George after he lost to Holy. Holy was the MAN at the time, and there were murmurings among more than a few people at the time that he could take Mike. George decidedly lost, but anyone who watches the film will see it was in no way a shut out. George really got up for the fight, Holy was just simply in his prime and super hot. At that time it was quite the win for Holy, as George only lost to Young and Ali before that. Holmes-McCall: Larry from what I saw was winning the fight by the ninth round. It says a lot both for Larry's endurance and heart that he kept standing after McCall hit him with that Lewis-destroying right. He wasn't the same after that, and his age kept him from rallying. The Holy-fighting Larry probably would have beat him...too much time had gone on by the time of the fight.
Manny Pacquiao. He lost to Erik Morales is their first fight. But I was so impressed and touched by his determination, his perseverence and his indomitable spirit. He fought like a lion. After that, I become his fan.
Plenty come to mind Campbell vs Loma Chisora vs Whyte twice Hunter vs Usyk Ruiz vs Parker Parker vs Whyte
Sergio Martinez against Paul Williams 1 Maidana against Khan Gamboa against Crawford Trout against Canelo Keith Thurman against Pac Derevychenko against Jacobs
You are correct. Do we not live in a day, where fighters who lose are generally labeled as 'exposed' or 'overhyped' and of course 'cherry picking gone wrong?' I agree with you, this shouldn't be the case, but it is for many. What better example than Joshua's loss-- look at the heat we are putting on him, on this forum alone! He's done. Exposed.
@testez After reading my post to you, I can say, I didn't gain an ounce of respect for AJ in his loss, like Pac's loss to Morales. AJ dropped The King Of Snickers only to get dropped himself. No ebb n flow, just get dropped, outboxed, dropped again, then beat up. Not saying he is done. Or can't win, just that he got whooped, from his 1st knockdown until... Pac IMO won 4 to 5 rounds in his loss to Morales --he gave almost as much as he took. Even fighters like Kessler who I think lost almost every round against Calzaghe gained my respect because of how he lost. He never really got outboxed, he got outhustled, while maintaining a level of skill that had to be respected.
Wlad vs Aj was a good one, although Wlad lost, he will be remembered for giving the best HW bouts I've seen live, and for many others. If he retired after the Fury loss, that would have just been a bad look.
As much as I hate to say it, I respected broner more after the maidana fight. I thought he was going to crumble.
Yeah, hate to say too! But he took his whoopin like a man. Reminds me just a tad bit of Camacho vs JCC. I didn't dislike Hector, just thought he was a fast flashy southpaw with minimum power, But by the end of that fight, I knew he could have done like Morales Pac III and bail out, but he took his beatdown, had to give him his props. I respect the way Broner lost to Maidana, but I praised Marcos for that humbling performance. Only thing missing was for him to ram Adrian's head into the turnbuckle like MAB on Hamed. Humble him totally!~
I didn't see him take any whupping like a man I saw him hump his opponent, get battered humped and made to run out of the ring holding his poor swollen jaw crying with his yes men handlers holding his hand, we've now seen that Broner is happy to coast in any fight he can't win. Nobody has given a single **** about Broners career since that night, he didn't take anythinb like a man, Maidana took his soul
