. Like his fights were just going through the motions. Whether it was one of his best opponents or one of the worst ones didn't seem to matter.

    Floyd felt the same way but never actually lost.
     
    HistoryZero26, Jul 4, 2024
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  15. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Crazy that Higa is still just 28.
    Higa is actually ranked #1 by the WBO now at 118 and last I heard is that he will try and challenge Yoshiki Takei on the Inoue card.
     
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