Best Comeback In History.

[chazz2]

I will have o say the best come back in history is going to be Trindad! Although he only lost one fight, but he also came back off retirement. Soon we shall see!

[hodgepodge]

foreman comeback has been the best so far... all trinadad did was take a long lay-off i do not think what he did was retirement

[chase]

roberto duran v davey moore and the blade, that man at the age of 50 could of given the world champs then a run for there money, he was mr come back....
greatest fighter who ever put a glove on

[J !]

ok differnet angle best comeback in fight for me ....

carl thompson vs Seb rothman.
carl thompson v david haye.


in both fights the cat was getitng a shoeing then blammo...the equalizer arrives and despatches his foe to the canvass.

the rothmann fight in particular, that was lights out baby....

[guardian]

foreman comeback has been the best so far... all trinadad did was take a long lay-off i do not think what he did was retirement

I agree to that

[BReal72]

Although Evander Holyfield never retired from boxing,his victory over Tyson was an excellent comeback considering that everyone feared for his safety against who was supposed to be a reborn prime Tyson at the time.

[kapersky]

foreman,holyfield and ali.
i dont think foreman could beat tyson back then

[butterfly1964]

either ali or foreman. holyfield deserves a mention as well.

[RockyMarcianofan00]

Foreman had probably the best comeback in history cause he was laid off for 10 years and came back to win the heavyweight belt (or one of them cause there was three at the time)

Ali had the most impressive though because even though he was off for three years his stamina had gone alittle and he was more flatfooted so it was like he started over and he came back to beat some heavyweights that are some of the best ever
- i feel though that this was a blessing in a sense becasue changing his style probably helped him beat hw like Foreman

- bet then again we don't know how good ali would have been in his skills prime and his physical prime

[K-DOGG]

Theres been a few dramatic comebacks in boxing history. In my humble opinion Ali's comeback is probably the most dramatic. Your thoughts, list some of your best comebacks in boxing history.

Muhammad Ali beats Foreman for Heavyweight Championship of the World- this was after the title was wrongfully stripped from Ali seven years earlier. In 1967 he wasnt allowed to fight for 3 years. So when he came back in 1970 or 71 he had to get the title back from Frazier-he lost-after that he had to fight his way back up to contension losing for a second time to Norton and winning some on the way up. So finally in 1974 a 32 year old Ali finally gets a shot at the title against an undefeated young wrecking machine that was 42-0 by the name of George Foreman. The ring had not seen such a fearsome villian as Foreman since Liston and many gave Ali little chance to win he was a huge underdog going into the fight. This is the famous fight where Ali rope a doped Foreman till Foreman was tired and knocking him out in round 8.



here are a few others that I have seen in my life that are very dramatic also.

-Foreman wins heavyweight title at the age of 45 and becomes oldest man to ever win heavywieght title after being retired for ten years. Foreman changed during his ten year retirement from boxing, from being a villian when he was young to the big lovable giant we know him as now.

-Duran beats Iran Barkley for the Super Middleweight title after many wrote Duran off into has been status.

-Sugar Ray coming back to win the Middleweight Title against Hagler after retirement from damaged retina



I'm sure theres more so fill me in.....

Completely agree with your list with the exception of Duran over Barkley being placed above Leonard-Hagler. Leonard was off 3 years and Hagler was the best 160Lber in the division at the time and Ray took him on without one tune-up. That, to me, makes for a greater comeback...though Duran over Barkely is one of my favorite moments.

Also, Eder Jofre's comeback is worthy of note.