Name your three choices for fighters who built/improved their rep on a loss

[Leo Pradun]

And how much does that actaually say?

Outside of Byrd and Lewis who he LOST to, LOOK at who he's fought. There's Donald, Johnson, Sanders, Obed Sullivan, Orlin Norris, Herbie Hide.

SO WHAT if he's beaten a long list of fighters when it's capped off with names like that. Outside of LOSING to the two top fighters he's ever faced, he has a weak overall resume.

This is typical nuthugging thinking.

bozo that **** gets old man, same **** all the time....

[Verstyle]

i know one. and thats mike tyson he lost to buster douglas and after that he won like 7 i think straight long with a wbc belt and wba before losing to holyfield in 96. thats a comeback if u ask me

[Guest]

i know one. and thats mike tyson he lost to buster douglas and after that he won like 7 i think straight long with a wbc belt and wba before losing to holyfield in 96. thats a comeback if u ask me

Yeah, but I'm talking about his REP, Mystyal. After Douglas the Tyson myth of him being unbeatable was in tatters.

[Mr. David]

My three picks

I think I can grab three from just the past year and a half.

Felix Sturm (against Oscar De La Hoya).

Monte Barrett (against Joe Mesi, although Barrett sure as hell squandered it against Rahman).

Ricardo Torres (against Miguel Cotto).

[Guest]

I think I can grab three from just the past year and a half.

Felix Sturm (against Oscar De La Hoya).

Monte Barrett (against Joe Mesi, although Barrett sure as hell squandered it against Rahman).

Ricardo Torres (against Miguel Cotto).

Very good choices indeed.

[Verstyle]

Yeah, but I'm talking about his REP, Mystyal. After Douglas the Tyson myth of him being unbeatable was in tatters.

yeah it was tarnished alot. but ppl still feared him cause of what he did in the past correct?

[number6]

Here's my top three, just off the top of my head:



1. Evander Holyfield (vs. Rid**** Bowe I)

2. Vitali Klitschko (vs. Lennox Lewis)

3. Mike Tyson (vs. Kevin McBride)

















(Okay, I couldn't think of a third one off the top of my head...)

Holyfield v Bowe in the first fight stands out for me too.
Eubank deserves a mention for his couragous performances against Thompson,he was past his prime and fighting out of his weight class but showed so much heart and finally won over the public.

[AintGottaClue]

Sturm hasnt built any rep at all from the oscar fight, he was just swept back away to germany, luckly im here to make sure he is in the picture

[Derranged]

the only reason why ppl consider vitali as the premier heavyweight is because of his LOSS to Lewis............apart from that fight, he hasn't really proved much.....i mean he won a vacant title against a golfer and beat danny williams.........

The questionable thing about Vitali wasnt really skill it was heart and desire. He proved that he had both of those things against Lewis.

[TuPrincipe]

yeah it was tarnished alot. but ppl still feared him cause of what he did in the past correct?

No disrespect intended but after the loss to Douglas Tyson was a shot fighter. Not shot in the sense phsyically but mentally he wasn't the same fighter he was before. Everyone knew how to beat him, you had to rough him up on the inside, and stick a jab in his face.

Tyson struggled against Ruddock, and only won about 4 rounds in his title fights against Lewis and Evander.

EDIT- After his loss to Douglas, his "comebacks" were just a product of media hype. Take a look at Gatti's "comeback", he only beat handpicked opponents and was a paper champ that I believe was Tszyu's.