Your most satisfying defeat of a cocky fighter?

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  1. quintonjacksonfan

    quintonjacksonfan Active Member Full Member

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    I have two

    Prince-Barera

    Jorge Luis Gonzalez-Bowe

    It was great seeing those two cocky fighters losing in one sided defeats
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Who's your daddy now?
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Lord, you in the wrong place tonight.
     
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    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I could see you smiling and poking your tongue out, and I thought, Right, this guy’s going to get it now.
     
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    cslb Puerto Rican Uppercut Full Member

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    Maidana v Broner
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  6. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This one was like watching a cat play with its food.

    I have to say I derived satisfaction from Maidana-Broner too.
     
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  7. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    When I was younger, I loved that Michael Spinks beat Larry Holmes Maybe Holmes was not cocky, but his opponent picking seemed to me back then was done on purpose so he could tie or surpass Rocky Marciano and he had actually lost to Witherspoon-arguably- and to Williams-definitely.

    I also wanted Macho Camacho to lose badly. By the time he lost to Greg Haugen , my ardor had cooled off, I still loved boxing but it was not the center of my world. Music and acting were. You can thank the two bands I had been in for that change lol

    Hindsight is 20/20. As the decades went by, I got to know them both and see how good human beings they were in actuality.

    I was happy that Maidana beat Broner, for sure.
     
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  8. FrankinDallas

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    That so called "Prince" getting smacked around like a pińata.

    Also Joe Smith knocking BHop through the ropes.
     
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  9. MagnificentMatt

    MagnificentMatt Beterbiev literally kills Plant and McCumby 2v1 Full Member

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  10. USFBulls727

    USFBulls727 Active Member Full Member

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    All the best examples have already been taken, but whoever the guy is in the following video gets an honorable mention. I was ready to see him get knocked out about 10 seconds after learning of his existence. Thankfully, his opponent delivered in a big way...

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  11. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Marlon Starling over Honeygan
    Lockridge over Mayweather
     
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    drenlou VIP Member

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    Barerra beating Hamed and Pacquiao beating Thurman for me.
     
  13. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Watson beating Benn.

    Benn really matured after that and became likeable.
     
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    Anthony Hembrick vs Booker T Word
     
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  15. Roughhouse

    Roughhouse Active Member Full Member

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    Most boxing fans enjoyed "El Torito" getting beat into tears by Yory Boy.

    Leonard getting dumped by Camacho was strangely satisfying for some reason too.
     
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