Best Losing Performance?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Lyle vs. Foreman?

1976 Ring Magazine Fight of the Year

Didn't Lyle drop him twice.. What a back and forth bout.

[Onetimeonly]

John David Jackson Jorge Castro.

Along those lines, Tate vs Weaver.

[Onamastus]

Frazier dragging Ali to hell in Manila is surely number 1.

[Grilling Machine]

In terms of renown I think it has to be. I also thought of Lyle, and staying with the heavies, Tua against Ibeabuchi. Eubank's first Thompson fight usually comes up, and I've a soft spot for Mason against Lewis, despite how that went down. Maybe Francis-Ajisafe?

[Deserter]

Was sure someone would have already mentioned this, but Castillo against Corrales.

[stujones]

McAuley vs Bassa was my first thought.

Eubank vs Thompson 1 and 2 also.

[Noxy]

Was sure someone would have already mentioned this, but Castillo against Corrales.

Yep!

[knockout]

The loser in any of the Gatti v Ward fights :)

[Onetimeonly]

Fights 2 &3 of ward/gatti weren't even that good.

[Deserter]

The loser in any of the Gatti v Ward fights :)

I see you and I raise you...

Barrera vs morales

[DrDuke]

The loser in any of the Gatti v Ward fights :)

The 2nd wasn't really competetive.

[Grilling Machine]

The loser in any of the Gatti v Ward fights :)

I see you and I raise you...

Barrera vs morales

There's the respect!

This obviously can't count as one of the best, but McCall in the Lewis rematch is one of the most memorable for me. It's certainly one of the most impressive displays of a chin I've ever seen, if you get where I'm coming from.

[Lightsoot]

Herol Graham - Charles Brewer

[handsofstone]

Been watching a lot of Wayne McCullough lately and TBF he was always second best at the top level, great world title win in Japan against Yakushiji but that was at Bantamweight, all his other world title fights came at Super Bantam and Feather and in TBF apart from the first Larios Fight he was well beaten but the heart he showed, fitness and granite chin, he got schooled by Zaragoza but gave a good account of himself against Hamed and Morales, took a beating from Harrison but somehow went the distance, Larios was the first guy to stop him in the rematch, McCullough just faded but in the 4th he threw 170 punches in a round, compubox record, 180 seconds in a round

[Deserter]

Been watching a lot of Wayne McCullough lately and TBF he was always second best at the top level, great world title win in Japan against Yakushiji but that was at Bantamweight, all his other world title fights came at Super Bantam and Feather and in TBF apart from the first Larios Fight he was well beaten but the heart he showed, fitness and granite chin, he got schooled by Zaragoza but gave a good account of himself against Hamed and Morales, took a beating from Harrison but somehow went the distance, Larios was the first guy to stop him in the rematch, McCullough just faded but in the 4th he threw 170 punches in a round, compubox record, 180 seconds in a round

Triggered a great memory for me, which was Troy Dorsey's incredible effort against Kevin Kelley! Nearly 2,200 punches thrown in one hell of a fight, which apparently is a world record to this day:
https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/on-thi ... ge-in-war/

[JxhDel.]

Kelley vs Hamed.

[Onetimeonly]

Been watching a lot of Wayne McCullough lately and TBF he was always second best at the top level, great world title win in Japan against Yakushiji but that was at Bantamweight, all his other world title fights came at Super Bantam and Feather and in TBF apart from the first Larios Fight he was well beaten but the heart he showed, fitness and granite chin, he got schooled by Zaragoza but gave a good account of himself against Hamed and Morales, took a beating from Harrison but somehow went the distance, Larios was the first guy to stop him in the rematch, McCullough just faded but in the 4th he threw 170 punches in a round, compubox record, 180 seconds in a round

Triggered a great memory for me, which was Troy Dorsey's incredible effort against Kevin Kelley! Nearly 2,200 punches thrown in one hell of a fight, which apparently is a world record to this day:
https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/on-thi ... ge-in-war/

Dorsey was robbed, great Tuesday night fight.

[jlh]

Morales against Maidana is up there for me. Turning back the years and almost pulling it off.

[Fearful_Freddie]

Dennis Andries vs Jeff Harding.

[Deserter]

Dennis Andries vs Jeff Harding.

Great call mate.

[Cent0089]

Taylor vs Chavez

this one

[Noxy]

Been watching a lot of Wayne McCullough lately and TBF he was always second best at the top level, great world title win in Japan against Yakushiji but that was at Bantamweight, all his other world title fights came at Super Bantam and Feather and in TBF apart from the first Larios Fight he was well beaten but the heart he showed, fitness and granite chin, he got schooled by Zaragoza but gave a good account of himself against Hamed and Morales, took a beating from Harrison but somehow went the distance, Larios was the first guy to stop him in the rematch, McCullough just faded but in the 4th he threw 170 punches in a round, compubox record, 180 seconds in a round

Aye, Wayne was good enough to win another title but not against the likes of Morales or Hamed.

[bennie]

Britain's George Aldridge lost gallantly in the 15th round in Vienna to the great Laszlo Papp for the European middleweight title. Les Pickett, a gritty Welsh featherweight, conceded a British title classic to Leeds man Alan Richardson in Wales in 1977 after 15 punch-for-punch rounds. John Conteh showed all his old class to run Matthew Saad Muhammad close in Atlantic City in 1979. Emile Griffith pushed Carlos Monzon to a desperately tight decision in their world title rematch in France in 1973, having previously been stopped by Monzon. Azumah Nelson went in as a complete unknown against Salvador Sanchez in Madison Square Garden in 1982 and made it to the 15th round. Chuck Wepner, "The Bayonne Bleeder," did the same against Muhammad Ali in 1975, a performance which inspired Rocky of course.

[Deserter]

Yep, lots of good calls there Bennie, esp. nelson vs Sanchez.

I’d actually add Lomo vs Salido - easy to forget that in just his second pro fight Loma faced a world champ with more than 50 pro fights and lost a controversial split decision... and was coming on strong at the end.

[dapug]

Azumah Nelson v Salvador Sanchez