Who has the most legacy enhancing loss?

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  1. Hannibal Barca

    Hannibal Barca Active Member Full Member

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    By this, I mean whose stature benefited the most from a fight he lost? Some possible contenders are Frazier vs Ali III, Leonard vs Duran 1, and Taylor vs Chavez 1.
     
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  2. TheDon

    TheDon KO Artist Full Member

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    Hagler vs Leonard
    La Motta vs Robinson
    Maidana vs Khan

    Are a few that spring to mind
     
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  3. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    Vitali klitschko, comes to mind at first. I also think foreman when he lost to ali and ray leonard vs duran.
     
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  4. ekar

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    Marquez/pacquiao
    juarez/barrera
    Klitchko/lenix
     
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  5. pejevan

    pejevan inmate No. 1363917 Full Member

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    Jmm loss to PAC.

    Because after that he took on no makers, struggled and yet he is still highly rated.

    He actually performed at par with mignaggi against Juan Diaz and somewhat have to pick himself up against Katsidis yet people are still impressed with him.

    A fighter who faces an overmatched opponent should perform spectacularly. Ex gayweather vs. Gatti
     
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  6. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Vitali
     
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  7. TheDon

    TheDon KO Artist Full Member

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    Put down the crack pipe and step away from the computer.
     
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  8. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Vitali's war with Lewis. Gave him legitimacy in a weak era.
     
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  9. yokspawn

    yokspawn Cereal Killer Full Member

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    <- This!
     
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  10. Andy McNab

    Andy McNab Boxing Addict banned

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    Yeah, he fought his arse off in that fight and we saw just how tough he was.
     
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  11. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    Leaving "the most" out of the equation:

    Bowe/Holyfield 1
    Toney/Jones(I guess this counts, Toney was at the top and lost to a great,prime fighter which many expected him to lose)
    Hopkins/Jones 1(Jones is the only man to clearly beat him)
    Ezzard Charles/Marciano 1
    Shavers/Holmes 2 or Ali
    Barrera/Marquez
    Barrera/Morales 1 & 2
    Morales/Pacquiao 1
    Tarver/Jones 1
    Walcott/Louis 1
    Castillo/Mayweather 1
     
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  12. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not including robberies like Louis-Walcott 1:

    Louis-Conn 1
    Hagler-Duran (although it wasn't nearly as close as the judges had it)
    Pacquiao-Marquez 2
    Sanchez-Nelson
    Chavez-Laporte
     
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  13. JunitoJab

    JunitoJab Antagonist Full Member

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    Yeah Maidana gained a lot of fans after that fight.
     
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  14. techks

    techks ATG list Killah! Full Member

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    Or Castillo-Mayweather 1 imo. I understand you.

    Vargas-Trinidad
    Quartey-DLH
    DLH-Mosley 1
    Cobb-Holmes
    Taylor-Pavlik 1
    Martinez-Williams 1
    Wright-Mosley 2
    Ali-Patterson 2
     
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  15. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i think tiberi's controversial loss to toney defined how a good of a fighter he was that night.

    carl williams gained a huge amount of respect with his loss against holmes.

    troy dorsey showed world class boxing caliber against kevin kelly in his loss.

    great call with thread stealer,

    durans loss to hagler is about as legacy enhancing famous as any of his wins in his 4 decade career.
     
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