Courageous Fighters That Stand Out?

Not a fight I like talking about very much, but Duk-Koo Kim's tremendous effort vs. Mancini, including somehow making it to his feet after the 14th round KD is courageous as it gets.

 

Courage Tshabalala

 

Valdez lasting 30 rounds against Monzon in back to back fights

 

Jim Barry fighting Sam Langford 12 times. After their first fight the Evening Herald said "no egg ever received a worse beating" than Barry, who "took enough punishment to knock Joe Grim into a cocked hat". Barry who actually knocked Langford down in the first round of that encounter gave it 11 more tries.

Because of this 0-10-2 series Barry finished his career one fight below .500.

 

There was a guy who debuted against a prime Wilfred Benitez lol.

 

Bruno the only fighter to have shared the ring with pre and post prison Tyson, a decent skill gap between them

 

Checkout Shorty Houges resume…

 

Arturo Gatti, Greg Haugen, Bobby Chacon, Bazooka Limon, Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe, Danny Lopez, Duk Koo Kim, Gerry Cooney, every Mexican, Wilfredo Gomez, Tyrell Biggs, Oscar de La Hoya, Felix Trinidad, Fernando Vargas, Cornelius Boza Edwards, post Ramirez II Edwin Rosario, Matthew Saad Muhammad , Angel Robinson Garcia, Juan Laporte, Hector Camacho Sr., and for the older ones, Carmen Basilio, Harry Greb, Rocky Marciano, Joe Louis, Carmine Vingo, Tony Zale, Rocky Graziano, Jake La Motta, Gene Tunney, Georges Carpentier, Jess Willard and many others.

 

Roberto Duràn broke hsi hands somewhere in his fight with Marvin Hagler, that's crazy to think of when you see him still throwing those right bombs.

 

Joe Frazier. To take a rematch with the guy who did THAT to you in your first fight takes an insane amount of courage.

plenty of others will be named. But none of them did anything THAT crazy.

 

danny williams not only fighting on with a dislocated right shoulder versus mark potter for two rounds, but knocking him out with a left uppercut.

 

Abdullah Mason last weekend got dropped in the pocket twice but still managed to get inside and find the KO shot. Granted, the competition wasn't high-level, but I can still respect the mentality.