Name a fighter who recovered after early round KO loss

Bernard dunne, sparked out in round 1 defending his european title against Kiko Matinez. 4 fights later he beats Ricardo Codoba by 11th rd KO for the WBA 'ordinary' WBA super bantamweight world title

 

Honestly, and I hate to say it, but Khan has come back from what could have been a career ending KO to win a strap. Honestly thought he lose all his confidence.

 

Luiz Collazo and Kassim Ouma.

 

The Collazo stoppage was pretty much bs, though.

First name to spring to mind was Oscar Larios, who was starched in a single round against Israel Vasquez in 1997.

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Five years later he stopped Izzy in the 12th round of their second fight, and ended up having a pretty solid career, though he did lose in the third fight agaisnt Vasquez.

 

:thumbsup

 

Wladimir Klitschko
Lennox Lewis
John Ruiz :yep
Jack Dempsey

 

Man, I forgot about that.. Izzy sparked that ass.. Larios was OUT!

 

Jawny! What better and more inspirational example is there than the career of the Quiet Man?

 

Damn, ya beat me to it! Larios was knocked cold by Izzy and went on to have a very fruitful career. That guy was class all the way and had balls to match.

 

amir khan
Manny pacquaio

 

hmm says. . .

yup. those three pac losses weren't that severe but really good lessons which helped him improve and get to where he is at.

first loss was a lesson in being too "over confident"; he got careless
second loss was a lesson in managing weight.
third loss was a lesson in improving his skillset; too one dimensional

 

Lewis and Wlad don't really dit the category.

They were already well established.



I have a feeling that Khan will make his mark eventually.

 

Sandy Sadler was KO'd in his second fight.

That was the first and ONLY time in over 144 (103 by KO) fights...

 

Manny has come close to getting KTFO several times since being stopped.

He was in serious trouble against Larious and JMM.:deal