Champions that could have and should have avenged their defeats but didn't. List.

Putting ? Marks on the ones that is debatable.




Obviously Ali couldn't have avenged Holmes lost, and Oscar couldn't have avenged his loss to Manny, but these champions could have and definitely should have.


Vitali Klithscko - Chris Byrd.
Quit against a MiddleWeight, 100% should have avenged his defeat. Instead let his boxer brother fight the boxer for him.



Wladimir Klitschko-Ross Purrity.

On Esb, we talk a lot about 'journeymen' like 'Rahman was a journeyman, Douglas was a Journeyman. Ross Purrity was ACTUALLY a journeyman.
He was fighting for drug money and free meals.
He not only beat up Wladimir, but carried Wlad around the ring afterwards like Wlad was some god damn Beta. He made Wladimir his ***** after that fight, carrying Wlad around like that.
He would have accepted a rematch against Wlad for 2,000 dollars.
Instead K2 send Vitali.





Wladimir Klithscko vs Corrie Sanders. ??????

This one is debatable. I don't even know if Wlad could have beaten Corrie in a rematch, the most likely scenario is Wlad would have gotten brutally knocked the **** out again. So unless someone convince me otherwise, this one is a ?.

If Wlad can not even avenge the rematch in the first place, I give this one a pass.


Foreman-Ali
Young 70's George could have beaten Ali in a rematch.


Tyzu-Hatton??????

This one I'm not that sure about. Tyzu was getting old, but maybe he should have given it one more go?


Barrea vs Naseem ?????
Anyone here think Naseem could have taken the rematch?

 

:good taking it off the list

 

:thumbsup

 

Ya, hard to say. I don't know if Tyzu could have beaten Hatton at that point. But who knows, you are right, he could have used a new game plan.