Favourite Losing Performances

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  1. Showstopper97

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    Name some fighters who you were impressed with in defeat, due to them showing tremendous amount of courage, guts and bravado till the end.

    One of mine is Iran Barkley against James Toney. He was thoroughly outclassed & battered every round, but nonetheless he kept constantly coming forward while attacking the body - never giving up. He even argued with his trainer Eddie Mustafa Muhammad when he mercifully threw in the towel after both his eyes were closed.
     
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  2. Jel

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    Lupe Pintor against Wilfredo Gomez is one I always think of - he fought brilliantly off the ropes, came close to stopping Gomez in the 12th after taking a beating in the same round and just showed tremendous heart the whole way through.
     
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    Conn vs Louis is the ultimate.
     
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    Groves v Froch 1. Groves battered Froch who was saved by his freakishly iron chin and an early stoppage (although I accept Groves was fading). It was tremendous the way the relatively inexperienced Groves took the fight to Froch.
     
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    My favorite is probably a Barkley fight too haha. Barkley vs Duran. 2 of my favorites and I thought Barkley deserved the win.

    Also fond of Tua's performance against Ibeabuchi, Erik Morales performances in his losses to Barerra, Brewsters loss to Liakhovich, and Norton's loss to Holmes.
     
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