Best Losing Performance?

[Zonkmeister]

He did let him off the hook. But that was true to his usually strategy so I can't hold that against him too much in that overall performance.

Actually, I've been thinking about this recently and yes, the performance was admirable and a great way to end a career, but... I think what cost Wlad the fight was the fact he went in as if he had something to prove after the Fury fight (and no wonder, seeing as Fury won through frustrating him tremendously and made him look like "he didn't want to win", lol) whilst there's a chance he might have had more success if he had boxed a bit more cautiously in the early going and let AJ tire a bit and slow down (he usually, quite understandably of course, paces himself in longer fights and has "lulls" in activity for a couple of rounds every 4 rounds or so. They had a graph outlining this on one of the British boxing sites I used to follow for a while, haha). It looked to me more like he simply did not have the energy necessary to go for the finish after going to war and having to get up after a KD.

[Earl-Hickey]

Chisora vs Helenius

We have all seen robberies but my jaw hit the floor on that one

[Dodger07]

Morales against Maidana
Maidana against Mayweather

[£-4-£]

Discounting robberies:

- Prograis v Taylor (scored it a draw but no problem with Taylor edging it)
- Baranchyk v Zepeda (what a war!)
- Maidana v Floyd (he gave him hell and it was fun to watch)
- Gamboa fighting Tank with his achilles shot to bits, same with Haye v Bellew
- Froch v Kessler I (travelled to Denmark, was a war and just lost a close decision imo) and Kessler v Froch II (Kessler more past his prime than Froch was that night and it showed, but was still a great fight)
- Pascal v Froch

[!! Shawn]

What was the most memorable performance you’ve ever seen from a boxer in which they still ended up losing?

Jorge Linares vs Antonio Demarco.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Hagler losing to Sugar Leonard

[Nobody+1]

Has got to be either Ron Lyle against George Foreman or Joe Frazier Vs George ForemAn both gave incredible performances with incredible toughness and heart

[meat_abstract]

Bowe - Holyfield III.

Evander, fighting with hepatitis, looked so sick and so exhausted between rounds that Foreman was yelling at the ref from ringside, begging for it to be stopped. He thought Holyfield was going to have a heart attack and die in the ring. Then Evander goes out and knocks Bowe down for the first time in his pro career. Bowe outweighs him by 40 pounds. Comes within a hair of winning, but gets too tired to finish him off. Most people with hepatitis can barely get out of bed. Amazing.

[Legends456]

Hagler losing to Sugar Leonard

I loved that one. Hagler is my guy, but I admit SRL was the greater fighter.