The worst defeat for a world champion you've ever seen?

Slyk · Jun 28, 2024

MaccaveliMacc said: ↑

Pulev and Wallin were both Top 10 contenders.
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Pulev was 40 and a fringe top 10 at best, and Wallin was outside of the top 10.

He hasn't beat anyone solidly in the top 10 since Ruiz battered him into submitting. An argument could be made that Ruiz took his soul.

KO KIDD · Jun 28, 2024

Vantage_West said: ↑

Valdemir Pereira vs Eric Aiken

pereira was a big thing in brazil at the time. an olympian who seemed to skip through to a high ranking within 4 years. winning a world title. big talks about a fight with friend Frietas or at least a double promotion for a brazilian boxing banner. he was loud, brash...and honestly....his style was really drab. not quick not hard hitting. really clunky, clubbing but also pretty quick footwork. so a unique quality.

while trying to bring an american audience he was pinned to defend his title on the hatton - collazo undercard. sadly his opponant Esham Pickering was injured...he needs a replacement.

meanwhile somebody else at the same time called Eric Aiken a...how would you describe him. skittish, sort of quick, though undersized featherwieght with a recently 14-4 record. coming off a loss to johnnie edwards who had a a 5-0 rec in march 2006. getting a quick return bout he shockingly knocked out an old, blown up, comebacking Tim Austin less than 2 weeks later...shocking turn about but also got him ranked 15th in the ibf. with Pickering out. he was the only man who picked up the call. with 13 days notice and only a month after the austin fight..which is i need to remind and make clear. In march he was losing in a 6 rounder. and barely 50+ days later he is in a 12 rounder for a world title.

The bell rings and within 2 rounds Pereira is exposed. his high guard is clamped up while aiken paws with his jab and lead right hands locking him up. Valdemir decides to start pressing the unseasoned Aiken. throwing combos and bodyshots which Aiken completely disrepects him on and trades back. hurting him. to balance it back and get respect he clacks him with a huge lowblow. Round 4 the nobody lands shots and unlike his style walks through and backs up the Brazilain olympian. and drops him. who gets up and again lands a lowblow out of desperation. while getting battered and outslugged outboxed and just unfeared he goes for a gamble and gets knocked down again. AGAIN landing lowblows trying to get himself out of the situation. while aiken lands where he is. embarresingly landing more lowblows which het gets even more points deducted.
then WHAM. another lowblow. DQ'd.

Eric Aiken 15-4 IBF Feather world champion. who later never won another fight. widely seen as the 'worst' world champion. though...could have a tv movie about him.

Pereiera never fights again. all the future plans falling apart. he looked bad, he looked sluggish, he was exposed he was beaten and the higher than mountain the more mountain there was to fall down.
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I remember watching Periera win the belt against this weird Thai fighter who would get hit and make this stupid face and pose with his hands down. I rooted for Periera in that fight and was hoping to see him again, I think it was on ESPN FNF. Somehow I missed the Aiken fight and read DQ and could not believe it.

Curtis Lowe · Jun 28, 2024

Macedoine62 said: ↑

Prince Martin becomes world champion by knockout after his opponent twists his ankle. It's like winning the lottery.
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Vyacheslav Glaskov blew his knee (ACL) so bad he never fought again. Glaskov was a really good fighter, a bit undersized, but could actually fight.

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