Career Ending Or Shortening Fights.

[JuicyJuice]

Benn-Eubank I. Eubank lost some of his confidence after that, seemed to bring him back down to earth and humble him.

Eubank was interviewed by American NBC TV station before he fought on the Nelson/McDonnell undercard and said "your going to be watching the best fighter in the world tonight". But after the Benn fight, Eubank didn't give a **** about glory and just wanted to make as much money as possible with the least risk to his health and least risk to his '0'.

Shame, because Eubank had a lot going for him and could of been fighter of the decade if he wanted to be.

[Azteca]

camacho - rosario

[grayfist]

Two fights made two fighters leave boxing not because they were mauled but in disgust over decisions:

1. Hagler left the game after meeting Sugar Ray Leonard, unable to accept that the judges called the fight in favor of Ray.

2. Carlos Zarate left boxing for close to seven years after having been declared loser to Lope Pintor by Split Decision. He had KDd Pintor in the 4th. Zarate was lured back to boxing in 1986. He racked up 12 consecutive wins, then faced Jeff Fenech for the WBC SuperaBantam title in late 1987. He lost, TD 4. He tried again four months later (1988) to wrest the same throne that had been vacated by Fenech, facing Daniel Zaragoza. Again, he failed (TKO 10).

[hemichromis]

frazier in the thrilla in manilla

the rumble in the jungle had a huge effect on foreman even though the effect was psychological, he no longer believed he was invincible

[Mr. Ryan]

Chavez-Taylor I: Just an absolute beating. Chavez took everything out of this kid, because the kid gambled his last breath on the biggest fight of his life.

Mormeck-Braithwaite: Braithwaite took tremendous punishment in that fight. He was stopped in his next fight and may never recover his career fully.

Toney-Jirov: Who has Jirov beaten lately. Aside from the physical punishment, his will to win also seems to be fading.

Trinidad-Vargas: Vargas had some success in the middle rounds, showing his obvious potential as a champ. But the terrible punishment he was taking from rounds 9-12 was really damaging. He simply was rushed too fast into a major fight.

Pryor-Arguello I: Aaron Pryor just went out there and broke his man apart. Arguello was really destroyed in this fight, it was over after this fight for him. He never returned to his previous success again.

In Pryor-Arguello and Chavez-Taylor, the damage was worse because they gave every ounce of energy and life they had in those fights. They put all their chips on the table, risked it all, and paid the cost. Its really hard to return to former prominence after beatings like those. The fight was literally beaten out of them.

[JDizzle79]

tyson has never been the same after lewis


lol

[Famoso Matador]

The beating Vargas took from Trinidad. He hasn't been the same.
Camacho Sr. went to war with someone I forgot the fighter's name but Camacho was never the same after the fight.

Your prabobly thinking of Rosario

[Violent Demise]

I just read some old article from CNN in that year.
Taylor wanted to prove he was still a good fighter and his trainer was encouraging him.
Now if Taylor was really that ****ed up, why would people egg him on and let him fight?
Do people really hate this guy that much that they want to see him end up a vegetable or dead?

Taylor took a bad beating in the Chavez fight. But he was still a young man. People felt he could recover. And he did to a point. Alot of people forget that Taylor did win another title after the Chavez fight. When he beat Aaron Davis. Davis was no Hall of Famer, but he was undefeated at the time and had won his title by exposing Mark Breland. It was a good win for Taylor, but it was clear he was not all the way back yet. His first title defense led to more questions. I think he was dropped twice before winning. I forget against who. It was clear his skills had diminished. It was a poor showing, but it got him another super fight he wanted. Terry Norris crushed him in 4 rounds. This was the fight I think should of led to his retirement. But since he had moved up in weight for the Norris fight and still held a welterweight title, he was allowed to continued. Bad mistake. Crisanto Espana a European fighter tourtured him for 11 rounds. Worse than Chavez did, I think. Whoever approved Taylor to fight again, after the Espana fight should be arrested.

[Floydko1]

Theirs loads off Career Ending Or Shortening Fights in the past off boxing history some ppl ant tlkd about are:

Tyson v Spinks

I was a big fan off Spinks one off the greatest light-heavyweights off all time beat the likes off Marvin Johnson ,Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Larry Holmes with a record off 30-0-21ko going into the tyson fight.

in 1988, Superfight 88, Tyson Vs. Spinks, came. Tyson inflicted the first and only defeat on Spinks' record by knocking Spinks out in the first round. every1 knew Spinks was a true light-heavy and Spinks was under the MYTH tyson was "unbeatable".

After that fight, Spinks retired and never came back to boxing as a boxer.

i wonder what would had happend to Spinks if he went back down to lightheavy after the Gerry gooney fight?

[joeytrimble]

somebody asked why ali foreman didnt fight.....ali was suposed to meet fraizer for a third fight while foreman was suposed to meet young ali won his fight foreman lost his ali fought young instead lol thats not ducking