Fighters who bounced back after back-to-back losses

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who are some boxers who have had back-to-back losses, whether it be to the same fighter or just on a losing streak with different fighters, and still came back on top?

    Marco Antonio Barrera comes to mind. People questioned whether or not he'd be the same after being beaten by Junior Jones twice. But as he showed in his later fights he moved on from that and only got better in time.
    Now I'm just wondering if Roman Gonzalez can do the same as well.
     
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    Mosley
     
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    It wasn’t back to back but Wlad lost two in a four-fight span and went on to have a decent run after.

    Manny won a title or two after losing back to back fights in 2012.


    Kov lost to the same guy, both by controversy. He can certainly reclaim the LHW division still.
     
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    Alexis Arguello lost twice early on in his career
     
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    PAC lost twice in a row in 2012. One was a robbery against Bradley, the other an epic knockout by his arch rival, JMM

    Miguel Cotto lost to Trout and Mayweather back to back
     
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    Gatti bounced back from three straight L's.
     
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    Carmen Basilio lost successive ten-rounders with Chuck Davy and Billy Graham before working his way to a tilt at Kid Gavilan's welterweight title and briefly toppling the GOAT from his middleweight championship perch.

    More recently, there were Jorge Linares' back-to-back defeats to Antonio DeMarco and Sergio Thompson.


    As did Gerald McClellan (to a pair of pretty handy guys).
     
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    Oleg Maskaev.

    Not only he lost twice in 5 months, he was KO'd cold both times. Few years later he KO'd Rahman for the 2nd time and won WBC HW belt
     
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    Jimmy Ellis lost to Fullmer and Benton in successive fights in 1964 and then won 12 in a row that included Patterson, Quarry and Bonavina.
     
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    Cotto lost to Mayweather and Trout back to back. Went on to win the lineal middleweight title and then a vacant title at 154, losing only to Canelo after Trout.
     
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    devon alexander gonna try and do it
     
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    Roberto Duran a couple of times
     
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    Arthur Abraham lost 2 fights back to back after coming up to 168 to fight in the Super6. And after the Ward loss that followed shortly after it looked over for him.
    Then he went on a 12-1 streak, with 2 WBO 168 title reigns.
     
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    Erik Morales.. Lost to Raheem and Pacquaio twice, took break and came back to win a world title at 140 pounds.
     
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    Marco Antonio Barrera lost to Junior Jones twice and folks wrote him off. He changed his style to more of a technical boxer puncher and had a great "Second" career after that.
     
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