The legends and when they lost badly due to old age

Its not that Camacho beat Leonard, its the fact that he did so as handily as he was toying with a rank amatuer.

 

Didn't Berbick decision Ali? But you are right, Ali would of toyed with Berbick in his prime

 

Tszyu (35) losing to Hatton.

 

JCC (38) vs Tszyu TKO6 also comes to mind.

 

willie wise getting the nod over Chavez is another.

Or how about Shavers getting bombed out by a guy with 82 losses--brian yates?

Or Duran getting stopped by Joppy?

 

Wonjongkam to Sonny Boy Jaro and Megrino iii.

 

At another angle, there can be guys that lose at the end only to fellow legends. How great do Joe Louis' losses look? Schmeling, Charles after retiring, and Marciano in the finale. Amazing. Lennox having rematched his defeats plus going out with the Vitali epic, on top, is nuts. Knew when to walk away. Jeffries coming back six years retired or whatever it was and staked his undefeated record on the line to attempt to dethrone the near mythical Jack Johnson is legendary. Took that one L. Lots of cool or fun endings to careers.

 

Povetkin/Whyte II

Whyte doesn't have a ghost of a chance against a fresher Sasha.

 

See: Ezzard Charles end stretch.

A lot of HOF'ers from back in the day have 10, 15, 20 losses but a lot of those will have 6 in their final 10.

 

I thought Moore was older than that. He got the LWH belt when he was 36 and held on to it for almost 10 years.

 

Joe Louis-Marciano.

 

i remember one commentator in australia saying right after green won this : "if you beat a legend, you ARE a legend".

no, no you're not.

 

Pacquiao vs DLH
Barrera vs Khan
Morales vs Garcia
Hopkins vs Kovalev/Smith

Just to name a few more.

 

Kovalev/Clenelo. Totally forgot about that one.

 

Meh, close enough haha