Memorable humiliating defeats of top-level fighters

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  1. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Norris-Brown and then Norris-Brown II.
     
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  2. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Recent examples
    Wilder against Fury
    Whyte against Povetkin
    AJ against Ruiz
    Ruiz against AJ
    Lomachenko against Lopez
    Flores against Ortiz
    Dubois against Joyce
    Amateurs/non-boxers
    N Robinson against J Paul (sadly this was a pro fight I believe)
     
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  3. cleming

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    Hopkins vs Trinidad
    Hopkins vs Pavlik
    Darchinyan vs Mijares
    Juan Manuel Lopez vs Daniel Ponce De Leon I
     
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  4. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Havent seen Chaves v Rosario yet
     
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  5. Bujia

    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Agreed. I was wondering why the rematch would be considered embarrassing at first. But yeah, the fact that the bigger, faster man in his prime (with a reputation for being a mean badass on top of it) was scared to mix it up with a past prime Welterweight is pretty embarrassing, too.
     
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  6. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Oscar DelaHoya losing to Felix Trinidad. Thought he had a shot to be a top tier all time great fighter before that. Excuses were made but last time I check it wasn't his job to score fights. It was his job to fight the fight. A Mexican American running from a Puerto Rican? Humiliation
     
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  7. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    I like this one. There's a back story to this as well.
     
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  8. Flo_Raiden

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    Vic Darchinyan vs Cristian Mijares
     
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  9. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tzyu-Vince Phillips.
    Tyson-Douglas
    Hamed-Barerra
    JC Chavez-Randall I
    Nate Campbell-Robbie Peden

    Basically all were overconfident except Tzyu.
     
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  10. J Jones

    J Jones Well-Known Member Full Member

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    We’ll have to agree to disagree on the degree of humiliation in losing a shutout decision versus prime Roy. A more humiliating loss for Toney, one he’s very widely known for, is the loss to Randy Couture.
     
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  11. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Do tell my man. Do tell...
     
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  12. J Jones

    J Jones Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Do you think Holmes beating Mercer was worse than Ferguson beating Mercer? Mercer was one fight away from a $2.5 million payday against Bowe. He took Ferguson lightly and resorted to bribing him mid fight. Ferguson wasn’t having it, won by decision, and followed up with a KO by 2 against Bowe.
     
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  13. Eddie Ezzard

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    Yes. I want to know this too. Feel like I vaguely recall it although there was a back story to a few Norris fights.
     
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  14. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Mercer beats Holmes and gets a shot at Holyfield, possibly. Or maybe Holmes got the title shot because of his name. Man was that a great time to be a part of heavyweight boxing or what?!?!
     
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  15. JohnThomas1

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    We will definitely agree to disagree. It was his biggest fight ever and watched by millions, he was P4P #2, he was fighting a guy moving up from 160 and he was favored. He was basically shut out.

    I'd bet any money Toney himself felt humiliated with his own performance.

    This isn't coming from a Toney detractor either. Maybe it's just me but i don't think it can be debated from any reasonable perspective.
     
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