who has done the best in a loseing efort

[ripcity]

Who has preformed the best while clearly loseing a fight?
Please I don't want to hear about any robberies.

[lefthook31]

Tua Ibeabuchi comes to mind. After that fight they should have declared them both the winners, no draw.:D

[MacManJr.]

Gatti and you have several fights to choose from.

[KayEpps]

Vasquez earlier this year - Marquez later in the year.

Why not do it again.

[thewoo]

VK against Lennox Lewis
Jirov against Mesi
Taylor against Chavez
DLH against Mayweather
Vargas against Trinidad.

[Thread Stealer]

Azumah Nelson against Salvador Sanchez

[MacManJr.]

Jirov against Toney

[TBooze]

Sam McVey knocking down Joe Jeanette 20 odd times in a 49 round defeat in Paris in 1909.

[Bigcat]

Herol Graham v Julian Jackson
Mercer v Lennox

[startown81]

I would say Miranda Pavlick. This guy to one hell of a beating. I was suprised Miranda was able to stand up after the 5th round.

[Bummy Davis]

Vitali/Lewis Abraham/Miranda

[Sonny Carson]

Tua Ibeabuchi comes to mind. After that fight they should have declared them both the winners, no draw.:D
I thought Ibeabuchi deserved the fight. Tua came on too late.

The best a fighter fought in a losing fight was De La Hoya against Mosley.

[LogDog69]

Corrales/Castillo I
Pacquiao/Morales I
Cintron/Estrada
Leonard/Hearns I
Hagler/Hearns
Tyson/Ruddock II
Holyfield/Bowe I

[pipe wrenched]

Margarito didn't do to bad against P. Williams.

[Boro chris]

Dave 'Boy' Mcauley vs Fidel Bassa.

[ChampionsForever]

Gatti-Ward (any fight)
Vargas-Tito are very good ones, the loser should have had nothing to be ashamed or sad about.

Rachman-Crawley.

[Ramshall1]

Vargas against Tito, the way he came back from a first round beating to turn the tide and score a KD. . . then going out on his shield. Nothing but respect for that effort.

[heerko koois]

Mark Kaylor against Herol Graham......

[heerko koois]

:good Dave 'Boy' Mcauley vs Fidel Bassa.

Great "little" fight.....lots of knock downs from both ...

[Boro chris]

Mark Kaylor against Herol Graham......



Gumbs vs Kaylor.

[faisal]

earl vs katsidis

[Vantage_West]

earl vs katsidisgood one i would pick that for the modern pick...but it did show how hearty the luton man was that left hook he landed on katsidis which knocked him down just made me have to spark one up it was that inspiring:rasta

[sues2nd]

Tua Ibeabuchi comes to mind. After that fight they should have declared them both the winners, no draw.:D

:thumbsup

[McGrain]

Frazier's losing effort in Manilla is still one of the most amazing things i've seen in the ring.

[doublesuited]

Meldrick Taylor against Chavez.

Azumah Nelson against Sanchez.

[Words]

Matthew Macklin versus Jamie Moore.

[Smazz20]

Dunne v Martinez.............

Seriously though, off the top of my head it'd have to be the showing that McCullough put in against Harrison.

[Drew101]

Mayhar Monshipour against Somsak Sithchatchawal
Lupe Pintor against Wilfredo Gomez

[Mike T]

Surprised nobody mentioned Hearns-Leonard 1

[Rollo]

Billy Conn/Joe Louis I.

[dave82]

DLH vs Mosley 1
Wright vs Vargas
Quartey vs DLH

[BlueApollo]

In recent years...

Jose Luis Castillo vs. Corrales.
Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Vasquez.
Tito Trinidad vs. Hopkins (Not in terms of giving as good as he got of course, but in terms of sheer heart. Trinidad fans should be as proud of the effort he gave in the tenth round of that fight as any of his KOs.)

Going a little further back...

Tommy Hearns vs. Leonard I.
Alexis Arguello vs. Pryor I.
George Foreman vs. Ali.
Jerry Quarry vs. Norton.
Earnie Shavers vs. Lyle.

And the list goes on... pretty much every great fight has to have a great losing effort.

[Thread Stealer]

In recent years...

Jose Luis Castillo vs. Corrales.
Jhonny Gonzalez vs. Vasquez.
Tito Trinidad vs. Hopkins (Not in terms of giving as good as he got of course, but in terms of sheer heart. Trinidad fans should be as proud of the effort he gave in the tenth round of that fight as any of his KOs.)

