Saddest defeats you've seen

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  1. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Gomez v Gatti
     
    lufcrazy, Mar 8, 2025
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Both Frazier v Foreman bouts
    Hagler v Leonard
    Holmes v Tyson
    Spinks v Tyson
    Mancini v Haugen
     
    robert ungurean, Mar 8, 2025
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    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Some fantastic picks here..... Most of them
    immediately popped in my head when I
    saw the post.

    One I don't agree with (Arguello vs Pryor, with the
    usual excuses)
    One not mentioned yet is Benitez vs Hamsho,
    Moore and Hilton.
    Watching those three fighters land punches
    on Benitez consistently where much better fighters like
    Cervantes, Duran , Palomino, Hearns and
    Leonard could not, was very depressing,
    sad to see.......
     
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  4. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Chavez vs Willie Wise and Grover Wiley were painful. To see all of the talent totally gone.
     
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    Taylor-Norris
     
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    Ali-Holmes
    Ali-Berbick
    Leonard- Camacho
    De La Hoya- Pacquiao
    De La Hoya- Camacho (albeit for different reasons)
     
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    Nigel Benn
     
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  8. haNZAgod

    haNZAgod New Member Full Member

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    That's the one for me too. Saad took a hellacious beating in there, sad to see such a courageous and once great fighter past his best.
     
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  9. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    One not mentioned is Iran Barkley beating Gerrie Coetzee.

    The guy who was beaten by a guy who was beaten by Estaban DeJesus beat the guy who once beat Mike Dokes.
     
    Seamus, Mar 8, 2025
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    Still was beaten by the guy who beat Muhammad Ali, though.
     
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  11. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I've told this one before but I will never forget when Norris beat Leonard, and seeing my buddy's dad wandering around the house almost in tears, repeating, "they beat him bad...they beat him bad..."
     
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    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Barkley-Coetzee was the single worst fight I have ever seen between two name fighters. Neither guy should have been anywhere near a ring at that point.
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Coetzee beat the guy who beat Ali.
     
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    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    Coetzee never beat Bugner.
     
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    After Roy Jones beat John Ruiz in early 03, people were talking about him as a candidate for being the p4p GOAT.

    After Geln Johnson knocked him out in late 04, I was worried that I had just seen him killed on live TV.
     
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