I was watching Echols-Brewer on an old tape, & still feel bad for Brewer, having dished out so much punishment, but still come away with a loss. That fight was pretty one-sided until the end.
Let's take a look at some fights through history where the loser was extremely close to victory, but fell away, whilst at the same time never really being in danger of losing himself, until a sudden turn of events. This doesn't really make room for see-sawing affairs that was anyone's guess, like an Ali-Frazier III, for example.
John Tate losing the WBA Heavyweight title to Weaver with 15 seconds to go springs to mind. He was well-ahead if I recall correctly only to get caught when it was NEARLY over.
nutrasweet wrote:Any time Howard Davis Jr. fought for the title. Doing well when Jim Watt butted his head open;seconds away from beating Rosario when he got dropped.
I thought it was The Bubblegum Kid who Watt "butted".
Davis was easily beaten by Watt. Never in the lead.
When you get my age, certain events tend to blend together, especially 28 years or so after the fact. It was O'Grady, but it was the fight after Davis. Yet that was only one half of the post. Any snide comments about Rosario-Davis?
I think your post was okay nutrasweet - we all get mixed up time and again. Don't worry about it.
I agree with you about Watts-O'Grady. It was a real heartbreaker because Sean was doing well and seemed on his way to an upset win in the champion's hometown.
