Good sportsmanship, gracious in defeat, gentlemen

A contemporary example would be Jean Mark Mormeck.

 

surprisingly Naseem Hamed was very gracious when he lost to Barrera.

 

...........Danny Lopez, after being beaten the second time by Sanchez (pictured below).....

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........He gave Sanchez his prized Indian headdress he always wore into the ring, sort of a passing of the torch gesture. A true gentleman.

 

Valuev was very humble in defeat.



In the end, i don't think too much weight should be added to those comments though. This is fierce competition. Boxing is their life. Of course they're gonna score "biased" to theirselves. It's that competitive spirit that drives them to great performances. I think almost any fighter has had his less than gracious moments.


Mosley is mentioned, but in some fights in 2002 he was just as disrespectful as respectful as he is these days..

 

Some real arseholes have redeemed themselves immensely and won new fans by their graciousness in defeat

The world hates a poor loser

 

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Floyd Patterson. He was always, in victory or defeat, a gentleman.

 

With a fake beard, Dont forget that.

 

Mike Spinks. He was a class act.

 

Very, VERY mellow at the post fight press conference.

Good pick.

 

I always thought Hagler was a gent (aside from the loss to SRL)

 

Didn't they call him 'The Boxing Gentleman'? (I know he didn't officially have a nickname.)

 

Perhaps Tyson was trying to appeal to the person he lost to? Maybe he lost to them to get an added perk, or two? Or, perhaps, they hadn't tested him before hand for whatever he may have been using on that particualr day?

What a guy!

 

I agree! I think he had one of the best, maybe the best, personalities in boxing. Great guy! :good

 

Well, if Hagler was always a Gent prior to SRL.... then maybe, just maybe, there was something he wanted to correct regarding that fight?

I'll agree Hagler was way out of character afterwards, so something must have happened that he didn't like!

 

Floyd Patterson was class after losing against Sonny Liston.