Fighters Who Never Climbed Off The Floor To Win

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  1. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boxing is full of tales of fighters who managed to climb off the floor to comeback and post a win.It's almost a badge of honour to overcome the adversity of being hurt and floored but still getting up and winning the fight.

    Most of the great ones from Robinson,Ali,Leonard,Moore,Louis etc all managed to get up after being knocked down and go on to post victories,it's part of what made them so great.

    But what fighters never came back from a knock down to win a fight?

    They might still be great fighters but one's that couldn't/wouldn't overcome the odds of rising off the canvas to win.

    An obvious example would be Mike Tyson who every time he was dropped (Douglas,Holyfield,Lewis) would go on to lose.

    Lennox Lewis is another who I don't think ever got up off the floor to post a win (you could argue he was dropped by Akinwande but it wasn't ruled a knock down),losing to both McCall and Rahman.

    I'm not looking for people that were never floored but specifically those that were that always went on to lose.

    Any other examples???
     
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  2. Body Head

    Body Head East Side Rape (CEO) Full Member

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    i was gonna say Roy Jones, but I remembered he actually did come back from a knockdown vs Lou De Valle :happy
     
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  3. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    I don't recall Erik Morales ever getting up off the canvas to win a fight.

    Michael Spinks
     
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  4. Hydraulix

    Hydraulix Left Hook From Hell.. Full Member

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    Did Sonny Liston ever get off the deck to win a fight? I know he didn't win after getting floored by Ali and Leotis Martin.
     
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  5. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mike tyson - everytime he was knocked down - he never came back to win - i think once you'd put him down you could pretty much take it steady in the knowledge that it was just a matter of time really
     
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  6. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    The thing is some of these fighters had good enough balance to not go down when hurt, so only went down when they were well truly done, ie Tyson who was hurt against Bruno but didn't go down and Mayweather who was hurt numerous times but didnt go down, unless you count the Judah/Hernandez kds
     
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  7. JoeLaTurkey

    JoeLaTurkey Active Member Full Member

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    Frank Bruno

    Mike Tyson

    Andrew Golota?
     
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  8. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    So if Tyson got a flash KD against an overmatched opponent he wouldn't win
     
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  9. RockysSplitNose

    RockysSplitNose Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    wondered how long it would take powderpuff puncher to crawl out of the woodwork :lol::lol::lol: it certainly didn't take long - do have an anti-having-a-go-at-any-black-fighter app on your ipeice
     
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  10. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Your obsessed with race RSN, I was more talking about the concept. Pacquaio and Morales are 2 I dont believe got off the canvas to win, does Naseem Hamed have more heart than them or is he more careless?
     
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  11. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pacquiao did against Hussein, Liston against Marty Marshall.

    Chuvalo and LaMotta. :good
     
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  12. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Don't remember hearing of Henry Armstrong touching down but he must have some time in all those fights
     
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  13. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The only time I've read of Armstrong being knocked down was his very first pro fight.
     
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  14. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Julio Cesar Chavez?
     
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  15. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    What about Greb?
     
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