immediate rematches and how they played out

[Boris Johnson!]

avanesyan got it done quicker than the first fight at the weekend. seems it normally goes that way such as

cancio stopped machado again
thompson beat price in similar fashion
floyd beat maidana+castillo by wider margins than first fights

in recent years one fight that went differently when they had an immediate rematch was lsc beating frampton. any others?

[Eff Pandas]

Id love to see the long term title fight KO immediate rematch stats. Thats some hard sh^t to reverse & I feel like the stats would reflect that.

Mucho respect to Joshua if he can reverse his KO L to Andy in a few months.

[BangEM]

Kovalev destroyed Alvarez and toyed with him in the immediate rematch after getting knocked out in the first fight.

Lennox Lewis destroyed Rahman in the immediate rematch after getting knocked out in the first fight.

And these two fights have a semblance to AJ vs Ruiz. Cases of champions who overlooked their opponents and went in there thinking it's business as usual when they're not 100%. And just one or two tweaks in tactics and they got the job done. Ruiz doesn't move his feet and he's only dangerous if you try to fight him in his range. Just stay on the outside - pot shot, jab and use the uppercut when he comes inside. Then hold when you need to and keep moving. He'll get tired by the 8th rd.

[Marchegiano]

Mayweather the Elder got TKO'd by Tyrone Phelps then beat him by SD in an rematch 14 days after the first in the same exact venue as the first.

Harry Wills was KO'd by Sam Langford and a month later whoops Langford on points.


That's it for me.