Surely Castillo's losing effort against Corrales in the first fight merits a mention? In fact, even though Chico won, I do believe more lasting damage was suffered by him than Castillo! Also, what about Tracy Harris Patterson's two losing efforts against Gatti?
Golota both fights with Bowe and then title shot with Lewis.Unfortunately it was to early for Andrew, although Lennox would be always to early)
Thats the one that i thought of first but he said "no controversial loss" thats why i dint mentioned it.
1979 Ring Magazine Fight of the Year. If ya haven't seen it, see it on You Tube in high definition. - [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crwkLAloeos[/ame]
For sheer drama, Gatti/Ward I Holyfield/Bowe I, II For boxing master class, Hearns/Leonard I Taylor/Chavez I
pac-marquez II ... i actually had marquez winning that one edit... nvm, i just read the title... didn't read the post about "non controversial fights"
a recent shocking losing performance that springs to mind was ODH against PAC, PAC made it look easy...