in the history of boxing has there ever been a boxer broken down by another boxer mentally

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  1. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    All I know is there is one group of people on this board constantly crying racism I have no idea what ldbc or whatever the hell you said even is. There are plenty of racist boxing fans rooting for eastern european fighters too so what's your point? There is literally no difference except for the fact that somehow with black american fighters the racism gets tied back to the fighter themselves. How are "Wilder fans" any more racist than "fury fans" and how is it an indictment on either of them personally if racist people happen to like watching them fight?
     
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  2. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Floyd Joy Mayweather, Sinclair broke Manny Pacquiao for years and finally broke him physically in their fight!!!
     
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  3. Nopporn

    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holmes - Cooney Yes! That's what I'm going to say. After that fight, Cooney was never the same.
     
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  4. ShovelHook

    ShovelHook Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Wilder gets tied into the racism because he perpetuated some of it himself. There are definitely some guys who are racist against black fighters too, doesn't change the fact that they're not nearly as prominent.
    How is it that Fury fans are racist? Haven't heard many of them say much of anything racist at all, and I don't understand how calling out black American fighters or their fans for saying something racist is in itself an act of racism. Maybe you just haven't seen the actions of these people for yourself, there are many YouTube channels entirely dedicated to these fighters, and disturbingly they're quite popular compared to any pro white ones I'd be aware of.
    You see outside of America most people don't care about the race of a fighter whatsoever, it's irrelevant, so seeing pro white or pro black guys is a rarity outside of it.
     
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  5. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Loma vs Walters
    loma vs Rigondeaux

    these 2 fights come to mind but there are many others.

    these are pretty good examples though.
     
  6. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield destroyed Tyson.
    He was already eroded technically by prison but holyfield destroyed his mind.
    Look at how mentally strong he was against Douglas and ruddock. That Tyson was a Savage.
    He started looking for a way out when it got tough once holyfield beat him up.


    Leonard messed with haglers head badly, had he kept boxing it would have been obvious. Hagler had a chip on his shoulder to this day from that fight.
     
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  7. Special one

    Special one Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah I was especially pleased with the beating Wilder took after he tried to make the fight about race saying he was gonna make an example of Fury for black history month! Glad Fury shut it down and said its nothing to do with race then proceeded to totally silence the man for months!
     
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  8. The Clan

    The Clan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I’d throw Clay v Liston fight one, Liston was Tysonesque in his intimidatory and a skinny young kid was like Cassius Clay was a lamb to the slaughter, however.

    Clay (Ali) dogged Liston, who he dubbed the “Big Ugly Bear”, for weeks getting in his face, behaving like a madman even turning up at his house with a bear trap and smearing the pavement with honey. Every press conference and at the weigh in Clay was at his loudest and boisterous best, telling everyone he was too pretty, too fast and was the greatest!

    It no doubt had a huge psychological effect on Liston!
     
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  9. john roberts

    john roberts Member Full Member

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    Jeff Lacy, definitely a shell of his former self after calzaghe fight, proper broken down.
     
  10. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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  11. ILikeBoxingForRealz

    ILikeBoxingForRealz Active Member Full Member

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    Lewis vs McCall? McCall broke doooooown lol ****
     
  12. ipitythefool

    ipitythefool Prediction ? Pain Full Member

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    David Price was a quivering wreck after the Tony T fights.
     
  13. Surrix

    Surrix Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah. Europe had a lot fighters with different origin: coloured, gypsy, mixed, black, white, yellow : no problems.
    Ppl usually are friendly.
     
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  14. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    McCall was brokedown before the fight. Lewis had nothing to do with that.
     
  15. ShovelHook

    ShovelHook Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    America has the totally wrong idea about how to treat the whole race issue...
    You don't see Brits focus on the race of the fighters they support and they're very mixed. For example you might be an AJ or a Fury fan but it's rarely made a racial thing.