Fighters Who Didn't Handle Their 1st Defeat Well [Archive]

RAMPAGE0017

06-21-2007, 12:27 AM

David B

06-21-2007, 12:30 AM

Robin Reid
Jorge Luis Gonzales
David Reid

BxN

06-21-2007, 12:33 AM

Fernando Vargas
Nate Campbell

brooklyn1550

06-21-2007, 01:11 AM

Davey Moore after he lost to Duran - went 6-4 to close out his career
John Mugabi after he lost to Hagler - was KO'd in 1 by Duane Thomas

theunderdog

06-21-2007, 01:25 AM

Trinidad arguablly. He lost then seemed to lose his edge and that good ol Tito swager and energy and retired soon after.

i agree. he never was the same guy since

fatdrunkenslob

06-21-2007, 02:45 AM

Naseem Hamed. He practically quit after his first loss or maybe Judah with that tantrum he threw after being knocked senseless.

Betty Swollocks

06-21-2007, 05:02 AM

Toney looking to gun down his manager, would that count as not taking the first defeat too well?

Robot16

06-21-2007, 05:47 AM

Alfonso Zamora, was a good undefeated ko artsit before he lost to carlos zarate.
After that he was never the same.

hellblazer

06-21-2007, 06:10 AM

Naseem Hamed
Jeff Lacy

stuistylee

06-21-2007, 07:59 AM

jeff fenech...i saw his face (fight literally seemed 2 drain from him)after first nelson fight n saw every fight b4 n never saw that same guy enter the ring again...i love jeff he was grouse...

DamonD

06-21-2007, 08:01 AM

Dominick Guinn.

From 24-0 before fighting Barrett, to 28-5-1.

jyuza

06-21-2007, 08:04 AM

Naz evidently. Tito for sure.

I would add, Freitas.

BodyHead

06-21-2007, 08:09 AM

I would add, Freitas.

he said fighters- not quitters

quintonjacksonfan

06-21-2007, 08:46 AM

In terms of being a bad sport Larry Holmes
In terms of ruining a career Meldrick Taylor

Butterfly^Soul

06-21-2007, 10:40 AM

Francisco "Panchito" Bojado

Butterfly^Soul

06-21-2007, 10:42 AM

Actually,the Leija fight was his second loss,my bad!

Titan1

06-21-2007, 11:00 AM

Donald Curry
Mark Holmes
Bobby Joe Young.

Sug3

06-21-2007, 11:10 AM

David reid,because after trinidad gave him a beating he wasn't the same and to make it bad he got beat by a police officer on fnf not long after that.

The Italarican

06-21-2007, 11:16 AM

Michael Spinks

brown_bomber

06-21-2007, 11:38 AM

Michael Spinks

he neva fought after but he was a gonna when the fight was announced :D

bulakenyo

06-21-2007, 11:45 AM

T Y S O N :!:

K0NPHL1C7

06-21-2007, 11:45 AM

Jeff Lacy

First one that jumped in my mind.

The fact that Lacy was soooooo overhyped, he had a lot to live up to, and when he failed so misserably against Calzaghe, it crushed him it was a devestating blow, pardon the pun.

ayala

06-21-2007, 12:15 PM

All the fighters that had gotten a beaten from "Tito"
Yory Boy,Oba Carr,David Reid,Fernando Vargas

Brickhaus

06-21-2007, 12:16 PM

Bojado, Hamed, Lacy and Tyson jump to mind first.

PH|LLA

06-21-2007, 12:25 PM

Jeff Lacy
he got injured in his next fight thats nothing mental at all

its not the defeat he didn't handle well its the torn rotator cuff

bob hingley

06-21-2007, 12:26 PM

Julio Cesar Chavez, although he had been unofficially beaten before hand, he whined like a child after Randell put on a masterclass.

Julio went down in my estimation after that (and the Whitiker) bout

Scar

06-21-2007, 12:27 PM

Naseem Hamed
George Foreman
Jeff Lacy

pokerbox

06-21-2007, 12:32 PM

Lloyd Honeyghan

lefthook

06-21-2007, 12:51 PM

Roy Jones(his first REAL defeat)

ferd cloupes

06-21-2007, 01:14 PM

Don Curry for me

kadoiron

06-21-2007, 03:33 PM

I've got a very strong feeling that Allan Green will end up on this list!

Titan1

06-21-2007, 03:40 PM

Johnny Bumphus
Bernard Taylor
Alex Ramos.

johnny5

06-21-2007, 04:11 PM

Definately Naz and Lacy

PrideOfWales

06-21-2007, 04:22 PM

I think everyone's being too harsh on Lacy... Yes he took a severe beating for 12 long rounds but he took a rest and came back against a decent southpaw Tsykpo. Given that Calzaghe was a southpaw it's maybe the last thing he wanted but he got in there and injured his fucking shoulder early for fucks sake! Give Lacy a fucking break, he still won the fight (albeit in a disputed manner) even with a screwed shoulder for 9 rounds!! That tells me that this guy has got heart, tenacity, a strong will and big kahunas. I certainly don't think Lacy is the most talented of guys but I would definately like to see him back to his best when his shoulder recovers.

He was humbled by Joe Calzaghe but I do not see one scrap of evidence to suggest that he didn't take this defeat well.

Titan1

06-21-2007, 05:12 PM

Definitely Mac Foster.

Club Fighter

06-21-2007, 05:51 PM

At this point this probably isn't politically correct but Diego Corrales. Outside of the fact that he cried, he damn near assaulted his father (who threw in the towel on the fight).

