Most heroic/admirable losing performances?

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  1. vipers

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    Dempsey vs Willard (Willard got a beatdown but damn he was tough!)
    Pacquiao vs Diaz (same as above)
    Morales vs Maidana (Morales fought with a bad eye and many think he won i do too)
    Final fight between Ray Robinson and Jake Lamotta
    Pacquiao vs Margarito (same as first two)
    Cerdan vs LaMotta
     
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  2. DigMona

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    Louis - Conn I is the obvious example which hasn't been mentioned.
     
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  3. duranimal

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    Duran's superb,brave & gutsy effort against the resident 160LB superbeast in Hagler:deal.:bbb

    Duran stepped up in 83 where other feinthearts such as SRL & Hearns feared to tread:yep
     
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  4. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It wasn't exactly a brawl for the ages.
     
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  5. Flea Man

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    Sung Kil Moon, the day after losing his longtime trainer (to death) took an absolute shellacking against Khaokor Galaxy in their 2nd fight. He should've been stopped in the 11th (given a mental reprieve by the ref' who called a standing 8-count as Moons dense chin took an incredible amount of shots) but despite going down once in the same round, he lasted the duration, absorbing a frightening beating against a very talented fighter.
     
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  6. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Michael Carbajal vs Robinson Cuesta
    Myung Woo Yuh vs Mario De Marco I
    Humberto Gonzalez vs Kwang Sun Kim
    Marco Antonio Barrera vs Jesse Magana
    Michael Spinks vs Willie Taylor
    Saad Muhammad vs Yaqui Lopez II
    Julio Cesar Chavez vs Juan La Porte
     
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  7. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    situations where a fighter is getting beaten up/outclassed but still manages to hang tough and ship some damage of his own.

    Clearly defined my criteria in the original post, with examples, including Dempsey-Tunney II and another in the same realm, being Katsidis/Marquez. Regardless of what the thread title is, the first post defines what I'm looking for. And by the way, Cotto/Marg doesn't count. It's plain to be seen that Cotto quit that fight.
     
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  8. DDA365

    DDA365 Gatecrasher Full Member

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    I couldnt really disagree with this more tbh

    Jones won that fight through will power, he dug deep despite being completely shattered and won enough of the last few rounds to win it whereas Tarver had energy left but it seemed he didnt want to throw more punches which was all he had to do to seal the fight because he didnt want to get hit back

    I think if hed shown more bravery and determination he wouldve won on the scorecards and quite possibly stopped him

    Maybe admirable in that he presented a stylistic challenge to jones when nobody else really had and did enough to make it a close fight but definitely nowhere near heroic



    Klitschko Vs Lewis is an obvious one for the thread, Barrera vs Morales 1 as well especially considering he didnt deserve to lose
     
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  9. Terror

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    Chavez vs. Taylor
    LaMotta vs. Robinson (The Massacre)
    Robinson vs. Basilio
    Chacon vs. Lopez/Boza Edwards
    I really like Louis v. Conn
     
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  10. duranimal

    duranimal Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Correct, got a bit carried away & never read the complete TS post:oops:
     
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  11. Limrick

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    Jeffreys Vs Johnson.


    Epic attempt, had it worked Jeffreys would have been a greater legend than he already is.

    He did as well as could be expected. Brave...
     
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  12. Muhammad Ali

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    morales maidana
     
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  13. mochabuzz

    mochabuzz Active Member Full Member

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    gonzales-carbajal I. CHIQUITA WAS very brave in this fight. One of the best fights I've ever seen.
     
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  14. bez

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    Vargas against trinidad
    Morlales against pacman 2
    ali vs frazier 1
    leonard against norris
    hearns against leonard 1st fight
     
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  15. ripcity

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    Ali in Ali/Fraizer 1
    Fraizer in Ali/Fraizer 3
     
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