Fights that brought you to tears

[MiDKnighT]

Foreman looking up and praying in the corner 20 years after losing the title to Ali. He was even wearing the same shorts he wore in Zaire.

[MeanestNiceGuy]

Badou Jack vs Adonis Stevenson....that fight damn near brought me to tears...mainly because most thought Jack would get pummeled.

However, it was the beginning of the end for Stevenson because Jack valiantly fought back and almost stopped Adonis late in the fight.

Oh yeah....I was pretty high watching that fight as well.

[Nash out]

Well, I've been a massive supporter of Tyson Fury ever since his first fight with Chisora in 2011. At the time the best I thought he would be capable of was maybe a world title shot at best, but he got better and better and by the time his shot against Wlad came, I fully expected him to win and place a £200 bet a 7-2 (returning £900 including stake) on him to win.

I watched the fight, delighted with his performance, had him winning 10 rounds clearlyb(some narrowly, but still clear, with the other 2 rounds being either way rounds, David Haye had it similar, I think, and was delighted when he was declared the winner, jumping around the house screaming for joy with my brother, also a fan since Chisora 1. It was an amazing moment and amazing night, btw, similar scenes for Fury vs Wilder.

Another one was when I was young and watching with my two brothers and Dad and Frank Bruno beat Oliver Mccall for the world title, I recall my Dad crying for that one, that was great to see Bruno win his title.

Tyson Fury is the one guy I'm a supporter of, in the way like a sports team. There's a lot of guys I love though and want to win, or when two of these fight each other I just want a great fight and the right score from judges, Canelo vs Golovkin, etc. Love Mayweather, Pac, Ward, Crawford, Tank, Charlo's, Chisora, Price, Whyte, Dubois, Bieterbiev, Wilder and many more, not all on just being great boxers, I like David Price because he is brave, always has his moments in in fights he loses heavily, Thompson 2 down for 9, Hammer down, Povetkin standing count, Chisora rocked to his boots, he's a nice guy and is good when on the panel too. I like Chisora because at his best he's a nuisance and brings the heat, he fights anyone and has a personality.

[Mammoth]

Pretty sure my eyes welled up when Kostya Tszyu announced his retirement in the ring after losing to Hatton

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Yeah it was hard to watch Roy taking the punishment he did after all that greatness.I guess the money and fame is to hard to walk away from.

He just couldn’t let it go. Boxing was all he had from a very young age.

I remember meeting him at Aintree when he was meant to fight Tony Moran a couple of years ago and he was borderline delusional, he was still talking about winning a 5th divisional title at cruiserweight, talking about avenging defeats, and saying he was still the same fighter from the 90’s. I was desperate to say JUST LET IT GO but obviously I wouldn’t be disrespectful enough to ever say that to a legend.

[a.rihn]

This is a great thread, thanks everyone for sharing these moments.

[Longhaul]

He just couldn’t let it go. Boxing was all he had from a very young age.

I remember meeting him at Aintree when he was meant to fight Tony Moran a couple of years ago and he was borderline delusional, he was still talking about winning a 5th divisional title at cruiserweight, talking about avenging defeats, and saying he was still the same fighter from the 90’s. I was desperate to say JUST LET IT GO but obviously I wouldn’t be disrespectful enough to ever say that to a legend.

Wow that makes it tougher when the fighter is standing in front of you talking to you making these statements.

[anonymous2.0]

I cried at Martinez vs Chavez because when Martinez won I jumped up and raised my fists in the air too.


However I forgot at the time my ceiling slants low and I put my fist through the ceiling and it hurt a lot.

[ShaneMosleySr]

Mickey Ward vs. Arturo Gatti 1 because it felt like they were both fighting for their lives and that serious potentially career ending injuries were occurring with no titles on the line.

I’m totally down with Castillo-Corrales but this felt more brutal.

Any big heavyweight upset like:

Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman

Michael Moorer vs. Evander Holyfield 1

Hasim Rahman vs. Lennox Lewis 1

Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz 1

I wasn’t born yet when Douglas beat Tyson so I can’t include it.

Kostya Tsyzu vs. Zab Judah because Judah was such a jerk.

Shane Mosley vs. Antonio Margarito because I thought Mosley was shot and in for a beating and he turned in one of his best performances.

[YoungManRumble]

Inoue Donaire was the most recent culprit for myself personally.