Saddest defeats you've seen

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  1. LWW

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    Remember reading a old KO Magazine and one of the journalist said the saddest thing he had ever seen was Obelmejias trying to flag a taxi late at night after his rematch with Hagler in Italy when his corner had deserted him .
     
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  2. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Any time this one makes you sad, rewatch what Bam did to Sor Rungvisai. He got his turn in the barrel for sure.
     
  3. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would have been but my father was next to me yelling “that’s not how it works!! It would have been stopped before that!!” Thanks dad.
     
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  4. drenlou

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    Gomez beating Gatti.
     
  5. Jobo1878

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    Tyson v Williams, just seeing my Tyson sitting on the floor looking forlorn. A shadow of what he once was.

    More recently, Calzaghe v Lacy, I love Calzaghe and was actually worried for him in this fight. Just seeing poor Lacy getting landed on, spun landed on with no answer. My heart broke for him.
     
  6. young griffo

    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How many times did Evander legitimately stop someone with one punch?

    Qawi turned it up much like Douglas did when he realised Evander was too good for him imo. Qawi was tough and had a chin but definitely didn’t give his best effort in the rematch.
     
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  7. zulander

    zulander Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hatton - Senchenko - out of retirement, slow, shot and out of his best weight class. Getting stopped by a fairly average boxer
    Oscar - Pac - watching a guy who had held us own against virtually everyone, follow Pac around the ring while getting drilled was a sorry sight. Oscar didn't have the mechanics to punch.
    Eubank - De Gale - watching a guy fight with one arm wasn't great At his best De Gale should have had too much for young Christopher
    RJJ was fighting on well past his best, but that Lebedev KO where he looked like he might have 1 last high night in him was scary.
     
  8. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    I don't much like Bam either though and even though I'm not a big fan of SSR, he had barely anything left in the tank for that fight.
     
  9. nikrj

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    That's the advantage of watching the film alongside someone who understands boxing. At the time I watched the film with my cousins and no one understood anything when they started shouting "throw in the towel!" in the movie... ;)
     
  10. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    3) I was in the arena the night that Joe Frazier scraped home a draw with journeyman Jumbo Cummings. Oh, man, we were all excited about seeing Smokin' Joe on his comeback. But there was no smoke. There wasn't even an aroma.

    2) Sonny Liston against Leotis Martin - that last right hand was like a final axe before the tree just fell. Man, you could've screamed 'timber!' the way he fell and lay motionless.

    1) Joe Louis against Rocky Marciano - this was the worst. Seeing a great old champ get knocked out and out of the ring. For everyone there that night who loved joe during the war years, hoping there was still some magic left, had to have been in shock.
     
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  11. Barrf

    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How do you not like Bam? He's pretty exciting to watch in the ring. Relentless, real aggressive, happy to get into a war (see that great scrap with Sunny Edwards), scores some ugly KO's. Hard to see what more one could want to see out of a fighter.

    Is it his in-ring arrogance? I guess I could get that. He's only like that in the ring though. During the lead-up to the Edwards fight, I remember Bam being quiet and soft spoken at the public appearances. Then he hops in the ring and is this arrogant mean showboat. Then it's over and he goes to see Sunny in his dressing room, back to quiet and polite. Sunny says to him "I like you a lot more outside of the ring." Cracked me up.
     
  12. Seamus

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    Another that comes to mind was a tiny, shopworn but brave Joey Gamache being led to slaughter against Arturo Gatti. That was pretty sickening.
     
  13. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey It came to me in a dream Full Member

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    I just don't buy the hype and don't appreciate the pragmatism of his matchmaking. I need to wait a little longer to see if the kid is the goods. If he beats Pumita Martinez then I'll start buying the hype but until then I'll maintain my scepticism and apprehension. I don't really see it with the kid is all.
     
  14. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Donald Curry vs Linton Curry could not do anything and his legs and reflexs were shot.
    Johnny Bumphus vs Honeyghan - Johnny had a hard time getting up the stairs to the ring by that point.
     
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  15. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I was so sacred that I really thought Hilton had hurt Benitez very badly.
     
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