Avenging losses...

[fightfan2007]

Should this be a priority for top level prizefighters or doesn't matter?

[sbbigmike]

Should this be a priority for top level prizefighters or doesn't matter?

Any real man or fighter would want to avenge someone that whooped on him instantly, just think Floyd and Castillo, a majority say won anyway but the fighter quiet that noise and stomp out that fire immediately, thats a true man and true fighter......

If you ducks someone that beat you if they didnt put that Cotto Margarito esqe beaten, I see that as a smoke and mirrors fighter they duck dodge and forever carry's that negative shade and black could hovering over them like Khan with Prescott.......Other fighters see that dark shadow and see that fighter got took to a place they never wanted to return to, and they try to bring that out of you, giving the that extra mental boost needed......

[bojangles1987]

It should always be looked at as a positive when a top-level fighter avenges a loss. Whether it's really that important or not depends. People talk all the time about how Khan should avenge the Prescott loss, but that rematch was never that big a deal. Khan moved on to much better competition and proved a greater class of fighter, while Prescott kept losing whenever the fight became intriguing.

On the other hand, it was a big deal for Stevenson to beat Boone, and he went on to accomplish big things after that.

[Jack Napier]

Should this be a priority for top level prizefighters or doesn't matter?

if they legitimately lost a relevant fight, of course
if the fight's not important or it was a robbery, who cares?
if you lose an unimportant fight, revenge is unimportant

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

It should always be looked at as a positive when a top-level fighter avenges a loss. Whether it's really that important or not depends. People talk all the time about how Khan should avenge the Prescott loss, but that rematch was never that big a deal. Khan moved on to much better competition and proved a greater class of fighter, while Prescott kept losing whenever the fight became intriguing.

On the other hand, it was a big deal for Stevenson to beat Boone, and he went on to accomplish big things after that.

I think not fighting Prescott has impacted his career. While Prescott flamed out quickly, Khan still faces criticism about his chin and that he feels he deserves more than he gets. While avenging that loss wouldnt completely silence his critics, it would have been one less thing contributing to Khan's negative image.

[boliodogs]

It's not something a fighter has to do but it's always a good thing if a fighter can beat the guy that beat him. It says that he is better than that fighter now. Also it helps if the fighter he lost to is still in the same weight class. If Khan would rematch Prescott and knock him out and rematch Peterson and clearly beat him it would be the next best thing to those losses never happening. Broner can only regain his high rating by beating Maidana. Of course rematches often go the way the first fight went.

[BUNGALOWS]

Getting redemption ranks high on my list of things a boxer should do. Leave no questions, unless the fighter that beat you is completely shot.

[_original_]

Immediate rematches seem like a thing of the past. I thought Mares was showing the marks of a throwback fighter when he was pushing for a Gonzalez rematch right away, but that proved to be BS.

[elgranluchadore]

only if it makes sense at the time

[bojangles1987]

I think not fighting Prescott has impacted his career. While Prescott flamed out quickly, Khan still faces criticism about his chin and that he feels he deserves more than he gets. While avenging that loss wouldnt completely silence his critics, it would have been one less thing contributing to Khan's negative image.

He still faces criticism of his chin because he's still getting stopped and dropped. It has little to do with Prescott at this point.

Khan may be at a low point now, but when Prescott still mattered he was losing fights that might have put him in some position to entice Khan, who was making his case as the best at 140, into a rematch.