What fighters improved significantly after 1st loss

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  1. Steel Kelly

    Steel Kelly Active Member Full Member

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    I think it is the true measure of a champion to comeback after your first loss and regain your title or improve dramatically. Fighters such as Duran, Leonard, Hearns, Whitaker and more recently Tszyu all did great things after their first loss and proved what champions they are. Hamed wimped out and Lewis got nailed again due to laziness, it will be interesting to see how Hatton handles it and to a lessor extent Williams. Mosley was never the same after loss number one and Trinidad was the same. The jury is still out on Forrest, i'm not sure what to make of DLH's career post Trinidad loss.
     
    Steel Kelly, Apr 27, 2008
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  2. bxrfan

    bxrfan Sizzle Full Member

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    Azumah Nelson
     
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  3. Atritionist

    Atritionist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    DLH career was still good but not great after the tito loss. It didn't really affect him much. He has always been good, just right under from being great IMO. Except for Hopkins nobody has really beat his ass!
     
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  4. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    you can throw in rafa marquez in there too :lol:
     
    Boom_Boom, Apr 27, 2008
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  5. Fedor Em

    Fedor Em Enforcement, VRWC style Full Member

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    Henry Armstrong lost his first fight by KO I believe
    Hopkins
    Mijares
    Haye
    Nelson
    Tszyu
    Monzon
     
    Fedor Em, Apr 27, 2008
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  6. USboxer1981

    USboxer1981 The Real Def. MVP Full Member

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    Might be early to say, but Jermain Taylor. At least he improved his defense and began to use his brain alittle more after being brutaly KO'd. We will see if he can make a strong comeback @ 168 after his first official lost.
     
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  7. Maxmomer

    Maxmomer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Benny Leonard.
     
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  8. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Taylor doesn't qualify. He's only fought once since his first loss, and it was against the guy he lost to. He didn't even make the proper defensive adjustments until the second round and he still lost. Furthermore, Pavlik made it very easy for Taylor to defend against him. Pavlik rarely threw any body punches and kept throwing the same combo over and over again. Pavlik was completely predictable in that fight.
     
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  9. IrnBruMan

    IrnBruMan Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Improved: Paul Briggs - lost his second pro-fight to an unknown in Larl Zada, because, in Briggs' own words he 'trained for Larl Zada on the bong'

    Declined: Jeff Fenech - his first loss was controversial to Azumah Nelson. He himself admitted after that robbery that he basically threw his discipline out the window and started partying instead of training. Nelson wiped the floor with him in their rematch and Fenech went on to lose another 2 times by KO before retiring.
     
    IrnBruMan, Apr 27, 2008
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  10. doomeddisciple

    doomeddisciple Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Alexis Arguello and Bernard Hopkins improved after their first career loss ;)
     
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  11. Benjiabc

    Benjiabc The Nottingham Hitman Full Member

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    yea agreed, first people i thought of were jermaine taylor and lennox lewis, david haye springs to mind as well?
     
    Benjiabc, Apr 28, 2008
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