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It's funny. There was a post here just a week or 2 ago where someone asked how Mike Tyson would have been percieved if he had retired before the Douglas fight. Everyone agreed that he would be viewed as unbeatable.
I feel a similar phenomenon is at play here. People thinks these undefeated fighters who stopped prematurely, like Ibeabuchi and Valero, were these phenomenal forces would have become ATGs. Lewis lost his 26th fight, Wladimir lost his 25th, Holyfield lost his 29th, but Ibeabachi stopped after his 20th, so now everyone thinks he's monster.
The longer you fight, the greater the chance your vulnerabilities will come to light and perceptions of you will change.
I feel a similar phenomenon is at play here. People thinks these undefeated fighters who stopped prematurely, like Ibeabuchi and Valero, were these phenomenal forces would have become ATGs. Lewis lost his 26th fight, Wladimir lost his 25th, Holyfield lost his 29th, but Ibeabachi stopped after his 20th, so now everyone thinks he's monster.
The longer you fight, the greater the chance your vulnerabilities will come to light and perceptions of you will change.
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