What's the saddest thing you've seen in Boxing?

pac fans.

 

Khan v Barrera

Hearns v Denis Andries

Holmes v Marvis Frazier

 

Johnny Owen being knocked out by Pintir.

Hatton geting leveled by Pac man.

 

Ali v Holmes

 

Cotto-Marg 1 still hurts... its like i know whats gonna happen in the end but still think/hope that Cotto can keep up the fight til the end. At least he got his retribution.

Assault in the ring was a brilliant but equally difficult watch.

Ali-Holmes was before my time, but still seeing it now makes you understand how wrong it was.

 

That got me choked up all over again..Sad for Larry too..the hate he would get for beating up The Greatest..:verysad

 

Alis vs holmes really has to be number 1, I was watching his whole career once and you can see him become less fight after fight post 74.
Then you finally reach the holmes fight and its like the corpse of ali getting beaten around and nobody doing anything about it.
Extremely sad.

 

Gatti vs Gomez
Ali vs Holmes
Mike Tyson late career
JMM talking about a possible retirement

 

Jersey Joe Walcott.

Having amassed a bit part record early on in his career, Jersey Joe managed wins against Jimmy Bivins and Joe Baski, while avanging losses to Elmer Ray and Joey Maxim, he finally got his big chance at the ripe out age of 33 against the formidable Joe Louis. On 5th December 1947, at the ripe old age of 33 (then the oldest man to challenge for the Heavyweight title) and having amassed a record of 45-11-1, Walcott stepped in the ring with the Heavyweight champion, the formidable Joe Louis. Despite being a 10/1 underdog, Jersey Joe stunned the crowed by dropping Louis with a sneak left hook after a right hand lead in the very first round. To prove it wasn’t a fluke, Walcott repeated the feat in the 4th, dropping Louis yet again. Baffling the Brown Bomber at will, and miles ahead on the cards, Walcott eased off the pace in the final few rounds so sure he was of victory. At the end of the fight, Walcott raised both hands, and the crowd gave him a standing ovation, while in contrast Louis dejectedly attempted to leave the ring, only to be convinced otherwise by his corner. While the referee had rightly scored the fight to Jersey Joe, to the crowd’s astonishment, the two ringside judges scored the fight to Louis. While the Brown Bomber celebrated his victory, all Jersey Joe could do was cry.

With the controversial scorecards of their first meeting, an immediate rematch was ordered between Louis and Walcott. The second fight followed the pattern of the first, Walcott dropping Louis again, this time in the third. By the 11th, the swollen eyed Louis was in deep contract to the unmarked Jersey Joe who continued to make the ageing Louis miss. This time, the fairytale looked to have come true. Suddenly, however, Walcott was trapped on the ropes, and, with Louis unleashing a barrage of shots, Joe caught Walcott, sending him down for the count of 10 while behind on the scorecards.

Two attempts had now past him by.

With the sudden retirement of Louis, Walcott was to embark on a rivalry with pound for pound legend Ezzard Charles. Walcott’s fairytale ending however, continued to elude him as he came up short twice against the man from Cincinnati, the first in 1949, and the second two years later, both of which were via 15 round unanimous decision. But on the 18th July 1951, Jersey Joe’s dream became a reality when he became only the second man to stop Charles in 70 fights with a suburb left uppercut to the chin of the Heavyweight Champion in the 7th round in Ring Magazines Fight of the Year.

Walcott was finally a champion at the fifth time of asking. In his first defence, Walcott again beat Charles, this time via a 15 round decision.

Jersey Joe, showing no signs of ageing, took on the young and hungry Rocky Marciano, a man with a perfect 42 fight record, with 37 wins by knockout. The daunting Marciano, however, could not impose his will on Walcott early on, with the champion increasing his comfortable lead well into the championship rounds. Suddenly, in round 13, again while leading on all three cards, Walcott stepped back on the ropes and attempted to throw his right hand. Unfortunately for the champion, Rocky’s murderous right hand landed a split second earlier in what is regarded as one of the best punches ever seen in a boxing ring.

Joe lost his title unconscious on the floor. The rematch lasted just one round, with Marciano knocking Walcott out in the first. This was followed by a swift retirement on Walcott’s part. His Heavyweight title reign had lasted 14 months of an auduous 22 year fight career.

I dont no why, it just makes me sad.

 

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Watching Vernon get his belt back knowing that he would lose his life soon after. In the interview, he talks about how motivated Mora made him, what the fight meant to him and his legacy. Comes across as a person who is a really nice guy and genuine.

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Post fight press conference for Mora rematch

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HBO feature on his charity