Why do KO artists always get KO'd?

Marcos Maidana has yet to be KO'd. He's loss two by dec. Very good chinned KO artist Excellent example, he definitely bucks the trend. Mosley too. Wasn't Maidana at least knocked down 5 times in his career? Also by body punches, but nevertheless. Punchers also put more weight behind their punches, so if they get countered they're really walking into the punches.

Valero and Vitali are arguably the two greatest KO artists ever and neither of them have been KO'd. But generally I see your point.

A lot of reasons. Live by the sword, die by the sword. Not only does it ring true, but there are reasons for it. A power puncher, in a fight that isn't ending the way he anticipated, tends to get frustrated and tired. Both of which leave you open for counters and quite a bit of them. You also lose a bit of your defense when you constantly swing for the fences. And when someone realizes they can take your punches or at least handle them, they start to take more calculated chances and begin to score. When you're not used to getting hit back, it worries you more than a pure boxer who realizes that he'll be hit, but it's still under control.

This Ezra Sellers is the very epitome of what the TS is talking about won 29 (KO 26) + lost 8 (KO 8) + drawn 0 = 37 http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=7726&cat=boxer That is some record. 'I'm not knocking you out?' 'No' 'What's the points, then?'

I always remember Ezra Sellers. Kind of a journeyman American who fought Johnny Nelson and a few others - that guy could punch holes in walls. However, he really couldn't take anything.

Lets not forget Julian Jackson John Mugabi.. Yo bro, didnt Mugabi get flattened out by Terry Norris in Tampa, im guessing in 1991 at 154? Julian Jackson, he too got knocked out in 1993, 94 I believe by Gerald McClellan; both monstrous punchers, but both suffered KO losses

Punchers are aggressive and willing to take a punch to land one usually. In their agression that tend to walk into punches unlike defensive fighters. Defensive minded fighters are not willing to get hit and are not willing to take any chances.

Lets not forget Julian Jackson John Mugabi..

Watching David Lemieux, I immediately thought of Earnie Shavers, Mike Tyson and a score of others who could dish it out, but not take it. Lennox and the Klitschkos...100% of their losses came by stoppage. Prime Ali and Juan Manuel Marquez were never stopped. Whats the deal? Because most of them are so much in love with their power that they forget the basic and basis of boxing.

Part of it's the bully mentality of finding someone their equal and the inability to handle it. Another thing is the step up in class and what it means in boxing. In football or basketball you'll get subbed. In boxing you get beaten up. Eventually you meet a guy who can take your best stuff. The test is whether or not you can find a different way to win.

Marcos Maidana has yet to be KO'd. He's loss two by dec. Very good chinned KO artist Excellent example, he definitely bucks the trend. Mosley too.

His first loss by KO, at a time when he was a major KO artist. It totally crushed his aura of invincibility. Marcos Maidana has yet to be KO'd. He's loss two by dec. Very good chinned KO artist

Power punchers expose themselves to more damage while trying to get the knockout. George Foreman was only KO'd once. His first loss by KO, at a time when he was a major KO artist. It totally crushed his aura of invincibility.

Watching David Lemieux, I immediately thought of Earnie Shavers, Mike Tyson and a score of others who could dish it out, but not take it. Lennox and the Klitschkos...100% of their losses came by stoppage. Prime Ali and Juan Manuel Marquez were never stopped. Whats the deal? Power punchers expose themselves to more damage while trying to get the knockout. George Foreman was only KO'd once.