It's great seeing boxers come back from losses

So many fans today are on the edge of their seat waiting for a fighter to be 'exposed'. So many of them have pretty records that are slated for having little or no real substance to them.

Most fans are more upset about a loss than the fighters is. These fighters have been amateurs and lost and they've been beaten up in sparring. We see an '0' at the end of their record and think they are invincible, untouchable and they just don't know how to lose. This is far from the truth and is proven when boxers take a loss in their stride even when they've talked themself up a little too much.

A good example recently is Paulie Malignaggi. Let's be honest his record was nothing to write home about and he talked a bit too much. Then he lost bravely but painfully to Cotto. He really wanted to win that WBO belt, you could see him choking about it after the fight. He fell off, but last night he got back on again and won himself a title.

Now this isn't just about Paulie Malignaggi. This is also about Wladimir Klitschko, Samuel Peter and every other fighter who people have thought, wanted and even needed to be invincible.

Fighters lose, it's part of the game. We need to accept it, just like the fighters do. We need to move on and look forward to great prospects, just like the fighters do.

Paulie won the IBF, Wlad is now the IBF champ and Peter is on the cusps of another title shot. Hell, Oliver McCall is 88 years old and he looks to be on the cusps of another title shot.

 

Definitely. That loss looked like an expose but Chico took it on the chin and came back from it. So much so that he got into the P4P list.

 

He hasn't really lost a round since he turned pro. In his next fight he is going for the second major belt in Britain - the Commonwealth.

 

True but who knew if he could come back from the damage inflicted.

I'm not solely talking about guys getting 'exposed' and then coming back. I'm talking about coming back from a loss, full stop.

That's the major difference between old school and new school. New school are afraid to lose.