Best performance from a boxer ever in a fight they ended up getting knocked out?

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  1. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hearns vs Barkley...
     
    heerko koois, Feb 12, 2025
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    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    Don't forget the first Barkley fight either. Hearns was beating the stuffing out of Barkley before he got KTFO.
     
    Dorrian_Grey, Feb 12, 2025
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  3. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    It might not have been close to being the all time best performance in a loss, but Liakhovich vs. Briggs is memorably among the biggest choke jobs in the sport's history. (comparable to Yankees vs. Red Sox in '04)
     
    IntentionalButt, Feb 12, 2025
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  4. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Sorry but if you get knocked out it completely undoes all the good work you did leading up to the KO. I don't care if you're a 0-110-3 bum who was beating the living crap out of a prime SRR for 14.5 one-sided rounds if you get knocked out you deserve zero praise :deal:
     
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  5. LegsAreShaky

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    For someone I never rated massively highly, Conlan was very good against Leigh Wood - peach of a shot to drop him early as well.
     
    LegsAreShaky, Feb 12, 2025
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  6. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    Good point. You don't get a bigger example of this thread than Hearns lol.
     
    Ice8Cold, Feb 12, 2025
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