Who has the most legacy enhancing loss?

Frazier (v Ali III)
Gatti (v Ward I)

 

Klitschko vs lewis. A genuine top class effort by a young pretender in the ring with a legend. He fell short but gained a lot of respect.

Williams vs klitschko. Had no legs from practically the first punch and still came forward all night.

Maidana vs khan. Proved he belonged in the top ten.

 

I actually feel that Kessler and Froch had their best efforts in losing fights.

Kessler against Calzaghe and Froch against Kessler were to losses that showed that the losers were better than many thought.

 

Nelson and Mancini vs Arguello
Quartey vs DHL
Castillo vs Mayweather
Paulie and Torrez vs Cotto
Glen johnson and Emanuel (Burton) Augustus vs everybody

 

Castillo Corrales I

 

Khan/Maidana
JMM/Pacman 1/2
Taylor/Chavez 1

 

Fernando Vargas vs Felix Trinidad
Vitali Klitschko vs Lennox Lewis
Ike Quartey vs DLH
Thomas Hearns vs Marvin Hagler

EACH of those guys came out the better, historically because of these encounters.

 

Vitali Klitschko hands down.

 

Jermain Taylor vs Froch and Pavlik

I remember it was a time when Taylor was quite the unpopular character on this board. Sadly it took brutal knockouts by Froch and Pavlik to open alot of people eyes and see him as the warrior that he is

 

Yeah, but it didn't enhance his legacy..............It cemented his legacy as someone who had stamina problems and could't handle pressure.

 

I wound't say that. He made a good showing for himself in both of those fights. Most astute boxing fans will appreaciate a fighter who wasn't afraid to take on all comers. His string of fights starting with Hopkins is quite astouding

Hopkins-2 times
Wright
Ouma
Spinks
Pavlik-2 times
Froch
Abraham

 

Good call on Arguello/Mancinni. For the first ten rounds I sat there in a state of shock!!

 

Speaking of Arguello, there's a case for him versus Pryor in this thread. Of course his legacy was already established, but it was really only burnished by the fact that he probably should have beaten a coked up or whatever the hell was in that bottle version of The Hawk.

Definitely got to go with Frazier after the Thrilla and recently, Marquez post Pacquiao. Whitaker giving up age and size to Oscar and still damn near winning deserves a shout. Same goes for Buddy against him.

 

Muhammad Ali's loss to Ken Norton
Gene Tunney's loss to Harry Greb

 

It is sad but true that younger fans know Arguello mainly through the Pryor fights.