When one punch changes a man forever...

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Meldrick Taylor was never the same because of the move up in weight to 147 and the prolonged beating he took throughout the fight, not because of the final right hand. Even without that late rally, his career wouldn't have been much different. Hell, Chavez or no Chavez, his stay at the top would've most likely been short.

The main change about Jermain Taylor is that he simply fought a higher level of opposition once he faced B-Hop. Great fighters like Hopkins and Winky Wright, bigger guys who could hit like Kelly Pavlik and Arthur Abraham, or simply really tough style matchups like Cory Spinks.

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Kotsya-Judah....


The most fluke punch ever in the history of boxing, to completely cripple a fighter's psyche.

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Shane Mosley getting dropped by Vernon Forrest.

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Hatton was never the same after Floyd banked him off the ringpost. Jaidon was never the same after Allan Green...

That was one of the more vicious ko's I've seen in awhile. Green got in alot of left hooks and crosses before the ref could stop it. Two or three while Jaidon was out already, if I remember.

chin checker got chin checked that night

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Nigel Benn right cross & rabbit punches on Gerald McClellan.

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Mayweather vs. Hatton.

Round 10.

Hatton was never the same after Floyd banked him off the ringpost. Jaidon was never the same after Allan Green...

accumulation of punches led to that. Hatton was already reeling when he got hit by that left.

Pac's was the shot heard around the world.

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You can argue Michael Nunn after taking that left hook from James Toney that all but ended the fight.

******* didn't help either.

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These moments in boxing where one blow changes a man forever. Whether it be stylistically, or just overall.

Chavez on Taylor that big right hand he landed on him Taylor was never the same

Jermain Taylor getting the counter cross by Hopkins in their first fight, after this punch lands Taylors career goes in the toilet

That's the strangest thing I've read, man. You can narrow it down to that one specific punch? Yeah it hurt him...but didn't you see the mega shots Pavlik landed on Taylor? Those were the ones that sent Taylor's career south...the ones that stripped him off the Undisputed MW Championship...

Well actually I would argue that it was Taylor himself who inadvertently guided his career south.

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when joel julio beat robert kamya, man i know that dude kamya couldnt have been the same after that match.

crazy how boxing changes people.

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dont know what happened to Yorgey but this had to be a lifechanger haha