How Much Impact....

[Mr. Ryan]

You don't need me to address it, bro. You know the score....and you're dealing with it.

For real, I'm gonna have to get Team Pinoy to cover me again. That's my muscle right there

[macman]

Think the losses that come late do affect the legacy slightly, but not too much.
To me, the likes of Lennox Lewis & Ricardo Lopez get an extra few points for realizing that everything is downhill from now on, & hanging up the gloves.

(interestingly, Tunney, who hung up his gloves at the top doesn't get much credit from people - almost too perfect a career & too smart for a lot people to deal with)


There tends to be an immediate downgrading of the fighter once he begins to slide, with a lot of petty attacks, but once the fighter is properly retired & people look back on his career, there tends to be a pretty balanced view, focusing on their achievements when they were at their prime.

[Hydro]

They say you're only as good as your last fight. Ali is one of the exceptions. Tyson has become a laughing stock due to his last fight.
It just depends on who the fighter is.

Some people say that, but it's really a bunch of crap when it comes to ranking the all-tiime great fighters of the sport.

Look at how many great fighters fought on too long.

It's the norm rather than the exception.