Most Humbling Loss Of 2017

[Ricky_]

Roman

[squiggy]

Yeah, that’s why Krushedner has embarked on his vaunted No Hoper Every Six Months Tour.

A strange thing to hammer Kova over vis-a-vis Ward, whose fans seemed fine with the No Hoper Every Eighteen Months Tour he was on before fighting Kovalev.

[Tanzio]

Yeah, that’s why Krushedner has embarked on his vaunted No Hoper Every Six Months Tour.

A strange thing to hammer Kova over vis-a-vis Ward, whose fans seemed fine with the No Hoper Every Eighteen Months Tour he was on before fighting Kovalev.

You will have no argument from me on that front. I was one of those who claimed that I would believe SOGgy would fight Krushedner when the bell rang for round 1.

[gregor]

I would go with Haye. When he finally made a comeback, and it looked like he would be back in title mix, a fight he was not supposed to lose changed it. And since he is 37 I doubt even winning the rematch could change it back there...

I do not think Mayweather - Mcgregor should be here. The result was obvious even before the fight, and the fight itself went as expected. This fight had no sense for me, but still I do not see why MMA fighter should be "humbled" by losing to a boxing champion in a boxing fight. The only "loss" here I see would be financial loss for anyone who was willing to pay 90-100$ for PPV

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I would go with Haye. When he finally made a comeback, and it looked like he would be back in title mix, a fight he was not supposed to lose changed it. And since he is 37 I doubt even winning the rematch could change it back there...

I do not think Mayweather - Mcgregor should be here. The result was obvious even before the fight, and the fight itself went as expected. This fight had no sense for me, but still I do not see why MMA fighter should be "humbled" by losing to a boxing champion in a boxing fight. The only "loss" here I see would be financial loss for anyone who was willing to pay 90-100$ for PPV

Spot on.

Mayweather v McGregor was an exhibition at best & WWE at worst.

Floyd admitted to carrying McGregor, as if he needed to announce it, as we all knew McGregor was completely out of his depth to begin with.

[In the know 85]

I think the fighter that got humbled the most has to be mcgregor, consistently downplayed and disrespected boxing as "easier" unloaded more trash talk than anybody this year, was so overly confident that he ended up just a 3/1 underdog when the first show was 10/1, convinced a lot of people he could ko floyd, and the whole" cockiest man alive " attitude got punched out of him by a mayweather that never came out of 1st gear. He's not anywhere near as brash in his behaviour now. He truly got humbled. And rightly so.

[ewenhay]

DeGale v Truax without a doubt. Domestically it has to be O'Hara Davies getting absolutely destroyed and forced to quit against Josh Taylor. I could watch that fight over and over. Definitely my most enjoyable fight of the year.

Agree with both of these. I love watching Josh Taylor fight and his win over Davies was punch perfect

[Impractical Poster]

An undefeated 2 time Olympic gold medalist getting completely outclassed and forced to quit has to be one of the more humbling experiences of one's lifetime.

[SenorPipino]

I think the fighter that got humbled the most has to be mcgregor, consistently downplayed and disrespected boxing as "easier" unloaded more trash talk than anybody this year, was so overly confident that he ended up just a 3/1 underdog when the first show was 10/1, convinced a lot of people he could ko floyd, and the whole" cockiest man alive " attitude got punched out of him by a mayweather that never came out of 1st gear. He's not anywhere near as brash in his behaviour now. He truly got humbled. And rightly so.

I don't think McGregor was humbled at all.

His trash talk was merely designed to sell the fight.

I don't think he was anywhere near as confident about winning as his words would make you believe.

The cocky, outrageous McGregor persona put him on the path to a $100 million payday.

That's what was important to him. The money. He was stepping into a sport for the first time in his life and it was against an ATG.

Most realized he had nothing to lose. McGregor knew that too.

Losing didn't humble McGregor a bit. He shrugged, collected his paycheck and partied the night away.

Maybe McGregor's smack convinced some of the public that he was 110% confident.

But those of us who follow boxing know that what a fighter says and what he truly believes is seldom the same.

He sold the fight. That was part of his job. He did it well.

I'm certain that McGregor would have absolutely no problem being "humbled" again and again if more $100 million purses were placed on the table.

And losing wouldn't bother him a whit.

