5 Popular Fighters Whose Careers Diminished After Their First Defeat

[Evil Abed]

Jermain Taylor comes to mind.

[Thread Stealer]

Meldrick Taylor had the best wins of any of those guys after their first defeats, yet he gets #1. Is this the HBO Legendary Nights effect?

I have a feeling Kelly Pavlik will be talked about in discussions like this in years time.

[Evil Abed]

Mike Tyson should be on this list.

[BoxingGenius27]

Mike Tyson should be on this list.

No Tyson shouldn't. Gus D'Motto's death is what killed Tyson's career. Then prison finished it off.

[Barry Halls]

Meldrick Taylor had the best wins of any of those guys after their first defeats, yet he gets #1. Is this the HBO Legendary Nights effect?

Seriously, this show has brought on so many weird "truths" among boxingfans.

[Thread Stealer]

No Tyson shouldn't. Gus D'Motto's death is what killed Tyson's career. Then prison finished it off.

Cus died when Mike was a 12 fight prospect.

Of course it really ****ed with Mike mentally, but he didn't peak as a fighter until 2 and a half years after Cus passed.

[BoxingGenius27]

Cus died when Mike was a 12 fight prospect.

Of course it really ****ed with Mike mentally, but he didn't peak as a fighter until 2 and a half years after Cus passed.

Mike never officially peaked. You know why? Because Cus died. We saw a small % of what Mike really had. With Cus, we would've seen what Mike was really capable of.

Then when Mike went to jail for 4 years, that finished him off.

Let me ask you something. Do you really think Mike loses to "Buster Douglas" with Cus D'motto on his side? Of course not.

[Thread Stealer]

Mike never officially peaked. You know why? Because Cus died. We saw a small % of what Mike really had. With Cus, we would've seen what Mike was really capable of.

Then when Mike went to jail for 4 years, that finished him off.

Let me ask you something. Do you really think Mike loses to "Buster Douglas" with Cus D'motto on his side? Of course not.

Cus being alive just would prolonged Tyson's reign a bit before he self destructed, IMO.

He was a deeply troubled person both with and without Cus.

[BoxingGenius27]

And we're not even going to talk about Robin Givens. Now, if you want to talk about ruining a fighter, she's the tropy for it.

Let's not forget how Tyson crashed his car in a tree and tried to kill himself over her. This was all before the Douglass fight.

Haha and people think his first loss to Douglass ruined him.

[BoxingGenius27]

Cus being alive just would prolonged Tyson's reign a bit before he self destructed, IMO.

He was a deeply troubled person both with and without Cus.

Without him? Abosolutely.

With him? No.

Cus was the yin to Tyson's yang. You have to think of how young Tyson was. He made mistakes that a lot of teens make growing up in poverty in Brooknam. Not Brooklyn, but Brooknam. No need to explain why it's called that.