Robert Easter Jr vs Mikey Garcia Gervonta Davis vs Vasyl Lomachenko Saul Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin If any of these 3 survived to hear the final bell, it would be more a victory than not testing yourself.
Yeah. Definitely one of the better examples of a moral victory in recent times. Fonfara going the distance and knocking down Stevenson is another example, despite the loss it definitely raised his stock.
Joe Smith jr. being fairly competitive with Ward/Kovalev would probably stop the thinking that he's an overachiever.
Mundine vs green 2. Gave up ridiculous amount of weight and got robbed, everyone knew he won except the 3 judges
De la hoya vs Floyd. Now this was a SD win for Floyd. In fact, of the 2 judges that had it for Floyd, one of those had Floyd edging Oscar by ONE ROUND. So he give one more round to Oscar, that fight was a draw, 2 more rounds to Oscar, Oscar wins. It was that close. But the point is, considering oscar was 7 years past his prime, and over-the-hill, that fight was really a win for him all things considered. (remember, this the fight Freddie Roach said Oscar couldn't pull the trigger anymore In) add that Oscar lost his pop, speed had diminished quite a bit, and stamina had decreased, and really had to rely on his own ring IQ and box Floyd at his own game, it was a definite win for Oscar.
Erik Morales vs Maidana. Past his prime and considered shot, I remember people were actually scared for Morales' health before the fight and he proceeds to almost pull off a huge upset against a prime Maidana.