Name A Single Event That Changed A Fighter's Career

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  1. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Had a heck of a run tho, quite underrated.
     
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    Gabriel Ruelas after he killed Jimmy Garcia

    Angel Manfredy after he became a born again Christian
     
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    DLH vs Sturm

    Sturm got robbed badly and ended up losing the glory of his deserved victory. While Fishnets ended up fighting Hopkins in a joke of a superfight, Sturm toiled in obscurity for years after that loss. Imagine if he got the win. He would have fought Hopkins, not Kitchen Utensils.

    Mayweather vs Castillo 1

    If the right man got the decision that night, Mayweather wouldn't be that much of a arrogant ***** and wouldn't have been as rich today. His career would have taken a different direction and Castillo would have gotten bigger pay days afterwards.
     
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    maidana vs ortiz
    josesito lopez vs ortiz
    joe smith jr vs fonfara
     
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    Bjs moving over to matchroom now he’s on the youtubers undercard
     
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    Margarito getting caught with cement gloves

    Wilder/Joshua NOT happening gave Andy Ruiz the shot of his life. He def made the most of it.
     
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    Orzubek Nazarov being shot during an attempted robbery, ruined his career.
     
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    Joey Gamache fighting Arturo Gatti.

    Maxim Dadashev fighting Sabreil Matias

    Duk Koo Kim vs Ray Mancini
     
  9. Tramell

    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    If Wilder is honest with his self, he knows that was an awful decision
    Only he and Cus knew how many other one-time events Cus had to get him out of...
     
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    When Mike Tyson asked a zookeeper to let him fight a gorilla. The zookeeper declined, saving Mike's life.
     
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    Ruiz versus Joshua
     
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    Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor. Meldrick Taylor was never the same after that first fight.
     
  13. don owens

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    Ali....being knocked down and almost out versus Henry Cooper. The event was Angelo Dundee cutting Ali's glove and then sending someone to get another glove (slowly). This gave Ali time to recover. This was the fight before Ali/Liston.
     
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    Gerald McClellan deciding to fight Nigel Benn. Thought he’d walk in there and take it in two.
     
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    Tramell Hypocrites Love to Pray & Be Seen. Mathew 6:5 Full Member

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    WHOA! even though Ali got up pretty quick, we can't say how he would've started the next round. At least Dundee was honest enough to say he cheated to get his fighter more time, LOL!
     
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