Back To Back Defeats To The Same Opponent

[595179]

Some people in the media are completely writing off Anthony Joshua if he loses the rematch to Usyk, I think he does lose to Usyk, but that is far from the end of the road. AJ will come back against lesser opponents, knock them out and look to get back to the top.

My question for you BoxRec Boxing Historians is....

Which great fighters have suffered back to back defeats against the same opponent and gone on to achieve great things?

Shane Mosley comes to mind for me and to a certain extent, Floyd Patterson.

Any others?

[Perseus]

Bernard Hopkins

Probably didn't "achieve great things" but Arturo Gatti did some of his best work after losing two straight to Ivan Robinson.

[oogiebe]

Joe Walcott was my first thought.

[Ambling Alp II]

Marco Antonio Barrera lost to Junior Jones twice and went on to have a great career.

[595179]

Terry Norris..... technically.

[Perseus]

Terry Norris..... technically.

[DrDuke]

Archie Moore couldn't handle Ezzard Charles, went 0-3 vs him.

[bwu]

Mike Weaver started his career with two losses to Howard Smith.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez lost two in a row to Rungvisai.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Was gonna say Roy Jones, against Tarver, but he had a KO loss against Glen Johnson in between.

[Ambling Alp II]

Some people in the media are completely writing off Anthony Joshua if he loses the rematch to Usyk, I think he does lose to Usyk, but that is far from the end of the road. AJ will come back against lesser opponents, knock them out and look to get back to the top.

My question for you BoxRec Boxing Historians is....

Which great fighters have suffered back to back defeats against the same opponent and gone on to achieve great things?

Shane Mosley comes to mind for me and to a certain extent, Floyd Patterson.

Any others?

595179- seems to be some confusion.
If Fighter A loses to Fighter B, beat someone else, then loses to fighter B again, then goes on to achieve great things, does that count?
i.e. Archie Moore losing to Ezzard Charles.

Or does it literally have to be two fights in a row?

[595179]

Archie Moore couldn't handle Ezzard Charles, went 0-3 vs him.

But he didn't lose back to back fights against him.

[595179]

Some people in the media are completely writing off Anthony Joshua if he loses the rematch to Usyk, I think he does lose to Usyk, but that is far from the end of the road. AJ will come back against lesser opponents, knock them out and look to get back to the top.

My question for you BoxRec Boxing Historians is....

Which great fighters have suffered back to back defeats against the same opponent and gone on to achieve great things?

Shane Mosley comes to mind for me and to a certain extent, Floyd Patterson.

Any others?

595179- seems to be some confusion.
If Fighter A loses to Fighter B, beat someone else, then loses to fighter B again, then goes on to achieve great things, does that count?
i.e. Archie Moore losing to Ezzard Charles.

Or does it literally have to be two fights in a row?

Two fights in a row Mr Alp, hence the back to back in the title.

[dan28uk]

tyson to holyfield

[Perseus]

tyson to holyfield

What did Mike accomplish after the losses to Evander?

[DrDuke]

tyson to holyfield

What did Mike accomplish after the losses to Evander?

Iced Etienne with a thpinal injury.

[595179]

Alan Minter lost twice in succession to fellow Brit Jan Magdziarz.

Minter went on to become undisputed world champion; Magdziarz won an area title and finished with a record of 15-10-1.

Good call sir.

[oogiebe]

tyson to holyfield

What did Mike accomplish after the losses to Evander?

Iced Etienne with a thpinal injury.

And he was ethtatic about it.

[dan28uk]

tyson to holyfield

What did Mike accomplish after the losses to Evander?

did he not go on to challenge for the world title again ?

[Perseus]

That is not an accomplishment.

He got that title shot because he is Mike Tyson.
The Mike Tyson of world wide fame.
He was that Mike Tyson long before he lost two in a row to Holyfield.

What did he accomplish after losing two in a row to Holyfield?

[giacomino]

Carlos Baldomir lost consecutive fights to Ariel Gabriel Chaves for the Argentine welterweight belt early in his career and went on the win the WBC WW belt about a decade later

[elmersalsa]

The great Muhammad Ali lost twice in a row to Ken Norton in my view and achieved great things when he beat the great George Foreman.

To me, Norton won the 3 fights with The Greatest.

[bwu]

Lew Jenkins suffered back to back split decision losses to Willie Joyce in ‘39. Jenkins won the world lightweight title the next year.

[giacomino]

Ike Williams, while the world lightweight champ, lost consecutive decisions to Kid Gavilan, who was a welterweight, but went on to defend his lightweight title several more times

[Roco]

Mancini lost to Bramble twice.