Documented occasions where a top fighter beat his opponent by deliberately frightening him?

Does Tyson Seldon count?

 

Michael Spinks was beaten in the dressing room by Tyson hitting lockers in the room next door apparently. Ken Norton never looked like he fancied the job against Foreman at any point.

 

I think the film is good enough lol. Tyson knockout Seldon with the wind of his punches.

 

Tyson v Bruno 2 the amount of times poor Frank crossed himself on the ring walk

 

Good if I ever see Seldon, I am going to say you own me 50$ because of the PPV lol.

 

Wasn’t the lockers, it was the walls. Tyson was literally punching holes in the walls. Spinks could hear it and someone told him what was occurring.

Spinks manager below:

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There was a story I read many years ago about a fight with Bunny Sterling. I think it was a bout with Mark Rowe but I'm hoping our friends across the pond can help with this if they ever heard of it. Anyways, the story I read told of these two fighters in their respective dressing rooms and how Sterling or one of his cornermen discovered the walls were so thin in their adjoining rooms that the Sterling camp was listening to everything said and that Rowe (if it was him) was legitimately scared. So when fight time rolled around, Sterling and his camp played the angle for what it was worth. 'Angrily' stating what they were going to do with their opponent, etc. Again, I would hope any UK historians out there could help with that one.

 

I remember reading in Ring Magazine when Bunny Sterling lost to Jean Claude Bouttier in 1972.

 

What about Liston and Patterson.
I think there s a case for Floyd, really not wanting to share the ring with Liston,, can we blame him??

 

Spinks is hardly going to admit to being psyched out. The story never wavers in that Spink's could hear Tyson's pounding as he was next door.

 

Have a closer read Fergy -

"I'm not talking general reputation, here. Of course people are going to be scared to face a monster puncher, or a great champion, or whatever. I'm talking specifically about the little tricks and gimmicks -- staredowns, insults in the press, psych-outs, scary dogs, deliberately small corner men to make yourself look bigger -- that one often hears talked about."