'Saddest Boxing Moments'

Morales vs Pacquiao II


Barrera vs Khan and JMM vs Mayweaher, are more anger than sadness

 

I presume your not including fatalities.
I'll go for Conteh vs Saad Muhammad 2
I think John was actually shot before the first fight but managed to put on a last hurrah. When he came back after this fight he was on a local Liverpool news tv programme talking about the loss and he literally broke down. Very sad!

 

The pro debuts of Butterbean and Peter McNeeley.

 

at the time I felt very bad for McClellen

also felt really totally gutted when I heard about Mason recently

saddest boxing stories for me are the Johnny Bratton Story and the combined tale of Bat nelson and Ad Wolgast, closely followed by the whole Luis Resto Billy Collins mess

 

On a more serious note, of course, the 3rd Griffith-Paret fight....and the aforementioned Collins-Resto crime.

 

First one I thought of. The second one was Benn-McClellan.

 

I think this was 2 but it might have been 3-it was an amazing moment caught on film, the angle at which we saw Morales squint as if weighing the options of continuing and whether he could win, while looking at his corner and father, before slightly shaking his head to himself, "it's not worth it", and then giving up.

 

the saddest sight i have witnessed in person was the shell of lloyd honeyghan fighting mark breland

 

Tyson-McBride comes to mind.
Of course Holmes-Ali.
The state of Meldrick Taylor.
The state of Muhammad Ali. (these aren't moments, but sad nonetheless)

 

Zombie Tyson vs. Danny Williams :verysad

 

the last 30 years!