Having losses on your record doesn't mean anything

[Paclan]

Sometimes champions need to be defeated when they're giving it all they got as a signal of what they can do different next time to be better.

And since nobody's perfect,(a wisdom that losses teach you) there's always some way to be better, something to improve.

[joe strong]

Sometimes champions need to be defeated when they're giving it all they got as a signal of what they can do different next time to be better.

And since nobody's perfect,(a wisdom that losses teach you) there's always some way to be better, something to improve.

ive been preaching this since i come on this site but 90% of the posters think otherwise,especially when its a protected euro fighter being talked about.as soon as the "o" goes so do their fans.on & off the bandwagon steady...ask glen johnson or mickey ward about double digit losses...

[Emon723]

Yes, nobody remembers the man who beat Hopkins in a 4-rounder 23 years ago in Bernard Hopkins' pro debut.

[Drunk Punch]

Too much is made of losses in boxing. I prefer a fighter who takes risks and sometimes comes up short against the safety first, protect my zero fighter.

Even fighters with 60+ fights are usually only remembered for a few meaningful contests. Why pad your record out with wins over meaningless bums just for the sake of keeping your zero.

[Rassclot]

defeat is also a true measure of internal and psychological fortitude.


for example you see someone like Hamed who was great as a hammer but once he got defeated he didn't have the balls to come back to fighting again. He was a goner.


look at Paul Williams. goner.

Look at RJJ Jr. Goner.


Some people who can dust themselves off after a loss and come back better will always go down as the greatest because they passed this very important test.


Hopkins. Pacquiao. Ray Robinson. Ali. Both Klitchkos. All the greatest.

[Chups]

Unless it's more than your wins.

[SLIMY RAT]

Depends really..

In my eyes Matthyse is arguably undefeated and i still think he is a good fighter despite his losses..

Alexander on the other has one were he pretty much quit and threw the towel in.. + HE should have 2 more to go along side that...

A loss in a tough close fight isn't bad at all..

When you get clearly outclassed by top opposition (Floyd/Corrales) from start to finish it does matter.

Even horrible loses can help though (see Khan/Prescott)

All though later on discussing resumes ofc it will matter somewhat.

[Alx.]

what about the mayweather fans who say 42-0 >>>> everything?

[Larrys Cellmate]

Lets be real here...if Pacquiao was 55-0 and Mayweather was 38-3-2...you guys would be arguing the exact opposite. Baldomir hadn't lost in a decade and was lineal champion, but he is a bum according to you guys because he had losses.

SMDH...things *******s think don't count in boxing (when it makes Pac look good): jabs, losses, and age.

[John Barron]

it means you've lost before, that much is obvious.