Going a little further back...

Tommy Hearns vs. Leonard I.
Alexis Arguello vs. Pryor I.
George Foreman vs. Ali.
Jerry Quarry vs. Norton.
Earnie Shavers vs. Lyle.

And the list goes on... pretty much every great fight has to have a great losing effort.

I agree with most of these, but Foreman's performance in Zaire doesn't belong.

He fought a dumb fight. Foreman was landing some good body shots, but leaving himself wide open and eating straight counters all night long. He kept swinging wider and loading up even more, despite taking all these counters.

[Mike T]

Morales-Barrera 1

[jecxbox]

Tito Trinidad vs. Hopkins (Not in terms of giving as good as he got of course, but in terms of sheer heart. Trinidad fans should be as proud of the effort he gave in the tenth round of that fight as any of his KOs.)


This is the first post I have ever read in my entire life that actually gave props to Tito for giving it his all against the bigger better man in Hopkins, Instead of bashing Tito for getting destroyed. :good

[Illmatic]

#1 choice of ALL TIME:

Meldrick Taylor vs Chavez

[BlueApollo]

I agree with most of these, but Foreman's performance in Zaire doesn't belong.

He fought a dumb fight. Foreman was landing some good body shots, but leaving himself wide open and eating straight counters all night long. He kept swinging wider and loading up even more, despite taking all these counters.

I see your point. I just think that on that night Ali wasn't going to be denied by God Almighty. Also this fight is always near the top of my head since Classic reruns it every two days.

:patsch

[BlueApollo]

This is the first post I have ever read in my entire life that actually gave props to Tito for giving it his all against the bigger better man in Hopkins, Instead of bashing Tito for getting destroyed. :good

In the great tradition of weird ESB top 10 threads, it might make the "most electric one sided round of the past 20 years" list. Merchant's call was fantastic, the crowd realized what was happening... you bet I give Tito props for that. :good

[dave82]

In the great tradition of weird ESB top 10 threads, it might make the "most electric one sided round of the past 20 years" list. Merchant's call was fantastic, the crowd realized what was happening... you bet I give Tito props for that. :good

I am very surprised that Trinidad got through that 10th round, Hopkins destroyed him in that round. Tito was all heart in that fight.

[BoxingGuru]

Margarito didn't do to bad against P. Williams.

I was at that fight and CLEARLY Margarito got schooled. Never heard the pro-Margarito crowd cheer more than 5 times in that fight.

[psychopath]

who has done the best in a loseing efort

You don't have to go too far back peeps . . . Morales against Diaz and Amonsot against Katsidis should easily fit in.

[paulfv]

Castillo was doing great until Corrales spit out his mouthpiece

[dave82]

Guys, what about Gatti vs Micky Ward 1?

[H .]

Morales/Diaz definitely comes to mind. Nice final performance by Erik.

Plus, Kessler/Andrade. Damn that guy took a beating, and kept on coming.

[KhanB]

Mancini v Arguello hasnt been mentioned yet. Arguello was hurt in the body and cut early in the fight but wore the younger Mancini down the stretch and knocked his ass out dramatically in the 14th. Kelly v Hamed was a little man's Hearns Hagler.

[CASH_718]

Paulie Malignaggi vs Miguel Cotto

[teekay00]

De La Hoya v Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[THN]

Kessler/Andrade. Damn that guy took a beating, and kept on coming.[/quote]

My choice :good

[Bigcat]

Michael Jones v Jamie Moore 3,

Alex Stewart v George Foreman,

Lamar Murphy v Miguel angel Gonzalez,

Tony Tubbs v Riddick Bowe,

Paul Hodkinson v Villasana,

[bladerunner]

every great fight the loser put on a great effort.

[DanePugilist]

Basically what Bladerunner just said, but there are more than that, imho.

Vargas vs DLH.
Hopkins vs Taylor.(dont think this goes into the category that Bladerunner stated).
DLH vs PBF.
Naz vs MAB.
Judah vs Cotto.
Mallinaggi vs Cotto.

[McGrain]

Billy Conn/Joe Louis I.


Great shout.

[Loufatski]

Who has preformed the best while clearly loseing a fight?
Please I don't want to hear about any robberies.

Getting up after a series of knockdowns is always tough.

