Comments Thread For: When is a Loss Not a Loss?

[HiTechnology]

when Gainer ko'd Norwood with 3 nut shots, then gave norwood a 20 count lol that was super weird

[Geon]

A lose should never define a fighter, however in this era of cherry picking and ducking a lot of fighters first real fight is an L. Hard to not call someone a hypejob/overrated when the best fighters on their resume they lost to.

[sammybee]

A loss is a loss because it will appear on your boxing CV.
A loss becomes meaningful if you encounter it at an early stage in your career and you are unable to bounce back.
Pacquiao bounced back from earlier career losses to become a star and a legend.

[cameltoe]

the back fire effect is a powerful thing and im not going to try and convince you since you will only become more defensive. the judah-floyd ko wasn't low btw. floyd didn't want it. judah was robbed of a ko to protect the a-side. we are just 2 reasonable people talking boxing.

course the first fight was a robbery. ward got outlanded in nearly every single round and held nonstop. not really the ingredients for a win unless you factor in BONUS SLICK BOXER POINTS! lets see kovalev had none of those and ward had 7 billion. not a close fight

Who’s being defensive? Not me.

You know as well as I do that number of punches landed isn’t the only ingredient in scoring a fight. Otherwise CompuBox would replace all the judges.

First fight I saw a close fight which Kovalev controlled early but Ward took over. By the end of the fight I felt Ward had just sneaked it but Kovalev would probably get the nod due to winning the rounds he won more convincingly, plus the knock down.

Second fight I saw Ward target the body relentlessly and I saw signs Kovalev wanted out before the stoppage. I saw 2 legal shots and one that looked perhaps low, until I saw the replay. Still borderline to me but it’s worth remembering that there’s no point complaining about a low blow if you’re curled up against the ropes like a hedgehog from a previous legal body shot.

In both fights the ref and the judges agree with the way I saw things. You’re entitled to your opinion though, so that’s cool.

[Shadoww702]

Salido beat Loma fair and square. Time to quit crying about it.

Lol!!! Fkn GOLD!!!! Yup there still denying Lomachenko has a LOSS to this day.

[Shadoww702]

what if the ref stopped the fight because he saw that you were done and had checked out already?

??? Was that the Joshua fight??? Man the doctors checked Wyhte out and he CLEARLY was fighting back and not even getting hit!

Or how about with 10 seconds left you rock the sht out of the fighter but the POS ref is deaf and thinks he heard the round bell like in the Bradley/Vargas fight???

[Hot Shyt]

Blame the promoters. If guys actually fought each other we wouldn't view singular losses so poorly. Guys get away with it in MMA because it's a more volatile sport but if a top guy loses to another top guy it's not the end for him. There is always a way back up. Promoters did this to themselves.

I agree here.

[yoshik]

Salido beat Loma fair and square. Time to quit crying about it.

You are such an insufferable as shole you should be writing comments, no writing articles on Boxing 24/7. Or comedy for Michael Moore. lol!!

[yoshik]

A loss is a loss because it will appear on your boxing CV.
A loss becomes meaningful if you encounter it at an early stage in your career and you are unable to bounce back.
Pacquiao bounced back from earlier career losses to become a star and a legend.

Great comment. Pac gets very little credit but his legacy will outshine Floyds as soon as all the fanboys give up on boxing and go back to crocheting

[Madison Boxing]

GTFOH with this 'a loss isnt a loss' bull****. why should we be celebrating people losing? Theres no prizes for taking part, are they meant to get a pat on the back and a 'i took part' t shirt afterwards? Theres some circumstances where both fighters deserve credit, but them cotto losses in the article certainly arent. Pacquiao (who hasnt ko'd anyone since) beat the crap out of him and he basically stopped throwing back after the early rounds. But getting smacked all over the ring by a smaller man doesnt count as a 'loss' apparantly?