Bad losers

But Julio got his revenge in the rematch!

GOAT!

 

Who was it that said show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser?

 

You mean when Chavez quit and they went to the scorecards and took a point away from Randall even though it was an accidental clash of heads. Yeah, I remember.

 

No respect for him for that.

 

Angel Manfredy was another who always had an alibi for a loss.

Duran has “reasons” for every loss but if an opponent said anything about losing to him (like Buchanan’s low blow) he said he didn’t like “excuses”. Go figure.

Barrera was a poor sport as was Chavez. Malignaggi is too. Broner of course. Froch. It’s a big list.

 

This.

 

Tho I like and respect him in and out of the ring, George Chuvalo, from what I've read, always had an excuse for a close loss.
Even in fights where he got his butt handed to him, he complained. OK George, you were a HOF taker of punishment but did you really want to continue against Frazier/Foreman only to: 1: lose your eye or 2) sip gruel through a straw the rest of your life?
As a previous poster said: "Nowadays CLASS is gone".
And kudos to Red for his Patterson comment. If more fighters had his attitude and multi-"champions" in each division hadn't come about perhaps OUR sport would STILL demand top-level 'sports fan' attention!
My $0.02

 

Muhammad Ali comes to mind. Not only did he whine to his friends in the media for a few years after his loss to Frazier, he even brought race into it. Saying "only white people think I lost". That was some bad behavior.. That's why later in the 70s I was so surprised that Sports Illustrated gave Ali the Sportsman of the Decade award. I almost choked on my Cocaine when I saw that.

 

George Chuvalo. Hes got more excuses than any fighter Ive ever seen for why he lost. He never gives anyone credit. The best you can get out of him is some twisted narrative as to the fact that he lost but hes still tougher than the other guy and usually its a story he created out of whole cloth.