Which examples can you remember?
The main one that sticks out in my mind is Ricky Hatton. Before he fought Floyd Mayweather, he was on top of the world, he was undefeated, he was rated #1 in his division, he was also ranked in the p4p Top Ten and he was a national icon and hero in the UK. After being dominated and brutally knocked out by Floyd, he was just a broken man and a ruined fighter, mentally and physically, and his personal life and general health also deteriorated to a worrying extent following the loss with him cheating on his wife and kids and spiralling into depression and drug addiction. In the ring following the Mayweather fight, Hatton was almost knocked out by Juan Lazcano in his comeback fight and soon afterwards was brutally knocked out by Manny Pacquiao. However, Hatton has said that the Pacquiao fight only hurt his ego and that the Mayweather fight impacted him a lot more because he worked his whole career to get to that point and had no answer for the man in front of him. Hatton admitted to "crying for months" after the Mayweather loss. I think it also hurt him a lot because there was thousands of people in that arena and millions in his home country cheering for him and he would have felt like he let them all down. Some fighters can get over a loss and still have a good career, some fighters even get better due to a loss and use it as inspiration, but I think that fight just took it all out of Ricky Hatton. He pushed himself to the limit and came up short, and his confidence and aura of invincibility that we saw before that fight never appeared again. I really don't think much of Pacquiao's win over Hatton because I think Hatton was just a completely ruined fighter, he also had to go down even further in weight to 140. Which is even more wear and tear on the body and helps explain why he just couldn't cope with Pacquiao's speed and power. Pacquiao fans will disagree but I honestly think that the Hatton that fought Tszyu would have had a great chance to beat Manny.
Mayweather said of Hatton - "I think he should have stopped fighting after our fight. In our fight he took a lot of huge shots, and he's been in a lot of gruelling fights, which is a lot of wear and tear on your body. With him taking all of those big shots by me, it was extremely wear and tear on his body, so what Pacquiao had done I wasn't suprised. He (Hatton) can't keep balooning up in weight and coming down, balooning up in weight and coming down. You know, he balooned up in weight and came down to welterweight but then for the Pacquiao fight he had to go down 7 more pounds. That's wear and tear on the body. I beat Ricky Hatton when he was undefeated, and once I beat him he was never the same"
I really can't come up with many other examples. I guess Acelino Freitas is one. He was a really spirited and exciting fighter when he was undefeated, but once Diego Corrales beat him, he just never had that same aura and confidence that he had before. He struggled badly against Zahir Raheem in a fight that he could easily have lost and then quit again when he fought Juan Diaz. I think one could also argue that Zab Judah has never quite looked the same after losing to Kostya Tszyu. Yes he has won world titles since that fight but before that fight he looked like he could become something special, and since that fight we have seen him look very weak mentally in several fights (Baldomir, Mayweather, Cotto, Clottey and Khan to name a few). Some people even say that he quit against Khan because he just didn't think he could win. Zab Judah is a very talented boxer, but I think that the Kostya Tszyu fight ruined him to a certain extent.
Please give me your choices and let me know what you think of mine.
The main one that sticks out in my mind is Ricky Hatton. Before he fought Floyd Mayweather, he was on top of the world, he was undefeated, he was rated #1 in his division, he was also ranked in the p4p Top Ten and he was a national icon and hero in the UK. After being dominated and brutally knocked out by Floyd, he was just a broken man and a ruined fighter, mentally and physically, and his personal life and general health also deteriorated to a worrying extent following the loss with him cheating on his wife and kids and spiralling into depression and drug addiction. In the ring following the Mayweather fight, Hatton was almost knocked out by Juan Lazcano in his comeback fight and soon afterwards was brutally knocked out by Manny Pacquiao. However, Hatton has said that the Pacquiao fight only hurt his ego and that the Mayweather fight impacted him a lot more because he worked his whole career to get to that point and had no answer for the man in front of him. Hatton admitted to "crying for months" after the Mayweather loss. I think it also hurt him a lot because there was thousands of people in that arena and millions in his home country cheering for him and he would have felt like he let them all down. Some fighters can get over a loss and still have a good career, some fighters even get better due to a loss and use it as inspiration, but I think that fight just took it all out of Ricky Hatton. He pushed himself to the limit and came up short, and his confidence and aura of invincibility that we saw before that fight never appeared again. I really don't think much of Pacquiao's win over Hatton because I think Hatton was just a completely ruined fighter, he also had to go down even further in weight to 140. Which is even more wear and tear on the body and helps explain why he just couldn't cope with Pacquiao's speed and power. Pacquiao fans will disagree but I honestly think that the Hatton that fought Tszyu would have had a great chance to beat Manny.
Mayweather said of Hatton - "I think he should have stopped fighting after our fight. In our fight he took a lot of huge shots, and he's been in a lot of gruelling fights, which is a lot of wear and tear on your body. With him taking all of those big shots by me, it was extremely wear and tear on his body, so what Pacquiao had done I wasn't suprised. He (Hatton) can't keep balooning up in weight and coming down, balooning up in weight and coming down. You know, he balooned up in weight and came down to welterweight but then for the Pacquiao fight he had to go down 7 more pounds. That's wear and tear on the body. I beat Ricky Hatton when he was undefeated, and once I beat him he was never the same"
I really can't come up with many other examples. I guess Acelino Freitas is one. He was a really spirited and exciting fighter when he was undefeated, but once Diego Corrales beat him, he just never had that same aura and confidence that he had before. He struggled badly against Zahir Raheem in a fight that he could easily have lost and then quit again when he fought Juan Diaz. I think one could also argue that Zab Judah has never quite looked the same after losing to Kostya Tszyu. Yes he has won world titles since that fight but before that fight he looked like he could become something special, and since that fight we have seen him look very weak mentally in several fights (Baldomir, Mayweather, Cotto, Clottey and Khan to name a few). Some people even say that he quit against Khan because he just didn't think he could win. Zab Judah is a very talented boxer, but I think that the Kostya Tszyu fight ruined him to a certain extent.
Please give me your choices and let me know what you think of mine.
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