Fighters Who Were Never The Same After Their First Loss

[Barn]

Donald Curry
Meldrick Taylor

Good shouts.

[BostonGuy]

Jeff Lacy comes to mind. This guy was hyped by the media, fans and pundits as a super star in the smw division. I think at time he undefeated, he was in an ESPN commercial as well. Well, we all know what happened when he faced the more experienced, skilled and determined Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe schooled Lacy for most of the fight and beat him pillar to post...

After the Calzaghe fight, Lacy was never the same fight. His confidence and swagger were gone and his body never properly healed from the beating he took. Lacy was plagued with injuries the rest of his career to the point where he retired several years ago.

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Juan Manuel Lopez

[SCtrojansbaby]

The Griffin fight was a proper loss in my eyes. Your not supposed to hit a guy when he is down and if you do you deserve to be DQ'd. It's not as if Roy was completely dominating the fight and just did something ****** either, you can easily make the argument that he was losing prior to him being DQ'd.

Your right though. He never looked quite the same after being stopped by Tarver.

Griffin took a knee, the ref didn't even really notice Griffin was on a knee one and didn't DQ Roy until Griffin faked the delayed reaction KO

Also Donald Curry has no buisness being in this thread.

[Hitman Hodgson]

Michael Moorer and Meldrick Taylor, Kelly Pavlik too at this point.

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Griffin took a knee, the ref didn't even really notice Griffin was on a knee one and didn't DQ Roy until Griffin faked the delayed reaction KO

Also Donald Curry has no business being in this thread.

But Roy still hit Griffin when he was on his knee. The DQ was totally legit, and so was the loss.

That being said, Griffin's fake knockdown was a b!tch move if I ever saw one.

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Davey Moore
David Reid

[CarlosG815]

Michael Moorer and Meldrick Taylor, Kelly Pavlik too at this point.

Meldrick Taylor and Ricky Hatton I think are the two most popular examples.

Aside from the wear and tear on Ricky Hatton physically, Floyd destroyed him mentally.

After that he turned to alcoholism and ******* and even admitted to being suicidal after his devastating knockout loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He was never the same after that fight and really should have retired.

Meldrick Taylor suffered mentally in his fight but he had so much passion and drive even after that I think it was the physical abuse he suffered in that fight that was devastating to him, and not so much the mental anguish of losing and losing in the fashion that he did.

[Scott9945]

Wmute beat me to Davey Moore. But Jeff Lacy hasn't been mentioned yet.

[Scott9945]

Meldrick Taylor and Ricky Hatton I think are the two most popular examples.

Aside from the wear and tear on Ricky Hatton physically, Floyd destroyed him mentally.

After that he turned to alcoholism and ******* and even admitted to being suicidal after his devastating knockout loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He was never the same after that fight and really should have retired.

Meldrick Taylor suffered mentally in his fight but he had so much passion and drive even after that I think it was the physical abuse he suffered in that fight that was devastating to him, and not so much the mental anguish of losing and losing in the fashion that he did.

Actually Hatton's problems started after the Pacquiao fight, not the Mayweather fight. At least according to Ricky...