The "took his soul" argument

Froch took butes that is irrefutable

 

I do think certain fighters have mentally destroyed certain fighters in the way they beat them.

Calzaghe v Lacy and Froch v Bute spring to mind although Bute did go on to put in some very good showings later on.

Generally it's just good matchmaking or styles making fights.

But agree with the general concept that it is nonsense.

 

Loma is the taker of souls...

 

Kovalev still had the low blow shxt on his mind minutes before the KO. Look at 10 seconds in

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I think it's the phrase, which is hyperbolic and, therefore, nonsense. I do believe, though, that certain losses and the nature of defeats can have a mental impact which is carried forward into future bouts, especially if they involve a crushing KO. That mental scar must remain to some extent, and the less mentally stronger fighters who suffer such a setback are probably never the same again.

I guess certain defeats simply highlight never before seen flaws rather than create them and that's hard to deal with for the typical Alpha male. But as for 'stealing souls'? Nah; it's a poetic phrase but also an overstatement...

 

Weird choice of music....

 

I liked the choice, great film reel, love it how in the background you can see Alvarez's fans getting into it. Boxing is awesome man.

 

Im afraid i have to disagree. I think there is something in this. I agree that it is used virtually every time somebody takes a bit of a beating and most of the time that is ridiculous but ive seen souls taken. You dont know until their next fights but sometimes you can see it. I saw the day Audley Harrisons was taken, i saw the day Butes was taken, i saw the day Cleverleys was taken and i saw the day David Prices was taken.

But Kovalevs wasnt taken he lost his soul in a can of beer.

 

I'm sure Krusher wasn't humming that tune after the nut shot.

I reckon it was this...

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Coming back from a loss in boxing is tough. It's not like other sports. Guys who can do it have that little something extra. All the ATGs have it. The undefeated fighters we don't know if they have that extra in them. Kov definitely doesn't. He's mentally not strong.

 

I disagree there are many cases where this has happened..

Loma vs Walters & Rigo
Froch vs Bute
Marquez vs PAC 4 made Manny think twice in every fight afterwards..

 

I am kind of a supporter of the "took his soul" thesis. When you are a fighter, who has no losses, and crushes the opponents like nothing, you have a giant ego. It's impossible not to feel like the baddest man on earth.
You need to have an incredibly strong mindset to bounce back after a loss.
You can say what you want about Wladimir Klitschko, but he has an incredibly strong mind. A crushing ko-machine, three devastating losses at the beginning of your prime. Then go through hell against Peter and end up becoming one of the best and most dominant champions of all time. You don't see something like that so often. Ali, Holyfield, Wlad Klit, Lennox.
Look at Tyson, look at Gamboa, Bute, Abraham, Lacy, Kudryashov, Price, Enzo Mack, Chakiev, etc.
Happens to all tiers.