How do robberies affect fighters?

[Kevin Jesus]

Can the expression on their face tell the whole story?

Do they lie when they say it won't affect them?

After a hard-fought fight that you gave your all in, and the fans know you won. The judges take it away from you.

Does it really get you stronger, mentally? or does it get the fighter like "blah, i don't wanna fight anymore"(at the moment).

It must be tough to go home losing on the scorecards, with your face clean and your opponent's face looks like it got hit by a train and he was announced the "winner".

Then to top it all off, fans have the balls to claim that win and use it as an accomplishment, when the "winner" didn't even have the balls to give that fighter a rematch to show the fans that he really was the winner.

[savorduhflavor]

All depends on the fighter. It will act as motivation for mentally strong fighters. It could break mentally weak fighters.

[warp1432]

Performance wise, I don't really think all that much.

It's how they take advantage of that situation though. They can cry robbery and get the fans on their side or do nothing and go back and fight stiffs.

[Kevin Jesus]

I think if it was me, as long as the fans and media ALL universally agree that I indeed got robbed, then I would be satisfied. But it'll be as a loss on my records, and that **** hurts deep inside knowing that you won that fight.

[MANGLER]

Depends on the fighter, the circumstances involved, and whether or not the majority of people who saw it agree wit the decision victim's plight. Some will take it well, others will crack.

[Kevin Jesus]

People in the future will eventually forget about the robbery and say you lost that fight just because it shows it in your record. 20-30 years later no one will be talking about it as a robbery, it'll be talked about as a legit loss for some reason.

[strugler]

Let me ask JLC......................LOL

[Iceta]

The way that I think robberies effect fighters who are the victim is monetarily mainly. You take a fight like Dawson-Johnson of where the decision was awarded to the wrong guy and Chad takes off with his belt like a punk. Ask yourself who it was who got 2 paydays against Tarver. In the meantime, Johnson got hung out to dry big time.