Fights where a guy fought the fight of his life and still came up short

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  1. THE BLADE 2

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    Jirov against Toney
     
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    Seldon-Tyson
     
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  3. Boxing GOAT

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    Norton v Ali II and III

    Lyle v Foremen

    Hagler v Duran, supposedly Duran injured his right hand in the 5th and could only use it sparingly for the next ten rounds.

    Barkley vs Duran & Toney
     
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  4. AwardedSteak863

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    Jesse Burnett and Glen Johnson. Both of these guys always fought their hearts out and got screwed multiple times over.
     
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  5. scartissue

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    Eddie Davis against Michael Spinks
    Carl Williams against Larry Holmes
    Armando Muniz in the first fight with Jose Napoles
    Ray Mancini against Alexis Arguello
    Ruben Olivares (at 126) against Alexis Arguello
    Patrick Ford against Salvador Sanchez
     
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  6. Bulldog24

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    Watson-Eubank II
     
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    Driscoll v Ledoux. Moore v Marciano.Walcott v Marciano 1.
     
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    Acelito "Popo" Frietas vs Jorge "La Hiena" Barrios

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    hella good nicknames, too, Lance (if you find this)

    also (just occurred to me) Mosely vs Mayorga 1
     
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  9. Flo_Raiden

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    Meldrick Taylor against Chavez in the first fight is an obvious one.

    Wladimir Klitschko against Anthony Joshua is another.

    Howard Davis Jr was very close to winning a title against a dangerous puncher like Edwin Rosario but lost a very close decision after getting dropped in the final round.
     
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  10. fistfighter

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    Jeff Fenech vs Azumah Nelson I.

    Though it wasn't a loss, there is strong argument that Fenech fought the fight of his life and still came up short.
     
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  11. The Long Count

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    Kovalev Ward 1. Still a robbery in my eyes. Kovalev met the p4p 1 and fought back brilliantly after some second half adversity. I feel strongly that this lousy decision destroyed Kovalev mentally.
     
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  12. Flash24

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    Leonard vs Duran Montreal
    Arguello vs Pryor
    Mugabi vs Hagler
    Cooney vs Holmes
    Ali vs Frazier 1 in Madison Square
    Pedroza vs Lockridge
    Pedroza vs Taylor
    Witherspoon vs Holmes
    Duran vs Hagler
    Nelson vs Sanchez
    Theirs been many TBH.
     
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  13. he grant

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    Some exceptional picks here .. ver y well done ..

    Pintor vs Gomez
    Mancini vs Camacho
    Mancini vs Bramble
     
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    Johnson vs Willard
    Dempsey vs Tunney 2
     
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  15. DanDaly

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    Wepner vs Ali
     
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