[jamamb]

An undefeated 2 time Olympic gold medalist getting completely outclassed and forced to quit has to be one of the more humbling experiences of one's lifetime.

ya unlike other fights mentioned that quit job was unarguable. someone is obviously realizing their limitations if they stay on the stool and say no more. taylor-davies was funny though because davies actually admitted that he was embarassed.how often do u get that i wonder.

[candyslim]

I'm not saying he should "win" this erm ... erm ... Knackerlade, but Julius Indongo should at least be on the list shouldn't he?

I think I'd probably have to go with Kovalev but LeMieux was made to look like like a donkey in front of his adoring fans, and his abject lack of grace after the fight compounded the embarrassment.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I'm not saying he should "win" this erm ... erm ... Knackerlade, but Julius Indongo should at least be on the list shouldn't he?

Indongo has always been humble.

[candyslim]

I'm not saying he should "win" this erm ... erm ... Knackerlade, but Julius Indongo should at least be on the list shouldn't he?

Indongo has always been humble.

I'm thinking more about damage to reputation than personal pride.

[lazboy]

I'm not saying he should "win" this erm ... erm ... Knackerlade, but Julius Indongo should at least be on the list shouldn't he?

I think I'd probably have to go with Kovalev but LeMieux was made to look like like a donkey in front of his adoring fans, and his abject lack of grace after the fight compounded the embarrassment.

Agree. Both were made to look like wild amateurs.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I'm thinking more about damage to reputation than personal pride.

I can agree somewhat to that. From a KO win in round 1, to a dominant unification win via decision. After that fight, people started mentioning his power a little less. There is no shame in losing to Crawford though.

[candyslim]

I can't take issue withthat. Crawford is quality and no mistake.

[SenorPipino]

I would go with Haye. When he finally made a comeback, and it looked like he would be back in title mix, a fight he was not supposed to lose changed it. And since he is 37 I doubt even winning the rematch could change it back there...

I do not think Mayweather - Mcgregor should be here. The result was obvious even before the fight, and the fight itself went as expected. This fight had no sense for me, but still I do not see why MMA fighter should be "humbled" by losing to a boxing champion in a boxing fight. The only "loss" here I see would be financial loss for anyone who was willing to pay 90-100$ for PPV

Spot on.

Mayweather v McGregor was an exhibition at best & WWE at worst.

Floyd admitted to carrying McGregor, as if he needed to announce it, as we all knew McGregor was completely out of his depth to begin with.

You don't think that it may be self serving on Mayweather's part to say that he carried McGregor?

Since Floyd says that he placed a heavy bet on the fight lasting under 1:30 of the 10th round, it would seem that he cut it far too close by stopping McGregor just 25 seconds before the cutoff.

Realistically, Mayweather would have gotten McGregor out earlier if he could have.

The fight was as good as you could have possibly expected, considering the discrepancy in experience and skills.

[world ranked]

According to the post its clearly not Ward-Kovalev guys still giving excuses hasn't humbled Kovalev loyalist.

[candyslim]

I don't think Haye is in contention at all. He acquitted himself very well with a fight-ending injury and went out on his shield. I'd say his reputation was enhanced, People might even lay off him for having complained about his toe.

Having said that he now seems to be treating Bellew with a little bit of respect which was never in evidence before, so maybe he has at least discovered what the 'humble' actually means. It's a start

[Stuarty]

I think the fighter that got humbled the most has to be mcgregor, consistently downplayed and disrespected boxing as "easier" unloaded more trash talk than anybody this year, was so overly confident that he ended up just a 3/1 underdog when the first show was 10/1, convinced a lot of people he could ko floyd, and the whole" cockiest man alive " attitude got punched out of him by a mayweather that never came out of 1st gear. He's not anywhere near as brash in his behaviour now. He truly got humbled. And rightly so.

I don't think McGregor was humbled at all.

His trash talk was merely designed to sell the fight.

I don't think he was anywhere near as confident about winning as his words would make you believe.

The cocky, outrageous McGregor persona put him on the path to a $100 million payday.

That's what was important to him. The money. He was stepping into a sport for the first time in his life and it was against an ATG.

Most realized he had nothing to lose. McGregor knew that too.

Losing didn't humble McGregor a bit. He shrugged, collected his paycheck and partied the night away.

