Why is losing once so horrible in the sport of boxing?

[al-Xander]

You have obviously never boxed a day in your in life.

Boxing is just about the most demanding sport, in life style, training and performing.

You should try it, you're skewed opinion of the sport would turn a 180' in the first round that you spar. Or the first morning that you must wake up at 4 or 5am to do your roadwork before you go to school or work. Or sitting at the table, during a Thanksgiving celebration, knowing that you have to make weight just a couple of days later for an official bout. Etc...........

Another know nothin'...............Rockin'

Good point.

What's your take on the title of the thread?

[Rockin']

Good point.

What's your take on the title of the thread?

It is not so bad to lose a fight. As a matter of fact, you probably learned more in your losing effort than you ever did in many of your wins..................Rockin'

[-Kev-]

Some fighters lose without even losing officially also, and this enrages fans. Fans feel like some fighters are highly ranked or gain important accolades under false pretenses, their “great” careers look fraudulent. Undeserved wins is what most fans care about.

Some fans for sure hate on a fighter who loses by KO, but some of those fighters are hated already because they escaped what fans believe was a prior loss.

Some of my favorite fighters that received this sort of hate, Mayweather-Castillo I, Canelo-GGG I, Wilder-Fury I.

That’s where MOST of the hate comes from. But there is also undeserved hate for fighters even before they unofficially lose.

It could also be a personality thing. For example, a fighter who acts humble and says all the right things, but has 5 losses, can be more liked than a more successful but brash fighter. This successful and brash fighter losing for the first time can make some fans happy and lead to all types of accusations and hate towards that fighter.

[al-Xander]

In my case I have stopped following any particular fighter/s. It just doesn't make any sense anymore. I made an example of Edwin De Los Santos a while ago (among many) and he's supposed to be a showcase fight for Jose Valenzuela, and Edwin accepted the fight as a last minute replacement. That was in September of last year and he'll be fighting at the end of July this year. If that is how much time it takes to see such fighter again, who would be interested in following any one of them anymore?

And you can imagine if he lost that fight. You'll most likely never see him again for the next 2 years. That's how bad it is to lose one fight in this sport.

[al-Xander]

Everything boils down to it. People talk about how the sport is so messed up exactly because boxers are terrified of losing. Exactly the same reason why they'd rather fight once a year. Being more active means you have more chances of losing. Same reason why they can't even take tuneup fights and would rather wait for their turn in the lottery. Losing a step is terrifying enough, let alone lose. Of course, everyone will take a fight offering retirement money. Nothing brave about it.

[Sharpshootah]

They dont fight enough, Too much crying on twitter and excuses when they do lose

[al-Xander]

They dont fight enough, Too much crying on twitter and excuses when they do lose

Bottom line is they don't see losing as a learning experience and a step to bounce back stronger.

[al-Xander]

Too many fights are not getting made early because of this horrible disease in boxing where losing is not taken as anything but horrible. Then when the fight do comes tons of excuses are made because one fighter is no longer in his proper element. Even now certain fighters are still hesitant to step it up big because of the fear of losing.

[Smash]

losing is so horrible because if u lose u are a loser and if u win u are a winner

[tomhawq]

Vergil Ortiz vs Terence Crawford would have been a hell of a fight back then. There's also Ortiz vs Ennis. What else?

It's a horrible sport where losing is the end of one's career, instead of being taken as learning experience or momentary derailment.