Best examples of cocky fighters getting humbled in the ring

The most cocky by far is Darchinyan. He had this Australian website announcing that Dnaire would do a "ballerina" dance (with so many misspelled words in that site) and even after beig KOed, that site was still up.

 

I remember him saying he was fine in the interview after it, the dude was out of it for about 5 minutes aswell

 

Past: 1) Donaire v Darchinyan
2) King Kostya v Judah

Future: 1) Wlad K knocking out David Haye
2) John Ruiz knocking out Sam Peter

 

Ony thing is Campbel didn't get humble. He's the same outspoken fighter. God bless campbell!!

 

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gamboa-linares

 

has anyone said zelenoff vs hartley yet?

 

LOL, i must say this never gets old.....

but uhh.......i have to say Ricky Hatton got brought down to earth pretty hard, you let Mayweather drop you in one shot?, what the **** c'mon now....what was all that talking for when you got a glass jaw thats easy to hit, i mean i new he was gonna lose, but not like that.....

also uh.... although Zab's my favorite fighter, he's the king of getting brought back down to earth, and i buy into it everytime he tells us he's coming out strong.......i guess he just means the first 4rounds

hmm.......Roy Jones jr. also deserves a mention, and the fighter i'm waiting to get brought back down to earth the most is Kelly Pavlik....



edit......oh yeah how could i forget Jeff "no jab" Lacy...he was talking mad stupid **** about what he'd do to calzaghe, and how calzghe's a slapper and no power and this and that.........and we all saw the outcome, Joe should be doing 5-10 behind bars for that beating he put on Lacy's head

 

Camacho vs. Chavez
Haugen vs Chavez
Judah vs Zoo
Jones JR. vs Tarver
Hamed vs MAB

 

Your prediction doesn't deserve too much praise considering you were backing the p4p no.1 to win and obvious favourite to win the fight.


The majority of Hatton fans hoped but didn't expect him Ricky to win.


So don't big yourself up too much, most people on here hatton fans or not still expected PBF to win

 

i would say mayweather vs corrales or vs gatti... definitley beat them not just physically but completley mentally...

 

soon to be khan.he is getting a bit too cocky.
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Herbie Hide v Riddick Bowe.Hide got his hide beat and he`s still an cocky twat.

 

Ali vs Frazier I.

 

naz/mab
cotto/mallignaggi

 

Foreman vs Ali. Foreman wasn't outspoken but you can bet your ass he was cocky and never thought anyone would knock him out any time soon