Greatest Examples Of A Fighter Losing His Hunger

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Buster Douglas? Or ,is that a contradiction in terms ?????? :lol:
     
  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    A. He hurt his back from a legal Joe Louis punch. What does this have to do with schmeling coming into the fight not in his best form?


    B. Joe Louis beat a prime Max Schmeling. I have given evidence to support this. Where is your evidence to refute this claim?
     
  3. ThinBlack

    ThinBlack Boxing Addict banned

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    John Tate
    Eddie Mustafa Muhammad(probably never had it).
    Frank Fletcher
    Donald Curry.
    HOward Davis Jr
    Bernard Taylor.
     
  4. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Morales-Raheem

    **** the styles argument, that only plays a bit part here, no way a fully motivated, prime Morales loses to a guy like Raheem.
     
  5. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Gushiken, Chang and Watanabe
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    He was 33 years old and never again beat a fighter worth a crap. He was considered long in the tooth for the first fight.
     
  8. steve w

    steve w Active Member Full Member

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    Jeff Fenech is another, by his own admission, his desire was not as it should hsve been following the disappointment of the Nelson draw. He boxed again but was a shadow of what he was.
     
  9. Caelum

    Caelum Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The video might still be on Youtube. Tyson says it in the post-fight press conference. And then they talk about it later in a sit-down conversation with Rooney and Merchant.

    And, even before that he had doubts about going on. One moment was leading up to the Tucker fight. And then after Jimmy Jacobs died.


    He should have just retired after Spinks because he stopped training like that fighter that Won the Title.

    Post Fight press conference with Tyson started to interest me:

    Post Rooney

    After Bruno I

    Time: 31:55

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5XzfNQ56lQ[/ame]


    After Ruddock I

    Time 2:38 onwards...
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwnZ3VkXYCE[/ame]
     
  10. jont

    jont Active Member Full Member

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    Riddick Bowe... only after he placed a refrigerator in his bedroom
     
  11. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shane Mosley seemed to have lost it after the 2nd round against Mayweather, but the Alvarez fight made me think twice on him losing his hunger or not because he was really trying to bang with Alvarez but just couldn't pull the trigger anymore.
     
  12. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Read something that he was considering quitting in the Alvarez fight. Probably shamed himself into continuing.
     
  13. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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