Hi guys,
With Wilder Fury around the corner I am trying to think of any one sided beatdowns that were ever able to be avenged, even better if it’s in the very next fight in an immediate rematch. Any suggestions?
thanks!
Cotto vs margarito 2. That’s a fight that stuck in my head and I was emotionally invested in being that margarito is a cheater.
Cotto has no proof that Margo cheated in the first fight. his team fully inspected and approved the handwraps and gloves of margo in his first fight. Marco was caught with something before the mosley fight and Cotto retroactively claimed it proved that Margo cheated him and used it as an excuse. In fact he had a rough going even in his rematch with Margo the only difference that fight was that Pacquiao already broke Margo's orbital bone and Cotto had that as an easy target but the rematch showed margo was a bad style for cotto.
cotto is such a diva trying to "erase" a loss with no proof he was ever cheated.
Riddick Bowe vs Andrew Golota II, is one of the most underrated Heavyweight fights of the 90's. Bowe dropped masses of weight for the rematch, by his own admittance maybe too much weight and too fast. This visibly seemed to effect his overall strength and durability, but regardless he still fought hard 'In a brutal fight, completely awesome'.
Peak Golota was a really good fighter, very good technically. Bowe did win both fights via disqualification but? He was being beaten in the first fight. The second fight was more competitive, it was Riddick Bowe's last fight as world class Heavyweight.
The question is "one sided beatdowns" not "KOs". Lewis was boxing Rahman's ears off until he became arrogant.
It's extremely rare that one guy gets soundly outboxed and then avenged in the rematch.
Would only really happen with a contractual rematch. Otherwise the fight wouldn't get made if a fighter was beaten comprehensively. Wilder and AJ were the ones who had a chance to make it happen but didn't.
Usyk v AJ 1 wasn't exactly a beat down, but it was comprehensive.
Most being mentioned above were pretty competitive until the stoppage.
Could argue Kambosos could be the next to have that opportunity. Again, not a beat down v Haney, but a very comprehensive loss.
Based on the examples provided it appears a loss being avenged after a one-sided beat down is very rare because 95% of the fights mentioned weren't one-sided. The best example I've seen so far is Louis vs Schmeling.
I would say that it's normally more plausible for the younger fighter to come back and when a rematch even if they were dominated the first fight. Old fighters rarely come to avenge a one-sided loss. That's the reason I feel Wilder will lose again.
Honeyghan was getting beaten up by Jorge Vaca when a clash of heads stopped their fight and he lost on a technical decision. Lloyd blitzed him in 3 in the rematch.
Because that was not immediately avenged? Louis had 11 fights in between the first and second fights Schmelling fights. And the loss was avenged two years later.
The examples I, like most have provided had fighters avenge losses the following fight and within a year.
It says "even better" in regards to that. Nothing compares to the magnitude of Louis-Schmeling.
Can't believe Louis-Schmeling isn't the most immediate thought. Such children on here.
Because that was not immediately avenged? Louis had 11 fights in between the first and second fights Schmelling fights. And the loss was avenged two years later.
The examples I, like most have provided had fighters avenge losses the following fight and within a year.
Come on guys, schmelling vs Louis is the prime example, one sided domination ending in 12th round ko in first fight, avenged one year later by stoppage in the first 90 seconds.
Thank youuuuuuu............
But Ruiz ended up putting Joshua down like four times and put a hurting on him the last few rounds.
Agreed on Kovalev vs Alvarez.
Murata avenging his loss vs Brant. He didn't get put down and destroyed but he lost majority of the rounds.
Murata-Brant is a good shout actually. Most people expected Brant to dominate the rematch.
I admit I never watched the whole fight, and certainly did not score it. But I'm always skeptical of a robbery claim when the home fighter is the one crying robbery. I'll have to watch that fight and score it some time. Hard to see why they would score it for Ndam unless he won it, but I've been wrong before.
That one was bad no doubt. Definitely rare but Murata clearly won.
The N'dam fight was just a bad robbery, but I also mentioned the Murata/Brant example. That's a good one.
I admit I never watched the whole fight, and certainly did not score it. But I'm always skeptical of a robbery claim when the home fighter is the one crying robbery. I'll have to watch that fight and score it some time. Hard to see why they would score it for Ndam unless he won it, but I've been wrong before.
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