Name a fighter that was knocked out before he made it big ???

Pacquiao, Badou, Mayorga

 

Rafael Marquez KO'd 2 and TKO'd 1 time
Sergio Martinez TKO'd 1 time
Glen Johnson TKO'd 1 time
Buster Douglas TKO'd 3 times

 

Before becoming middleweight champion, Tiger Flowers suffered 10 ko defeats.

 

Jacobs? Sor Rungvisai? Adonis Stevenson? Nigel Benn? Isreal Vazquez? Angel Manfredy?

 

Alexis Arguello KO4 in his fourth fight.

 

What a ****ing animal.
I wish modern guys wouldn't care about as much about a loss.

 

Amir Khan v Prescott. Was it like his 13th fight?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/o...61/Prescott-exposes-the-Khan-myth-Boxing.html

"The Bolton-born boxer, the darling of the nation since he took silver at the Athens Olympics in 2004 as a 17-year-old, was floored by Frenchman Rachid Drilzane in 2006, by the powder-puff punching of Scot Willie Limond in 2007 and by the over-the-hill Michael Gomez in June. In other words, this defeat was an accident waiting to happen."

UK big, yes. World big at this stage, I don't think so. Was on the cusp for myself.

 

Jersey Joe Walcott is an obvious mention.

 

WAR KHAN

 

Wlad Klitschko against Brewster

 

I can still remember seeing Prescott on the pads in the changing room before hand and thinking Khans is in big trouble! If I had online betting back then I would’ve chucked a load of money on prescott right there and then.

Also remember for that fight khan had a new trainer which later came out that he use to train Prescott

 

I was knocked out a good few times.

? Oh you had to make it big thereafter?? Ok forget it.

 

Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, Max Schmeling, and Bonecrusher Smith are a couple that come to mind.

Here is Bonecrusher Smith being stopped in his debut against James Broad.

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