Which fighter got ruined most in their first defeat?

Yea he was filming it, its called The Final Fight not sure if its finished or where its being released but I will try to find out. And definitely a polar opposite out of the ring personality than how he was inside it, just a amicable, nice and friendly guy.

And his meanness is the reason he is one of my favorite fighters, loved to see how he just let his killer instinct run rampant. His fouls and dqs were not about him being dirty as much as it was that he was so mentally focused on destruction that he lost sight of the circumstances.

Watch how he lets out this hellacious scream of content at seeing Blocker's head nearly detach itself.

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Its hamed for me, I think he took a huge psychological blow from the barrera fight.
Also trinidad might have changed vargas but I think its Oscar who eventually took his soul.

 

I always loved the crispness of his combinations.

 

Tyson was ruined a little. Most fighters are ruined. Only a few got better like Hearns or Leonard. They used the losses to improve the weaknesses. Mike Tyson could have worked on his defense and improved, but he just slipped more and more.

 

Ruined might be too strong of a word.

( I rank both in my top 10).

Foreman lost his 'invincibility' factor in an unexpected manner.


I don't believe he would have lost to Young had it not been for his loss in the jungle.


And Tyson, in a similar way, was shown to be a mere mortal by Douglas.
Again, without the DOuglas fight on his resume (and maybe without Desiree Washington), I believe he would have prevailed over Holy.

Just my opinion.

 

If we're talking mentally ruined, that Gerry Cooney after the Larry Holmes fight. He became depressed, battled substance abuse problems, and fought just five times in the following 7 and a half years.

 

Davey Moore...

 

Holmes ruined Gerry Cooney mentally and physically.

 

1. Hatton
2. Hamed
3. insert current overrated once-undefeated fighter here.

 

Lacy and Vargas are the 2 most recent that stand out

 

I only jumped in on the last page of this thread but I am betting several people already said that U.S. Gold medalist who Trinidad stopped. Teddy Reid, I believe.

 

Taylors loss to Pavlik in 07. He didn't seem the same after that.

 

Do you mean Jeff Lacy? there was nothing to ruin.

 

prince naseem surely

 

Meldrick Taylor