Best losing effort in a boxing match.

joe frazier against ali at the thriller in manilla

Felix Trinidad v.s. David Reid / March 2000 Reid's career never the same after this fight but he fought well considering the 3 knockdowns ( I think ) and the beating he took from the 5th or 6th round on. Surprised he made it to the 12th. After this fight David Reid kind of just dissapeared. So much for the "American Dream" after that fight.

Vargas against Trinidad. That was amazing heart, going down 5 times and taking those low blows. I was so mad at the time, but that was a great, great fight.

But Leonard won the fight. I'm talking losing efforts. Not come-from-behinds. Jeez i must have had a brain fart or something when typing that LOL.

Juan Molina contra Oscar De La Hoya Fernando Vargas contra Felix Trinidad Ike Quartey contra De La Hoya Vitali Klitschko-Lewis Herrol Graham-Julian Jackson David Tua-Ike Ibeabuchi Jose Luis Castillo-Floyd Mayweather I

Freitas vs Corrales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! freitas quit. Jose Luis Castillo.

Freitas vs Corrales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I woulda have to say JCC Taylor I hell yeah that one too

hearns vs. leonard, hell even rocky juarez comes to mind

chavez againt morales went 12 rounds 10 of them with a broken hand 10 competitive rounds left handed sob threw 6 left shots in a row at one point before backing offat one point no crying, no bullshit chavez comes to fight

its probably been said but it was long ago. vargas againts tito. vargas adapted after going down twice in the first and gave some good rounds

Not really relentlesy, he kinda just stood in front of Lewis and got his as handed to him. I would go with Sugar Ray Leonard - Hearns 1. Busted up eye and kept coming. But Leonard won the fight. I'm talking losing efforts. Not come-from-behinds.

I forget who said it but I remember seeing that Dorin-Balbi fight.

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Are those good fights that I should see? You really, really need to see Corrales/Castillo I. The other two, particularly Lewis-Holyfield, are well worth watching as well. If you're a relatively new fight fan, here's some fights you need to watch: Corrales-Castillo I, The Gatti-Ward Trilogy, Toney-Jirov, Hopkins-Trinidad, Trinidad-Vargas, De la Hoya-Vargas, Holyfield-Tyson I, Hatton-Tszyu, Pacquiao-Morales I & II, The Barrera-Morales Trilogy, Mosley-De la Hoya I, Wright-Mosley II, Quartey-De la Hoya, Quartey-Vargas, Corrales-Casamayor I & II, Bell-Mormeck, Mormeck-Braithwaite, and Brewster-Klitschko just for starters. Those are all somewhat recent fights. Get your hands on as many of those as possible. Then try to get a hold of the great Middleweight bouts of Leonard, Hearns,Hagler, and Duran- especially vs. each other. I'd also try to find some Ali fights- Frazier, Foreman, Liston, Norton, etc. Once you get into boxing, you'll be hooked. Good luck.

I forgot one.... Jirov vs Mesi Yeah, if Jirov would've fought the whole fight, he'd have easily finished Mesi off. Good one...

I guess most of them have been named. One great effort was Ricardo Mayorga vs Tito He took power shot after power shot and then LET tito hit him with more power shots. Then keep coming forward fighting hard. People 4get that Mayorga scored a flash knockdown with a clubbing right hand that made tito touch the canvas.

yeah. At first....I thought it was a legitimate stoppgage.....and Steele was only looking out for taylor's safety IE: (I bought that). But when I thought about it long and hard.....I changed my mind. that was way too close to the end to stop it. yeah he stopped it for his safety but i agree with it because chavez did more damage had the best punches but didnt show till late so maybe the fact that he had harder punches would of won him rounds but taylor was buissier. and chavez did enough damage to win him the fight you think steel wouldnt of stopped it if taylor was againts the ropes and kept getting caught with hard punchez

burton vs micky ward

Medrick Taylor vs. Chavez hands down in my mind. Taylor was 2 seconds away from a convincing unanamious descision to losing the fight. The ref should have been murked for stopping that fight... :mad: