Name boxers that were never the same after winning a BIG fight

Nigel Benn. After the epic fight with Gerald McCellan he never fought with same intensity.

 

I watched the fight back when it took place and I felt Holy was brilliant compared to Bowe who was overweight and sluggish, but I will watch again, maybe I was wrong, but I still don`t rate Bowe as high as some of the other heavies down the years because his defense was dreadful, that`s why he`s in such a bad way now.

 

Collins and Malinga were harder to hit than Gerald and many feel Benn was beaten by Malinga in their first meeting.

 

Barkley fought Toney exactly the same way he fought Hearns, but Toney was far better in the pocket than Hearns was and Tommy had slowed down once he moved up to super middle and beyond, he didn`t look good vs Barkley at all, Toney was very slick against Barkley who was never at Toney`s level anyway.

 

Tarver was on another level to Ruiz.

 

Were drugs the reason for Arguello`s suicide?

 

Hector Camacho started fighting like a ***** after getting up from the canvas to beat Edwin Rosario.

Max Baer was never the same after the Campbell fight.

Foreman after Moorer.

 

I don't think so. I was talking about Pryor.

 

Hatton was never the same after Collazo , maybe over confidence , but he didn't throw a straight punch after that fight.

 

After doing the unthinkable and winning the heavyweight title after such a long period (the longest) from winning it the first time around, George Foreman seemed to be just cruising along for the remainder of his career. No doubt age was a factor there.

 

Buster Douglas after Mike Tyson. Virgil Akins after Vince Martinez. Wallace (Bud) Smith after Jimmy Carter. Jack Dempsey after Luis Firpo. Justo Suarez after Billy Petrolle.

 

Jeff lacy after calzaghe comes to mind. I didn't rate him that much before the calzaghe fight but after that fight he would have lost to people he would have beat before that

 

Theirs been a few , Mancini after Kim , Frazier after Ali #1, Griffith after Parent , Benn after Mcclean .

 

Leon Spinks after Ali1