Worst decline in a fighter you've seen?

[The Surgeon]

His Royness fell off about as hard and fast as I ever saw

[soul_survivor]

The fastest and worse decline I have ever seen was Prince Hamed after he lost to MAB.

I have never seen anything like that before, he lost everything he had overnight

I always thought the savage beating lacy took against calzaghe was a great example

His Royness fell off about as hard and fast as I ever saw

All great examples but just a few points:

- Hamed lost much of his speed and reflexes long before the MAB fight, it just took such a great fighter to show us that Hamed had little left.

- Lacy's decline was just terrible, yes he was never great but he used to be a legit threat, then he became a punching bag.

- Roy's story has become legend now but to go from the RJJ of Ruiz to the RJJ of those 2 fights with Tarver is simply disgraceful. He almost lost on points and then got KOd brutally and then managed to get destroyed by a barely c level puncher in Johnson.

Hatton post Pacquiao also comes to mind

[ShamrockXpress]

Rid**** bowe fell off pretty quickly, he seemed to have it all, then, he didn't have anything.

[TBear]

Rid**** bowe fell off pretty quickly, he seemed to have it all, then, he didn't have anything.

Bowe is a pretty good example.


Previously mentioned Jeff Lacy on the other hand, I had seen Lacy as a limited fighter. Well before he faced Calzaghe, I foreseen his downfall.

[Anthony342]

Rid**** bowe fell off pretty quickly, he seemed to have it all, then, he didn't have anything.

Yeah, almost forgot Bowe had his own video game? Was it any good? I'll have to check it out. I remember Genesis releasing a Buster Douglas game after he became champ and then being a guest referee replacing Tyson, who still worked with WWF by 1998.

[BennyST]

Duran certainly did

Well, sort of.

In fact, his was also one of the most rapid declines. He went from being literally one of the greatest, most complete fighters in history, nearly unbeatable, to getting beat by journeyman within one year. Crazy rapid drop. The drop off from Leonard I to II was huge, but the drop from Leonard II to Laing was just mind-blowing.

Beating Leonard though made him feel like he'd done it all and there was nothing left at all, so the fire died and he went to complete ****. Getting beaten and counted out completely brought it back a little every now and then, but overall, he had one of the most rapid declines in history. He just came back numerous times after that and showed how good he really was in his prime.

[BennyST]

All great examples but just a few points:

- Hamed lost much of his speed and reflexes long before the MAB fight, it just took such a great fighter to show us that Hamed had little left.

- Lacy's decline was just terrible, yes he was never great but he used to be a legit threat, then he became a punching bag.

- Roy's story has become legend now but to go from the RJJ of Ruiz to the RJJ of those 2 fights with Tarver is simply disgraceful. He almost lost on points and then got KOd brutally and then managed to get destroyed by a barely c level puncher in Johnson.

Hatton post Pacquiao also comes to mind

Pre Pac, post Floyd, you mean?

He only had one fight after Pac after a long retirement.

He looked like utter ****e after losing to Floyd and nearly getting stopped by Lazcano. He was done when he fought Pac. Most top 140 pounders with would have stopped him that night...barring Malignaggi of course who couldn't stop a 90 year old Hatton.

Roy's decline was pretty amazing.

[soul_survivor]

Pre Pac, post Floyd, you mean?

He only had one fight after Pac after a long retirement.

He looked like utter ****e after losing to Floyd and nearly getting stopped by Lazcano. He was done when he fought Pac. Most top 140 pounders with would have stopped him that night...barring Malignaggi of course who couldn't stop a 90 year old Hatton.

Roy's decline was pretty amazing.

Hatton didn't look like **** against Paulie, he looked slick and quick, had better head movement than he had had in years, his footwork was in a different league too, all this against a guy who was known as the quick, fleet boxer. We can all laugh at Paulie's power but the kid could box and Hatton out boxed and out fought him and looked on a different planet. He'd found his home at 140 again.

[Wuckoo]

Well, sort of.

In fact, his was also one of the most rapid declines. He went from being literally one of the greatest, most complete fighters in history, nearly unbeatable, to getting beat by journeyman within one year. Crazy rapid drop. The drop off from Leonard I to II was huge, but the drop from Leonard II to Laing was just mind-blowing.

Beating Leonard though made him feel like he'd done it all and there was nothing left at all, so the fire died and he went to complete ****. Getting beaten and counted out completely brought it back a little every now and then, but overall, he had one of the most rapid declines in history. He just came back numerous times after that and showed how good he really was in his prime.

Yeah, I'd recommend anybody interested in Duran and his ups and downs read hands of stone. It's one if the best books on boxing I've ever read

[PureBoxingCEO]

Recently, Juanma Lopez is the biggest letdown for the last 5 years. He showed great chin against Marquez and Mtagwa, but since 2011 his chin couldn't hold on against a jab