Trash talk that genuinely harmed an opponent's performance?

This guy definitely got in his head.
I wonder what would have happened if the match went forward...

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Yep.

Second one was controversial though but still he was in it clearly.
He was in his prime though.

 

Shavers was holding Ellis's head and then uppercutting.
That's blatant CHEATING !!!

 

Yeah, I actually addressed Earnie holding Ellis’ head on another thread - it was a practice Earnie was guilty of in several other fights.

 

Trinidad's loss to Hopkins.

 

I remember Bennie Georgino telling a bunch of us about when Jaime Garza was fighting Juan (Kid) Meza that Meza told Garza what he wanted to do with his mother at a press conference. There was an altercation and after the press conference Garza went outside and threw up. He was that rattled. His game plan was off and he just wanted to kill Meza and went firing at the bell. He did drop Meza (I believe first time in his career), but was coming in wildly with rage and got caught. All in the 1st round.