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

[al-Xander]

I can't think of any sport that depicts this strange malady. Fighters in other contact sport like MMA/UFC can fight multiple times regardless of loses. In basketball, one on one tennis, baseball, football, you name it, no such thing as this silliness in boxing.

[GrandpaBernard]

Boxing is high risk, high reward

and its fans are toxic

Had convo with a guy who called Joshua a BUM because of his upset loss to Ruiz

A top guy in any other sport would not be called a bum because of one loss

[Brother Mouzone]

The fanbase ......

[SplitSecond]

The worst thing about it that promotional companies have the right to drop you if you lose. Which means you can easily end up in the ether after a loss.

[tritium_arma]

This is only a very recent thing. Because of it, you have guys taking no risk whatsoever to keep the 0.

[Smash]

when u only play 1 or twice a year u are expected to win, if u are the real deal that is

[tomhawq]

Probably because it takes ages to setup fights in boxing. There are tens and tens of fighters, if not hundreds. One fighter seems to have only one chance to last longer. Even if he wins, his next fight might be next year let alone if he loses.

Haven't explored the differences even though it looks clear because MMA and UFC are almost seen weekly and the main card is not the only focus of what the audience is waiting for.

[al-Xander]

Probably because it takes ages to setup fights in boxing. There are tens and tens of fighters, if not hundreds. One fighter seems to have only one chance to last longer. Even if he wins, his next fight might be next year let alone if he loses.

Haven't explored the differences even though it looks clear because MMA and UFC are almost seen weekly and the main card is not the only focus of what the audience is waiting for.

Yeah, it's not always the fighter's fault. I get it. It's a bit complicated than it looks.... (I'll get back to this later...)

[F l i c k e r]

It shouldn't be.

But there has been a lot of value placed in being undefeated since Mayweather.

But if you go down history, how many of the absolute best ATGs are undefeated?

Boxers shouldn't worry about it so much if they've already secured a million.

If they've made a million, concrete million in liquid assets and immediate spending capability.

don't worry about the 0 anymore.

You're fighting for legacy if you've secured your financial future. Or outright greed and outright greed never goes to plan. Just see Broner for that example.

[4truth]

It isn't usually but sometimes it really is. Sometimes a loss exposes a weakness and you just know going forward things aren't going to be the same. There are many examples but the one that stands out to me was Barrera / Hamed. Barrera was a huge underdog but he dismantled flamboyant Hamed using solid boxing fundamentals and not a lot more than that.

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