Which fighters were never "the same" after being KO'd?

[NAPO]

Yeah, Wlad basically became Daniel Santos after his first KO loss. Scared, boring to watch, hit and hold.

not really....he was so overconfident n that fight...he thought because he was an Olympic medalist nobody could of beat him.


but he has manage to become a 3 time champion.

[El Chicano]

Although he wasnt KO'd, Lacy hasnt been the same since the Calzaghe fight. Taylor is gonna bust him up...

Everyone makes fun of Calzaghe's slappy style, but he sure did bust up Lacy in that fight. We'll see what Lacy has left.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Everyone makes fun of Calzaghe's slappy style, but he sure did bust up Lacy in that fight. We'll see what Lacy has left.

Agreed. In all honesty, I hadn't followed Zags that much before the fight. That was one of most lopsided ass whippings I have ever seen....

[Derranged]

Everyone makes fun of Calzaghe's slappy style, but he sure did bust up Lacy in that fight. We'll see what Lacy has left.

Agreed. In all honesty, I hadn't followed Zags that much before the fight. That was one of most lopsided ass whippings I have ever seen....

What people just refuse to understand is that he HAS power its just his hands are ruined so he rarely puts anything on his punches anymore. Some people are just injury prone, like myself for instance.

[moe72]

fernando vargas after being knock out by trinidad

[KingTito]

Meldrick Taylor and Fernando Vargas

[j.razor]

vargas, mayorga, david reid, yory boy campus & william joppy after a Tito ko.

[IMDAZED]

fernando vargas after being knock out by trinidad

Absolutely. Throw in David Reid as well.

Vargas' chin went from solid to china in 35 minutes.

[El Chicano]

not really....he was so overconfident n that fight...he thought because he was an Olympic medalist nobody could of beat him.


but he has manage to become a 3 time champion.

But hes back, so he is the same because he stood toe to toe with Margarito and nothing but ko wins since than

Ok, but he (Santos) does not fight in the same manner that he fought before he got KTFO by Jantuah. Kofi laid him OUT. Now he fights scared and he's boring to watch. So, he wasn't and is not the same fighter after that KO.

[BennyST]

I thought the Honeyghan fight put a dent in Curry but I think he could have recovered had he not run into McCallum right after it but it's hard to say which one affected him more, he was performing well against McCallum until getting caught by a perfect left hook while leaning back though, I thought he never looked quite the same after that.

Yeah, Curry had so much potential, his destruction of Milton McCrory was great, he really had everything going for him, such a shame, he was great to watch in his prime.

I expected more from Honeyghan after the Curry fight, that never happened.

Mmm, most definitely. What was interesting was that he had such a great defense. He just showed small holes or lapses in concentration every now and then and unfortunately for him he was fighting in such a freakish pool of LMW/middleweight talent that those small holes were taken vicious advantage of at the exact moments he showed them.

The McCallum fight still stuns me. He tagged him with I think what he imagined to be a good left and just seemed to pull back with his right hand dropped to see what damage he had done. It was like he stopped thinking for just a moment and then the McCallum super left-hook came out of nowhere! It was actually similar to the other shocking KO loss of that time when Graham was boxing the bollocks out of Jackson before that one moment of foolishness put him out. Both incredible.

I think you are probably right though in that Curry was probably still in great shape even after the Honeyghan loss. He was boxing brilliantly in the McCallum fight until the KO and I think with that happening a second time one after another was too much for him. I can't believe Honeyghan didn't amount to anything after that. He never gave a performance even close to that kind of skill and determination. It was as if his whole career was poured into that one fight leaving him listless and just bad after it.