What fighter were you most impressed by in a losing performance?
I was particularly impressed by David Kotey in the last round of his losing effort against Danny "Little Red" Lopez. He went for broke and slugged with Danny (a guy who is at his best when trading with a fighter) and it really showed what kind of fighter he was in that moment.
What were some fighters who caught your eye with there losing efforts.
Chris Eubank and Tony "TNT" Tucker come to mind as picks of boxers who put up a good effort even though they lost. Eubank's final two fights of his career is when he challenged Carl "The Cat" Thompson for the WBO Cruiserweight Championship. And although Thompson was the naturally stronger man of the two Eubank in defeat put up a remarkable fight. In the fourth round of the first fight, Eubank managed to stagger Thompson and deck him in the fourth round. He built up a solid lead going into the eight round but the stronger Thompson began to shut the left eye of Chris and as the later rounds Thompson simply outworked Chris to take a slim and hardfought unanimous decision win.
The second fight showed Eubank can still have the vicious instinct when he hurt Thompson badly with a uppercut in the seventh round and came so close to putting him away only to have Thompson recover and fight. By the ninth round Eubank's left eye had completely swelled and the fight was stopped. Despite the two losses Eubank gained the respect of fans for his gallant efforts.
Tony Tucker is an unusual pick but at 36 years of age and a veteran of fifty plus fights including going the distance with Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis and a TKO stoppage win over Buster Douglas in the ten round Tucker is a battle tested veteran. He had one more shot at the Heavyweight Championship Gold when he stepped into the ring to face Bruce Seldon on the undercard of the Oliver McCall vs. Larry Holmes fight. And it was a crisp, sharp and surprisingly fun to watch battle between the sledgehammer jabs of Seldon and the stinging right cross of Tucker. Tucker staggered Seldon with right crosses in the second, fifth and sixth rounds of a heated fight. Seldon dominated the fight from the outset with his superior hand speed and his sharp left jabs but Tucker most certainly got his shots in. The fight was stopped at the end of the seventh round when the ringside doctor advise ref Mills Lane to stop the fight due to the swelling on Tucker's left eye. Tucker's last hurrah at championship gold really did impress me in that fight.
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Normen Bates said :
May 6, 2009 at 3:07 am
Miguel Cotto impressed me more in losing than Antonio Margarito did in winning. Before the Margarito fight I always thought of Miguel as a come-forward Body Puncher that couldn't really do anything else. Even win he boxed Shane Mosley for TWO rounds to win that close decision I just felt Cotto was a little bit overrated. Before the fight I remember saying he's fighting a mirror image of himself with a better chin.
He proved me wrong because for the first 8 rounds of he fight He was Boxing Margarito's ear's off. I really tough that if he wasn't knocked out or Ran out of gas he was going to win that fight. It impressed me because he showed the ability to Box and Punch.
He gained even more respect from me when Antonio Margarito tested positive for 'Plaster of Paris" on his hand wraps after the Mosley bout. Their had been tons of controversy surrounding Margarito after that win did he use steroids,diuretics,Plastered Wraps. In the midst of all this I gain more respect for Cotto because I'm almost positive Antonio Cheated too beat him. Even tough their isn't evidence I just have a strong feeling. He cheated in the Mosley fight when he was the favorite why wouldn't he cheat in the Cotto fight when he wasn't.
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Jeff Murdoch said :
May 6, 2009 at 3:18 am
Chris Eubank and Tony "TNT" Tucker come to mind as picks of boxers who put up a good effort even though they lost. Eubank's final two fights of his career is when he challenged Carl "The Cat" Thompson for the WBO Cruiserweight Championship. And although Thompson was the naturally stronger man of the two Eubank in defeat put up a remarkable fight. In the fourth round of the first fight, Eubank managed to stagger Thompson and deck him in the fourth round. He built up a solid lead going into the eight round but the stronger Thompson began to shut the left eye of Chris and as the later rounds Thompson simply outworked Chris to take a slim and hardfought unanimous decision win.
The second fight showed Eubank can still have the vicious instinct when he hurt Thompson badly with a uppercut in the seventh round and came so close to putting him away only to have Thompson recover and fight. By the ninth round Eubank's left eye had completely swelled and the fight was stopped. Despite the two losses Eubank gained the respect of fans for his gallant efforts.
Tony Tucker is an unusual pick but at 36 years of age and a veteran of fifty plus fights including going the distance with Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis and a TKO stoppage win over Buster Douglas in the ten round Tucker is a battle tested veteran. He had one more shot at the Heavyweight Championship Gold when he stepped into the ring to face Bruce Seldon on the undercard of the Oliver McCall vs. Larry Holmes fight. And it was a crisp, sharp and surprisingly fun to watch battle between the sledgehammer jabs of Seldon and the stinging right cross of Tucker. Tucker staggered Seldon with right crosses in the second, fifth and sixth rounds of a heated fight. Seldon dominated the fight from the outset with his superior hand speed and his sharp left jabs but Tucker most certainly got his shots in. The fight was stopped at the end of the seventh round when the ringside doctor advise ref Mills Lane to stop the fight due to the swelling on Tucker's left eye. Tucker's last hurrah at championship gold really did impress me in that fight.
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