the most embarrassing efforts in title fights

Good thread. Seldon will make the vote unanimously I think. Charles Martin's effort vs Joshua was cringe worthy too. Darleys Perez was another who seemed happy to have won the Matchroom lottery vs Crolla.

Going back further, Sonny Liston attempting to sell that KO vs Ali will never be forgotten.

 

John Ruiz against Roy Jones for allowing a blown up middleweight expose what a one-dimensional fighter he really was.

 

Bruce "The Heart of a Deer" Seldon should be banned from boxing after that disgraceful performance against Tyson.

 

Johnny Nelson v Carlos De Leon

And the kunt even had the cheek to call himself " The Entertainer "

He could send a glass eye to sleep.

 

David Haye against Klitschko

 

Hatton against pacman

 

might not be the sort of answer he was looking for but given the effect it had on ricky afterwards i like this answer.

someone is only embarrassed if they feel it and it's hard to listen to him talk about that loss. floyd v liston is similar.

 

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Greg Page against both Tim Witherspoon and Tony Tubbs.
Howard Davis jr. against Jim Watt.
Bonecrusher Smith against Mike Tyson.
Jimmy Young against Muhammad Ali.

 

Bruno's second go around with Tyson. Sometimes Tyson's opponents showed up knowing they would lose.

 

I wouldn't call that pathetic though, Bruno was making a fight of it in that first round, he caught Tyson with a few punches himself. Compared to Seldon he fought the thriller in manila. He was legitmalty beaten down in the end, he didht give up, was just over matched.

I'd add Haye just for his pre and post fight rubbish. Its amazing how differently people would see that fight without that. He got toested.

 

Ali vs Holmes.

 

Buster Douglas against Holyfield.


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DeLeon also deserves a nomination; it takes two for a fight to be that bad...