You Can Lose To Someone And Still Be A 'Better' Fighter Than Them

[Ham Porter]

its not always the names but when and where you fight them in their respective careers

The irony of a Mayweather fan saying this is just too much.

[alexguiness]

There is some 'Amir Khan logic' in this thread...

He was schooling Danny / Canelo, he outboxed them etc...

[therealpugilist]

The irony of a Mayweather fan saying this is just too much.

the idiocy of you quoting me without substance to your statement....49-0....best of the generation....deal with it

[1g5a22]

Course you can..

Manny Pacquiao lost to Medgoen Singsurat

Hagler lost to Willie Monroe

Duran lost to Kirkland Laing

Marco Antonio Barrera lost to Jones

JMM to Norwood

Klitschko to Sanders.

Dempsey to Willie Meehan

Etc etc

[DreamerUSA]

Just because you lose to someone doesn't mean they're a better overall fighter than you. It means they were better man that night, but if your overall resume and accomplishments are better (especially if you fought likewise opponents), then you are still the overall better fighter in my eyes. Ali lost to Frazier and Norton, and even if he had never gotten revenge on them by winning rematches, he would have still been 'better' - Just look at how he dominated George Foreman for eight rounds and knocked him out after Foreman had destroyed them both in two rounds apiece. His overall career resume would have still been more impressive. Etc., etc.

This falls into the depends category, but agree with the general premise. Couple posters covered it with examples but, style matchups get ignored a lot these days for some reason. Best example for me is Vernon Forrest vs Mayorga. Mayorga could'nt hold Vernon's jock strap as far as skill is concerned, but still managed to beat Vernon twice. Some guys may struggle against a style or a southpaw or sometimes a guy just has your number for whatever reason.