Maybe McGregor's smack convinced some of the public that he was 110% confident.

But those of us who follow boxing know that what a fighter says and what he truly believes is seldom the same.

He sold the fight. That was part of his job. He did it well.

I'm certain that McGregor would have absolutely no problem being "humbled" again and again if more $100 million purses were placed on the table.

And losing wouldn't bother him a whit.

You talk some amount of pure wet diarrhoea buddy...

[Kalan]

Excellent OP. I like it. Tough call between the candidates but I had to go with Kovalev. Even though conspiracy theorists refuse to acknowledge what actually happened in this fight, the intelligent fan saw a great boxer make a fantastic boxer quit. As a Kovalev fan, I believe that loss is going to end up being his most important fight because he learned a valuable lesson. Everyone needs a good humbling eventually except Floyd. Dammit

Ward nut huggers like you refuse to acknowledge Ward cheated and threw low punches with impunity the whole fight.... The fight was rigged from the get go... Like the first fight was stolen.... The officials were fixed in both fights.

Kovalev was asked if Ward was the best fighter he'd faced... "No.. He's the best at dirty fighting" was his comment.

He's not humbled to a single degree... He's no idiot... He knows damned well he was cheated TWICE!!!!

Ward was humbled.... The bastard quit with his tail between his legs.... Kovalev retired his ass and is still devastating.

[caldo2025]

Excellent OP. I like it. Tough call between the candidates but I had to go with Kovalev. Even though conspiracy theorists refuse to acknowledge what actually happened in this fight, the intelligent fan saw a great boxer make a fantastic boxer quit. As a Kovalev fan, I believe that loss is going to end up being his most important fight because he learned a valuable lesson. Everyone needs a good humbling eventually except Floyd. Dammit

Ward nut huggers like you refuse to acknowledge Ward cheated and threw low punches with impunity the whole fight.... The fight was rigged from the get go... Like the first fight was stolen.... The officials were fixed in both fights.

Kovalev was asked if Ward was the best fighter he'd faced... "No.. He's the best at dirty fighting" was his comment.

He's not humbled to a single degree... He's no idiot... He knows damned well he was cheated TWICE!!!!

Ward was humbled.... The bastard quit with his tail between his legs.... Kovalev retired his ass and is still devastating.

Come on, Kalan. You've been doing this long enough to know that you can't use the "he cheated..." excuse in Boxing. That's like complaining to the umpire in baseball after striking out saying "No fair....he whipped it!!" because he threw it too fast. Nut up buddy. My money was on Kovalev so not sure who you are calling a nut hugger. I'm a Kovalev fan just like you except a little smarter apparently. That's the only difference. Ward clearly was the better man that night.

[world ranked]

Excellent OP. I like it. Tough call between the candidates but I had to go with Kovalev. Even though conspiracy theorists refuse to acknowledge what actually happened in this fight, the intelligent fan saw a great boxer make a fantastic boxer quit. As a Kovalev fan, I believe that loss is going to end up being his most important fight because he learned a valuable lesson. Everyone needs a good humbling eventually except Floyd. Dammit

Ward nut huggers like you refuse to acknowledge Ward cheated and threw low punches with impunity the whole fight.... The fight was rigged from the get go... Like the first fight was stolen.... The officials were fixed in both fights.

Kovalev was asked if Ward was the best fighter he'd faced... "No.. He's the best at dirty fighting" was his comment.

He's not humbled to a single degree... He's no idiot... He knows damned well he was cheated TWICE!!!!

Ward was humbled.... The bastard quit with his tail between his legs.... Kovalev retired his ass and is still devastating.

Clearly KOvalev fans or Ward hater can't let it go. Despite Kovalev winning the first fight imo. The fact that Ward won the second they can't excepted. It was rigged or all the other nonsense. If Kovalev wolud have just done what you predicted which was a Kovalev KO you should disapointed in him.

[jamamb]

kov and ward fans alike cant let it go. the bitching btwn them hasnt ended. both sides are annoying cun+s who need to get there own subforum to take their bitch fests about those two.

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kov and ward fans alike cant let it go. the bitching btwn them hasnt ended. both sides are annoying cun+s who need to get there own subforum to take their bitch fests about those two.

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