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la-califa
04-15-2009, 04:13 PM
Which were some of the fights which were so physical that a fighter win or loss was never the same afterwards.
GPater11093
04-15-2009, 04:16 PM
ali Frazier 1

Chavez vs Taylor 1

Pryor vs Arguello 1
Shake
04-15-2009, 04:16 PM
Frazier after beating Ali
Taylor after losing to Chavez

There's so many depending on what you deem career-breaking.
CottoDaBodykill
04-15-2009, 06:10 PM
you could make a case for chavez not being the same after the taylor fight
la-califa
04-15-2009, 06:19 PM
you could make a case for chavez not being the same after the taylor fight IMO is was more so, the first Randall fight.
bladerunner
04-15-2009, 06:20 PM
Trinidad ruined Reid and Vargas wasnt the same after the Tito fight.
FromWithin
04-15-2009, 07:11 PM
Joe Calzaghe vs Jeff Lacy
Antonio Tarver vs Roy Jones Jr.
My2Sense
04-15-2009, 07:45 PM
Chacon-Limon IV
Seamus
04-15-2009, 07:59 PM
Benn-McClellan... I'm not being a smart ass here. OF COURSE, Gerald was tragically incapacitated but sometimes overlooked is that Benn was never the same. Even in interviews, he seemed different.
Addie
04-15-2009, 08:24 PM
Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas
Muchmoore
04-15-2009, 08:30 PM
Tyson-Biggs. Tyson-Ruddock is another one.

The big ones though are Chavez-Taylor and Frazier-Ali.
PhillyPhan69
04-15-2009, 09:04 PM
Oh well, I have said it a thousand times, why not once more! IMHO I don't believe that the JCC fight ruined Meldrick. Meldrick bounced back from this by moving up in weight, and winning a belt. He put on a near flawless performance against the unbeaten Davis (IMHO the best performance of his carear!), and was quite possibly set for a nice reign. But, there were no big name fights out there for him, and the JCC rematch he longed for had no shot of coming off as he would not move down in weight, and JCC was not moving up any time soon for him. so in finding a quality fight, he again moved up a 2nd weight class (too much for him again IMHO) agains a fighter that he was not able to seriously hurt, and after a decent first rd against Terrible Terry...Norris showed he was out of his element. IMHO it was Norris who left Taylor never the same and not JCC as many suggest...Oh well, I had my rant!
MrMarvel
04-15-2009, 10:45 PM
Which were some of the fights which were so physical that a fighter win or loss was never the same afterwards.

The first that come to mind is the beating Meldrick Taylor suffered at the hands of Chavez.

Benny Paret was never the same after Gene Fullmer beat him down.
scartissue
04-15-2009, 11:05 PM
Mando Ramos after Chango Carmona
Chango Carmona after Rodolfo Gonzalez
Jeff Fenech after Azumah Nelson II
Rafael Herrera after Venice Borkorsor

Scartissue
GPater11093
04-16-2009, 06:43 AM
Mando Ramos after Chango Carmona
Chango Carmona after Rodolfo Gonzalez
Jeff Fenech after Azumah Nelson II
Rafael Herrera after Venice Borkorsor

Scartissue

not ramos against Laguna


Eubank Watson 1 obviously both of them as Watson took injuries and Eubank never finished off opponents again
scartissue
04-16-2009, 10:52 AM
not ramos against Laguna




No, definitely the Carmona fight. After the Laguna fight he beat Sugar Ramos, Raul Rojas, Ruben Navarro and had the 3 fight series with Pedro Carrasco. After the Carmona fight, in which he left the ring on a stretcher with a concussion, he couldn't even get past clubfighters.

Scartissue
GPater11093
04-16-2009, 10:54 AM
No, definitely the Carmona fight. After the Laguna fight he beat Sugar Ramos, Raul Rojas, Ruben Navarro and had the 3 fight series with Pedro Carrasco. After the Carmona fight, in which he left the ring on a stretcher with a concussion, he couldn't even get past clubfighters.

Scartissue

sorry what am i thinking



also just watched some meldrick taylor today and i dont think JCC ruined him i think Norris did same as phillyphan
booradley
04-16-2009, 01:31 PM
Lopez/Sanchez II: Danny actually did better in the 2nd fight than he did in the 1st, but when faced with a choice between moving to 130, or retirement, he retired.
Russell
04-16-2009, 06:01 PM
I'd like to hear people's opinions on Riddick Bowe. Some people attribute his slide to the Holyfield rubbermatch while others point to the first Golota fight.

Bowe's problem was that he was always getting fucking hit. Talk about a leaky defense.

When you're getting whacked by Holyfield in 3 straight fights, all wars... Hide, Golota 2x... You're not going to last long. Golota especially was a fighter who would end your career.

He had enough power to scramble your brains but usually not spark out super heavyweights. He beat Corey Sander's so badly he went blind in one eye.