some people say he never could take full advantage of his power afterwards to be honest, I have a hard time believing that
He also lost what remaining love he had in the sport. He still trained hard and could turn in inspired performances, but he became far more erratic and a lot of the times he seemed just to go through the motions. Charles' psyche was more seriously affected by Baroudi's death than any other fighter in his situation. Charles was famously sensitive and introverted before the bout, and afterwards he was almost constantly melancholy and his behavior often puzzled those around him. Sad that it caused him so much turmoil. I read about it in a lengthy feature Ray Arcel wrote for Ring Magazine from way, way back. Charles sounded like a very considerate, genuine man. One of the reasons he's a favorite of mine.
In only a few bouts did he go all out. His ko of Archie Moore came when Archie had him hurt He surprised everyone by going all out and throwing hard against Maricano, later on did same with Rex Layne. or most part he lost killer instinct, and ddi not go for ko's after that death in ring.