Bazooka

06-21-2007, 05:56 PM

Oscar de la Hoya, hands down.

Correction Zab Judah

stake501

06-21-2007, 06:13 PM

naz ,... although he seemed to have retired before the barerra fight wasa announced according to manny

Clarkson

10-16-2011, 12:36 PM

Andre Dirrell!

rayrobinson

10-16-2011, 12:40 PM

Hatton.

Spman20999

10-16-2011, 12:43 PM

Steve Molitor...

He faced his first real AAA fighter and froze, performed very poorly, didn't box like he was supposed to. After that crushing loss he never performed as well again; he is far too tentative and his activity is way down.

Most people don't think much of Steve Molitor, but the guy was a pretty sharp boxer before his loss.

Imperial1

10-16-2011, 12:45 PM

In terms of being a bad sport Larry Holmes
In terms of ruining a career Meldrick Taylor

Larry was robbed how is that being a bad sport ?

timagen

10-16-2011, 01:01 PM

Larry was robbed how is that being a bad sport ?

:deal

VivaNazVegas

10-16-2011, 01:03 PM

Prince Naseem was completely destroyed by it.
He had a big, big ego and once he lost his first fight that ego was gone and all he had to fall back on was his self confidence and self worth which wasn't very high as it turns out.
God I miss him though

leocouture

10-16-2011, 01:22 PM

Ricky hatton hands down.

Then probly fernando Vargas and Samuel peter

THN

10-16-2011, 01:31 PM

Arthur Abraham
Kelly Pavlik
Jermain Taylor

elTerrible

10-16-2011, 01:33 PM

he got injured in his next fight thats nothing mental at all

its not the defeat he didn't handle well its the torn rotator cuff

Agreed, he won his next fight over a very good opponent and while ruining his shoulder, how can anyone say he didnt have heart at that point I dont know. He did good in the Typsko fight immediately after calzaghe but went down hill rapidly after the typsko fight when he had to have shoulder surgery. For me this points it to being more physical than mental.

big_AL

10-16-2011, 01:51 PM

meldrick taylor

Thread Stealer

10-16-2011, 02:05 PM

Diego Corrales didn't handle his loss to Mayweather too well. As a matter of fact, when I saw his post-fight interview, I thought to myself " this seems like the type of guy who will NEVER recover from this " ofcourse I ended up eating my words on that one.

Same here.

He was so devastated, I didn't expect him to have the success he did later on.

In terms of being a bad sport Larry Holmes
In terms of ruining a career Meldrick Taylor

Taylor still had more success after his first loss than a lot of other fighters who never recovered after their first L.

SportsLeader

10-16-2011, 02:07 PM

Taylor still had more success after his first loss than a lot of other fighters who never recovered after their first L.

I swear you seem to post on that subject every other day :yep.

Jasper Simone

10-16-2011, 02:17 PM

Hamed definitely. It killed him to lose.

Someone mentioned Davey Moore...nah, he was just so brutalized that night it ruined him as a fighter.

JM22

10-16-2011, 02:22 PM

Taylor, Vargas, Mosley, Campas, and Tito.

arightballsup

10-16-2011, 02:31 PM

Naseem Hamed
George Foreman
Jeff Lacy

Cant argue with this, also seen Jones Jnr's first defeat suggested which is a good shout!

JM22

10-16-2011, 02:34 PM

Cant argue with this, also seen Jones Jnr's first defeat suggested which is a good shout!Jones first defeat was a DQ. :D

Jaaames

10-16-2011, 02:41 PM

Owen Beck................

silenc

10-16-2011, 02:54 PM

meldrick taylor

:deal

+ nunn, curry, roy jones, jackson.

Larryboys

10-16-2011, 03:14 PM

Kelly Pavlik is an obvious one. He didn't take a particularily bad beating physically, but fell apart after that fight, I guess his carefully nurtured career had given him a false confidence in himself and when he found out he wasn't really a "special" fighter, just a good one who'd have to work at winning, he was ruined. He fought lethargically from that point on even against hand picked target practice opponants, and then there's all the out of ring drinking and fighting stuff.

Thread Stealer

10-16-2011, 03:28 PM

I swear you seem to post on that subject every other day :yep.

Any revisionist history, especially courtesy of HBO documentaries, needs to go.

Oh, to add to the Hatton mention, I also remember Ricky saying he couldn't stop crying after losing to Mayweather and that "all is missing is a pair of tits".

superman1692

10-16-2011, 03:37 PM

Any revisionist history, especially courtesy of HBO documentaries, needs to go.

Oh, to add to the Hatton mention, I also remember Ricky saying he couldn't stop crying after losing to Mayweather and that "all is missing is a pair of tits".

Wow, didn't realise Hatton took the Mayweather loss that badly. But then again, it was an entirely new experience for him, not just getting KO'ed, but also losing a professional fight. I guess after the huge build up to the fight, he felt he had let his fans down (though he didn't at all, he made a valiant effort). Though he definitely took the Pacquiao loss badly. Guess getting KO'ed in the 2nd round will do that to you.

Doc

10-16-2011, 03:44 PM

Hamed...

but I don't blame him he got raped in there....Barrera took his heart, soul, and courage...

barrera fucked him so bad, he had him on the floor trying to step on his nuts with his knees, then barrera choke hold hamed and slammed him on the corner like a cop...

It was a Clown vs Warrior in there....