Fights that tarnished the legacy of otherwise great fighters.

[jreckoning]

Was thinking about this the other day.

Michael Spinks had a lot of great wins and then he met Tyson and people forgot about how good he was.

Alexis Arguello was immensely talented and tough but his career was tarnished by Aaron Pryor.

Michael Nunn was a fantastic fighter but caught by James Toney.

What other examples can you think of that tarnished otherwise great careers and influenced people's opinions of a fighter.

Oops should've went into the history section.

[OTHINN]

David Haye farce against Audley and Wladimir.Like it or not Haye was actually a good fighter

[GodOfBoxing]

M.Spinks stands out, of course!

Shame, really! Hein Ten Hoff the German HVY.-wt. contender who lost 10r. dec. vs DWilder-&-wilder!Ha ha! [correction: JJW] was DE- SROYED in r.1 VS Ingemar HIS LAST!
The manner of the loss is the REALLY painful part!

[Cheeko12]

David Haye farce against Audley and Wladimir.Like it or not Haye was actually a good fighter

The hilarious truth

[Rip Chudd]

Alexis Arguello's career was tarnished by Aaron Pryor? That's news to me. I've haven't heard anyone crap on his career just because of the Pryor losses. Must be an NSB thing

[soul_survivor]

Jones against tarver 2 and the Johnson fight. He sent from being talked about as one of the truly greats to becoming an afterthought. It didn't help that his already limited star appeal was destroyed.

Titos loss to hopkins just made everyone forget just what a monster he was. He went from being regarded as one of the very best fighters in modern times to being entirely forgotten behind Oscar, Mosley, may, pac etc.

[Canelo and GGG]

Jones against tarver 2 and the Johnson fight. He sent from being talked about as one of the truly greats to becoming an afterthought. It didn't help that his already limited star appeal was destroyed.

Titos loss to hopkins just made everyone forget just what a monster he was. He went from being regarded as one of the very best fighters in modern times to being entirely forgotten behind Oscar, Mosley, may, pac etc.

I feel like All 3 Mosley ODLH and Tito got forgotten ,Tito is chito ,Oscar is fishnet ,and Mosley well nobody talk about him sad reality striked them that boxing fans dont respect anybody .

[All in]

Was thinking about this the other day.

Michael Spinks had a lot of great wins and then he met Tyson and people forgot about how good he was.

Alexis Arguello was immensely talented and tough but his career was tarnished by Aaron Pryor.

Michael Nunn was a fantastic fighter but caught by James Toney.

What other examples can you think of that tarnished otherwise great careers and influenced people's opinions of a fighter.

Oops should've went into the history section.

The last 12 years of roy jones jr's career.

[soul_survivor]

I feel like All 3 Mosley ODLH and Tito got forgotten ,Tito is chito ,Oscar is fishnet ,and Mosley well nobody talk about him sad reality striked them that boxing fans dont respect anybody .

Oscar still has a lot of good will and is one of the few American fighters over the last 15 years or so who is actually known to a relatively wide spread level in the UK.

But yeah, Tito is almost invisible and Mosley's career has dragged on to such an extent it seems like a joke now.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Good thread....


Michael Moorer getting beat by foreman

Liston vs ali fights, especially the phantom punch

Duran "no mas"

Bowe-Golata I think ruined both guys legacies

Tyson ear bite