Bitterness in Defeat

Wlad still cries in bed about his loss to fury

 

Fury has the souls of many men in his pocket. Wlad, Chisora, Wilder.

 

Barrera

 

While Chisora is a loose cannon, I think he deserves the respect for knowing that Fury beat him well twice. I've never heard him complain or act non respectfully regarding it, especially after the second fight

 

Manfredy famously chalked up his tko loss to Mayweather as 'politics'

 

As always, the right and the left vying for control.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. came prepared that night with bi-partisan support. He had Bill Clinton in his left glove and Newt Gingrich in his right glove.

 

Fury managed to duck the rematch with Klitschko. he still checks under his bed at night to make sure Wlad isn't there

 

He’s **** scared of the Furys, he knows unless he’s on his best behaviour, he’s got fellas that won’t allow him to bully, that’s why he’s so respectful

 

AJ and his "punch from the gods" after he got beaten up by Ruiz Jr.

Hearn even started repeating it in every interview afterwards..

 

Sometimes a rivalry is so bitter that they can't give their opponent any credit. Pride, machismo whatever you want to call it can prevent a losing fighter giving their opponent the credit they deserve and the respect they should have earned.

Other times the excuses are possibly a coping mechanism. Boxers step into the ring with an abstract knowledge they could die, but also often go in with a false confidence of invincibility which is far more real to them. But if a boxers admits they were beaten by a better man then they need to face up to the reality they could be stepping in to take a beating and risking their lives. So lame excuses can simply be a way of a fighter protecting themselves from the reality of the dangers of their sport. I men how can anyone step into a ring again knowing they could get a serious beating? Better to lie to yourself and say it was the refs fault or the opponent cheated some how that admit the truth.

 

I found AJ's excuses after the fight to be annoying. It was pretty obvious with all the promotion before the fight he had taken his eye off the ball and was just treating Andy like some journeymen set up to be KO'ed. He had an obvious excuse but couldn't admit he'd gotten too wrapped up in business side of boxing and begun believing his own hype.

 

That's old shot Wald

 

More likely the apex of frustration especially when the stakes are high and there exists some degree of personal animus toward the opponent.

 

Im surprised nobody mentioned Wilder yet. Suddenly he became the very best at this.