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Russell
08-12-2009, 06:06 PM
But beating them in, say, the third or fourth fight.

Not many fights have gone past the stage of a being a trilogy in recent decades, so this might be a bit of a hard one.

Has a fighter ever lost 2 or more times but finally said fighter?
teeto
08-12-2009, 06:07 PM
Not sure in which order the wins came, but Harlod Johnson and Archie Moore.
Unforgiven
08-12-2009, 06:21 PM
Walcott v. Charles.
Lost twice but given a third chance he won by KO.

I daresay among the black fighters of the early 20th century who fought each other multiple times we might find instances where a guys goes 0-3 or 0-4 or 0-5 against another before registering a win. But I'm too lazy to go check at the moment.
bxrfan
08-12-2009, 06:31 PM
Chacon lost his first two fights with Olivares, won the third.
KOTF
08-12-2009, 06:33 PM
Norris "lost" two straight times against Luis Santana but KO'ed him in the third fight
CottoDaBodykill
08-12-2009, 06:34 PM
how about a newer one ... marquez loseing to vasquez was it?
TheGreatA
08-12-2009, 08:02 PM
Recently Daisuke Naito vs Pongsaklek Wonjongkam.

Naito was KO'd in the first round in their first fight, lost a technical decision in the rematch, won a decision in the third fight and drew in the fourth fight. Wouldn't surprise me if they fought a fifth time since Wonjongkam is the "interim" title holder while Naito is the champion.
Boilermaker
08-13-2009, 03:05 AM
Harry Wills was knocked out a couple of times by Sam Langford, before old age eventually caught up with Langford and Wills started winning more regularly
WhataRock
08-13-2009, 03:10 AM
Recently Daisuke Naito vs Pongsaklek Wonjongkam.

Naito was KO'd in the first round in their first fight, lost a technical decision in the rematch, won a decision in the third fight and drew in the fourth fight. Wouldn't surprise me if they fought a fifth time since Wonjongkam is the "interim" title holder while Naito is the champion.


Its supposedly on the cards Great...but knowing the WBC they will just let them both hold the title forever..Like they did when Pong was champ and Arce was the interim.
My2Sense
08-13-2009, 03:31 AM
Henry Armstrong against Fritzie Zivic and Baby Arizmendi.

Sammy Angott against Ike Williams.
My2Sense
08-15-2009, 12:06 AM
Teddy Yarosz against Billy Conn and Babe Risko.

Tony Canzoneri against Jackie Jurich.
janitor
08-15-2009, 02:10 PM
Sandy Ferguson fought Jack Johnson five times and lost five times.

Jim Barry lost against Sam Langford a ridiculous number of times.