fighters ruined by first loss

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Fernando Vargas was never the same after losing to Trinidad.
Duran ruined Davey Moore.
Not strictly his first loss given the Eubank defeat early in his career, but Mcguigan was finished to all intents and purposes after the Cruz defeat.
George Collins losing to Gary Jacobs.
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bigjack wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 13:51 Maybe not ruined but certainly went down hill was Jones Jr.After Tarver that is.
His first loss was in 97. Montell what’s his name.
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Gerry Cooney, Michael Spinks, Chavez Jr, Sergey Kovalev, Oleksandr Gvozdyk.
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Ruthless-RKO wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 14:44
bigjack wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 13:51 Maybe not ruined but certainly went down hill was Jones Jr.After Tarver that is.
His first loss was in 97. Montell what’s his name.
Not really counted as a loss tho.
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Pugilist-specialist wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 06:28
margaret thatcher wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 05:58 any one come to mind?
Josh Warrington?

:lol:
30-0 baby :yay:
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There are hundreds but Vargas is a great example (Deserter). Has anyone said Hatton yet? I think the loss did Rick's head in.

Fighters should not get obsessed with the zero and that should be hammered into them from the first day in the gym. Always do your best, never give up, and whether you win or lose doesn't matter.
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Jimmy2020 wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 16:20 There are hundreds but Vargas is a great example (Deserter). Has anyone said Hatton yet? I think the loss did Rick's head in.

Fighters should not get obsessed with the zero and that should be hammered into them from the first day in the gym. Always do your best, never give up, and whether you win or lose doesn't matter.
Though of course I should have added Trinidad himself, who was never the same after the schooling from Hopkins!
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Ruthless-RKO wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 14:44
bigjack wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 13:51 Maybe not ruined but certainly went down hill was Jones Jr.After Tarver that is.
His first loss was in 97. Montell what’s his name.
Yes i know,that was a disqualification so didn't reall count that,i meant after he was ko'd.

ps it was Griffin
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bigjack wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 16:35
Ruthless-RKO wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 14:44
bigjack wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 13:51 Maybe not ruined but certainly went down hill was Jones Jr.After Tarver that is.
His first loss was in 97. Montell what’s his name.
Yes i know,that was a disqualification so didn't reall count that,i meant after he was ko'd.

ps it was Griffin
Thanks. My mind went blank with his surname lol.
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Julius Indongo
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emallini wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 17:30 Julius Indongo
:TU:

Seeing him now you'd think he's a scrub pulled of the streets
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Not physically at all...but Junior Witter lost any chance of being a star (shamefully I must add) after the Judah fight
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Cuban HW Jorge Luis Gonzalez who beat Bowe and Lewis in the amateurs, big things were predicted, he racked up a 23-0 (22KO) record before being knocked out by Riddick Bowe in a title attempt. After that he went 8-7 (6KO defeats), losing his last three fights by early stoppage.
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Kelly Pavlik definitely lost his mojo after being schooled by Hopkins.
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Cyclops wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 18:49 Kelly Pavlik definitely lost his mojo after being schooled by Hopkins.
Yeah that's another good example. He seemed to become an alcoholic basically after the loss, and never really came back to prime form.
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Quigg was never the same after the Frampton loss.
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Shane Mosley never looked totally right after Vernon Forrest beat him silly
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Tuan_Jim wrote: 23 Jan 2021, 20:57 Shane Mosley never looked totally right after Vernon Forrest beat him silly
He definitely ran hot and cold after that, but he still went on to have some of his finest performances even well after that. So I wouldn't say it ruined him, but he never got back to the heights he was at before that fight.
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Juan Manuel Lopez was on a hell of a run at 30-0 , then lost by TKO to Salido , from that loss he went 6-5-1 , with all the losses by stoppage.
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Jermaine Taylor was never the same after his loss to Pavlik.
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I'm thinking Victor Oganov(sp), was like 20-0 with 20ko's and touted as an unstoppable machine.

However his loss prob demonstrated his true level rather than ruining him.
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haymakerhayman wrote: 24 Jan 2021, 05:23 Jermaine Taylor was never the same after his loss to Pavlik.
How so?
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