Vote Now: ESB Classic's vote for Top 10 most unnecessary losses

He gave that fight away:

ESB Classic's vote for Top 10 most unnecessary losses

Use your own judgment as far as criteria. I'm putting up ten spots and a ''Dishonorable Mentions" list. Whoever has the most votes, in order from one to ten, followed by everyone else being mentioned underneath. Hope you guys participate. I find these fights an interesting anomaly in the history of the sport and I think we've all seen them. Reasons given ranging from taking a dive, to fighters simply not working nearly enough and claiming later they'd just felt like they were winning anyway.

I suspect Roberto Duran from the Duran/Leonard II fight will be tops. Please list as many as you want to, with the reasoning for your choice(s), but make a separate comment if you come back to list others so I can keep track without rereading edited posts. If you see new fights come along, please don't be afraid to give the thread a bump with some more candidates. If there's good participation, I'll edit the list as the posts come in. I hope we get some good discussions going from the votes too. :yep


I'll start with 3 choices of my own, to be on the top ten unless and until other votes knock them off. Mine are: Eddie Chambers in his fight with Alex Povetkin, Zab Judah in his fight with Carlos Baldomir, and Roberto Duran, unforgettably and in the most dramatic way during his first fight with Sugar Ray Leonard.

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2. Roy Jones Junior, against Antonio Tarver - Second Meeting - (2 votes)
(Major titles at stake: WBC, WBA, Linear light heavyweight title

Minor titles:
IBO International Boxing Organisation light heavyweight title
vacant World Boxing Foundation light heavyweight title
International Boxing Association light heavyweight title
NBA Light Heavyweight Title)

3. Roy Jones Junior, against Antonio Tarver - Third Meeting - (2 votes)
(At stake: Major titles: Linear Heavyweight Title
Minor: IBO International Boxing Organisation light heavyweight title
Vacant NBA Light Heavyweight Title)

4. Roy Jones Junior, against Joe Calzaghe (2 votes)
( Linear Light Heavyweight World Title (acknowledged by Ring) at stake)

5. Roy Jones Junior, against Danny Green (2 votes)
(Minor Titles: IBO Cruiserweight Title)

6. Roy Jones Junior, against Glenn Johnson (2 votes)
(IBF Light Heavyweight title at stake)

7. Erik Morales, against Zahir Raheem - UD 12/12 - (2 votes)


8. Muhammad Ali, against Leon Spinks - First Meeting - (2 votes)
(WBA, WBC and Linear Heavyweight title at stake)

9. Roberto Duran, against Sugar Ray Leonard (First Meeting) - (1 vote)
(Linear Welterweight Title at stake, WBC welterweight title at stake)

10. Zab Judah, against Carlos Baldomir (1 vote)
(Linear Welterweight Title at stake, WBC welterweight title at stake)

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Eddie Chambers, against Alexander Povetkin (1 vote)
(Two undefeated records and an IBF title eliminator at stake)

Eddie mustafa Muhammad, against Victor Galindez - UD15/15 (1 vote)
(WBA Light Heavyweight title at stake)

Juan Manuel Marquez, against Chris John (1 vote)
(WBA Featherweight title at stake)

Nate Campbell, against Robbie Peden (First Meeting -KO 5) - (1 vote)
(USBA super featherweight title and IBF Super Featherweight Title Eliminator at stake)

Meldrick Taylor, against Julio Cesar Chavez (First Meeting) - TKO12 - (1 vote)
(IBF and WBC Light Welterweight Titles at stake)

Alexis Arguello, against Aaron Pryor -TKO 14/15 - (First Meeting) - (1 vote)
(Linear and WBA Light Welterweight Titles at stake)

Herol Graham, against Julian Jackson - KO4/12 - (1 vote)
(Vacant WBC Middleweight Title at stake)

Hilario zapata, against Amado Ursua - KO 2/15 - (1 vote)
(WBC Light Flyweight title at stake)

Terry Norris, against Luis Santana (First Meeting) - DQ3/12 - (1 vote)
(WBC Light Middleweight Title at stake)

Terry Norris, against Luis Santana (Second Meeting) - DQ5/12 - (1 vote)
(WBC Light Middleweight Title at stake)

Terry Norris, against Simon Brown (First Meeting) - KO4/12 - (1 vote)
(WBC Light Middleweight Title at stake)

Andrew Golota, against Riddick Bowe (First Meeting) - DQ7/12 - (1 vote)

Andrew Golota, against Riddick Bowe (Second Meeting) - DQ9/10 - (1 vote)

Buster Douglas, against Lou Savarese - KO1/12 - (1 vote)

 

Well, I would never blame a fighter for taking a fight with as quality a challenger to his title as that because I think that's what great champions should do but just the same, it's your vote :good. Your grounds not being that he did or didn't do something against John in the actual fight to lose unnecessarily but that taking the fight was unnecessary and he happened to lose?

 

I'm glad that one came up. Hilarious though.

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Unless you say otherwise, I'll take that as seconded.

 

Cool. Thanks for participating. :thumbsup

 

It's up but can you refresh my memory on that one with some elaboration? Reasons?