What does it mean when they say a fighter "ruined" another fighter?

Yeah i think is a combination of both. The perfect example of that was the Trinidad-Vargas fight. Vargas was never the same after that fight.

 

its mosly about confidence. i personally dont feel that pavlik ruined miranda btw. miranda after all may have scored 2008 KO of the year against david banks.

a good example of runined is what happened to lacy, now he's never gonna be the same unfortunately

Floyd patterson

"The fighter loses more than his
pride in the fight; he loses part
of his future. He's a step closer
to the slum he came from."

 

Mayweather seems to have done it to Hatton too if you ask me

 

calzaghe ruined lacy.no explanation needed.

 

Sometimes it's correct, other times it's a scramble for an excuse to downplay a victory. Have fun trying to spot which is which

Some fighters just aren't quite what they were cracked up to be in the first place, so instead of having their abilities decreased they've just been exposed to a degree.

 

Julio Caesar Chavez ruined Meldrick Taylor. Best explanation I could think of.

 

I was going to post the same thing. Taylor was wrecked.

 

Some *******s ruin fighters without fighting them, Tyson vs Don king:rofl:rofl

 

can we say williams exposed quintana now:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

Most of the time its bull**** to discredit somebody. Although Lacy looks to be the classic case of recent times. We just need to see him struggle with a few more limited opponents with that mentally scarred look about him to confirm it.

 

Perfect example right there, the beating was far too brutal to expect anything special from Lacy anymore. 12 rounds of HELL for Lacy, Calzaghe just took his confidence that night.