Boxers Who Lost To A Fighter They Would Beat 9 Times Out Of 10

This is a good post.

Davis fought really well against Rosario.

He was fully prepared and more experienced for his second title shot. He even hurt Rosario with a right hand in the mid rounds.

Davis went toe to toe in the 12th because he thought he may be behind in the scoring since the fight was in Rosario's hometown.

In truth, Davis was ahead going in to the last round and would have won if he wasn't knocked down.

 

Jacobs was ahead on all 3 scorecards at the time.

Jacobs himself said he never should have stepped into the ring that night after his grandmother's death. I know that'll sound like an excuse to some but to pretend like it didn't play a factor is foolish.

 

He's not the same fighter he was years ago.

 

Duran to Pazienza

 

Very true. Davis' dad sent him out in the last round wanting him to fight aggressively and take the title, as you say. Rosario apprently beleived the fight to be in the balance as well. Davis probably fought the best 2 minutes 45 of his career.

These guys were actually my two favorite 135's at the time. I was really disappointed at how easily Camacho beat Howard but in reality he'd slowed down a lot i reckon and his best was comfortably behind him.

 

You liked what I did there didn't ya

 

It's possible that Jacobs would have performed better but for his grandmother's death. No way that he would deserve to he a 9:1 favorite though. He didn't seem to have any answers for Pirog's skilled pressure.

 

Possibly, but I think any other time, he beats Caba. Plus, Jackie did manage to get the NABF title for a minute. Stamina was probably an issue, but if he had improved that, Holmes was in the fight of his life.

 

If Hector had fought Howard around 82/83, he's not beating him.

 

"Boxers Who Lost To A Fighter They Would Beat 9 Times Out Of 10"

This has probably happened.
But all this thread is full of excuses for when great fighters lost fights, and often those involving underdogs.
A common theme on this forum.

 

I agree with this.

 

Ray has an interesting history with the Championship Distance. It saved him in Hearns I, while the absence of it cost him Hearns II. It may have saved him with Hagler.

If the 15 round limit had been in place for his rubber match with Duran, El Cholo had just inflicted a very, very serious cut over Ray's left eye with his right, and it may have been a tall order for SRL to get through three more rounds with the lacerations Duran was inflicting with clean punches.

At Montreal, Duran took nine of the first ten rounds, and told his corner so after he was satisfied he'd clinched the win on the cards. Like Duran-Palomino, Roberto dominated the first ten rounds, as Holmes did against Norton.

The scoring was close only because the losers rallied after they were hopelessly behind.

For New Orleans, Ray was only up 68-66, 68-66 and 67-66. I don't see enough evidence for the SRL of New Orleans decisioning the Duran of Montreal to buy Ray beating Roberto nine times out of ten. (Again, with the punch inflicted cuts Duran opened SRL up with in their rubber match, does Ray get to the final bell with three more rounds left?)

 

The fight was way closer than that.

 

Are we going to tell Hagler that it is a 12 round fight or will he be tricked into training for 15 rounds when Duran knows it is actually a 12 round fight? Doesn't seem fair does it?

Chew on that for a minute then get back to me.