luckiest guy ever to win or retain title...

Luis Santana immediately sprung to mind..

To lose in that fashion once was unlucky but twice .. God damn..

 

Nicely done.

Along the same lines, Pedro Carrasco won the title against Manuel Ramos by DQ despite being down four times in the fight.

 

Tony Tubbs was lucky, despite his talent, to face a disinterested Greg Page to win his belt.Michael Dokes, though he had the tools to beat Mike Weaver, was beneficiary of a Don King masterplay.Mike Rossman probably got to Victor Galindez at the right moment.Ray Leonard caught Marvin Hagler on the downslide.Duane Thomas, depending on whose view, was probably fortunate to get John Mugabi with a thumb(?).Mark Breland was definately fortunate to retain his belt in a draw against Marlon Starling.Jim Watt, though he deserved the victory, was lucky to catch a Howard Davis Jr who was not ready for the challenge.

 

Yeah, all Douglas did was land 20 kazillion lucky punches.

 

Carl Thompson against some guy called rothman I think.

He was battered from pillar to post and to be honest his corner did a shitty job by keeping him in the fight, rothman dropped his guard for one second and carl caught him ending the fight.

I don't believe in lucky punches but he was very fortunate to still be allowed to throw a punch let alone score a knockout.

 

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Thompson also got lucky against Haye.

In Thompson-Sellers - Sellers got lucky - very exciting short fight.

 

Ruiz vs. Golota
Byrd vs. Golota
DLH vs Trinidad
DLH vs. Mosley II

 

Eusebio Pedroza vs Bernard Taylor.Being in his hometown of Charlotte and able to pull out a draw, truly amazing.

 

Barkley ko Hearns???

 

But Barkley clearly won the rematch too. Not like it was luck.

 

It was an unsatisfying conclusion to a great fight, but Lewis' supremely heavy hands did the damage. The whole thing is made worse by the statements by Lewis prior to the fight about being at the peak of his powers and continuing for several more years and what not, as well as the initial prospects of a rematch taking place abruptly halted.

 

Love that fight for the simple fact Mike got to play punching bag for the better part of 10 rounds and showcase a worthy chin. Prior to that, he'd been so ruthlessly effective at slipping jabs and countering, unloading supercharged combos to the body and head from his midrange sweet spot.