[Carlos Primera]

hussein Hussein Vs Arce
that fight was an awesome undercard to pac-morales 1, as much if not more drama and action as the main event.

how bout that first tarver-RJJ fight? RJJ was coming off one of his career highlights in the ruiz win, and was given a close competitive fight by tarver. it was also the first fight that fans saw roy in a vulnerable position for the first time in his career.

[K0NPHL1C7]

Gatti and you have several fights to choose from.

Gatti rarley does well in a fight, he just doesn't get knocked out.

[Carlos Primera]

Gatti rarley does well in a fight, he just doesn't get knocked out.
sometimes he's just a human punching bag.

[China_hand_Joe]

Jeff Lacy vs Calzaghe

[IntentionalButt]

I would say Miranda Pavlick. This guy to one hell of a beating. I was suprised Miranda was able to stand up after the 5th round.

You thought Miranda performed well that night?? That had to have been the worst showing of his LIFE. He had nothing that night, he basically let Kelly beat him up uncontested, barring a few unauthoritative winged shots here and there. It wasn't even a fight.

[IntentionalButt]

Luis Collazo x2 :good

[MacManJr.]

Gatti rarley does well in a fight, he just doesn't get knocked out.The Ward fight he lost.

[BlueApollo]

Jeff Lacy vs Calzaghe

:rofl:rofl:rofl

:nono

[jecxbox]

gomez vs sanchez

[jecxbox]

Morales vs Diaz.......bullshit

[Boom_Boom]

Pauli Malignaggi against Cotto

[sha]

de la hoya in delahoya mosley 2

[Sug3]

mosley vs wright 2

[Chiko_Tech]

Easy Vitaly in his fight with lewis, this fight make him a star.

[kirk]

Oscar against Mosley
Oscar against Mayweather
Oscar against Trinidad
Vargas against Trinidad
Vargas against Mosley 1
Wright against Vargas
Ike against vargas
Monte against Mesi
Jirov against Mesi
Jirov against Toney
Mab and Morales against eachother
Vitali against Byrd
Vitali against Lewis
Corley against Cotto
Torres against Cotto
Ike against Forrest
Miranda against AA
Gatti and Ward against eachother
Castillo and Corrales against eachother
Raf and Vas against eachother


man theres a ton

[kirk]

You thought Miranda performed well that night?? That had to have been the worst showing of his LIFE. He had nothing that night, he basically let Kelly beat him up uncontested, barring a few unauthoritative winged shots here and there. It wasn't even a fight. i agree IB, i dont think that fighters should be listed as far as this thread goes just for taking a beating well... that has its place sure, but not in this catagory imo

[IntentionalButt]

i agree IB, i dont think that fighters should be listed as far as this thread goes just for taking a beating well... that has its place sure, but not in this catagory imo
:good

Your list is pretty dead-on...especially Ike/Forrest...their names should be the other way around; that decision still burns. :twisted:

[teekay00]

Jeff Lacy vs Calzaghe

he had good spirit after the fight and good sportsmanship but man i felt sorry for the guy.

[Ilesey]

Who has preformed the best while clearly loseing a fight?
Please I don't want to hear about any robberies.

Holyfield in the first Bowe fight.

[ChampionsForever]

I haven't read this thread all the way thru yet but somebody has to mention Joe Frazier against Ali in manilla. He would have fought to the death that night, and it was 100 degrees in that arena:dead

[knockout]

Marquez vs pacquiao which Juan rebounded from the three knockdowns to pullout a draw.

[ozziebattler]

VK against Lennox Lewis
Jirov against Mesi
Taylor against Chavez
DLH against Mayweather
Vargas against Trinidad.

That fight fucked Taylor up for ever.Have you heard the poor bastard talk these days??

Sad stuff.

[knockout]

Noted. :adminWhat do you mean "NOTED?" :huh

[Blacc Jesus]

Frazier/Ali III

[IntentionalButt]

What do you mean "NOTED?" :huh

Acknowledged.

[Grabonator]

I would say Miranda Pavlick. This guy to one hell of a beating. I was suprised Miranda was able to stand up after the 5th round.

Yes and he hit Pavlick with some bombs but with no affect. But after the 5th round he couldnt do nothing anymore and it was only a matter of time Pavlick stops him.

[brooklyn1550]

Jose Luis Castillo against Diego Corrales in the 1st fight
Thomas Hearns against Marvin Hagler

[juancho214]

I was at that fight and CLEARLY Margarito got schooled. Never heard the pro-Margarito crowd cheer more than 5 times in that fight.:patsch