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Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 03:35
by Winter king
Losing to someone like Ali or Fury doesnt usually mean a life rethinking beating but to Micky Ward its probably pretty bad. So who do you guys think are the worst guys to lose to?

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 03:42
by Puncher7
Andrew Hartley

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 04:36
by Enlightened-One
I reckon getting stopped by Kevin McCauley (or even losing to him) would compel any fighter to immediately retire from sport. :lol:

• 15 wins (zero by way of KO)
• 202 losses
• 12 draws

:o :lol:

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 07:02
by littlepug
Enlightened-One wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 04:36 I reckon getting stopped by Kevin McCauley (or even losing to him) would compel any fighter to immediately retire from sport. :lol:

• 15 wins (zero by way of KO)
• 202 losses
• 12 draws

:o :lol:
Thinks there’s a lot worse than him, a lot of his wins and draws are against unbeaten or guys with winning records, the fact he’s only been stopped 14 or 15 times suggests he knows his way around

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 07:23
by Enlightened-One
littlepug wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 07:02
Enlightened-One wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 04:36 I reckon getting stopped by Kevin McCauley (or even losing to him) would compel any fighter to immediately retire from sport. :lol:

• 15 wins (zero by way of KO)
• 202 losses
• 12 draws

:o :lol:
Thinks there’s a lot worse than him, a lot of his wins and draws are against unbeaten or guys with winning records, the fact he’s only been stopped 14 or 15 times suggests he knows his way around
He loses to novices and probably does his upmost to avoid getting stopped during the four round contests he typically participates in. He rarely wins a single round.

For example: Michael Williams was undefeated and beat McCauley during his second contest (on points, by a 40-36 margin), but then lost his next seventeen bouts. Williams never won a single bout after beating McCauley.

Don’t get me wrong, the sport of boxing needs journeymen like McCauley and we should respect guys like him for helping educate prospects, but let’s not award him too much kudos for only winning 6% of his 229 bouts. :TU:

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 12:44
by Cent0089
Enlightened-One wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 07:23
littlepug wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 07:02
Thinks there’s a lot worse than him, a lot of his wins and draws are against unbeaten or guys with winning records, the fact he’s only been stopped 14 or 15 times suggests he knows his way around
He loses to novices and probably does his upmost to avoid getting stopped during the four round contests he typically participates in. He rarely wins a single round.

For example: Michael Williams was undefeated and beat McCauley during his second contest (on points, by a 40-36 margin), but then lost his next seventeen bouts. Williams never won a single bout after beating McCauley.

Don’t get me wrong, the sport of boxing needs journeymen like McCauley and we should respect guys like him for helping educate prospects, but let’s not award him too much kudos for only winning 6% of his 229 bouts. :TU:
Guy with more than 1000 pro rounds definitely can fight

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:27
by Onetimeonly
Winter king wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 03:35 Losing to someone like Ali or Fury doesnt usually mean a life rethinking beating but to Micky Ward its probably pretty bad. So who do you guys think are the worst guys to lose to?
Actually, losing to someone like Ali that talks nonstop shit the entire build up and in the fight would be awful. He administered some nasty beatings too.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:29
by Onetimeonly
Enlightened-One wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 07:23
littlepug wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 07:02
Thinks there’s a lot worse than him, a lot of his wins and draws are against unbeaten or guys with winning records, the fact he’s only been stopped 14 or 15 times suggests he knows his way around
He loses to novices and probably does his upmost to avoid getting stopped during the four round contests he typically participates in. He rarely wins a single round.

For example: Michael Williams was undefeated and beat McCauley during his second contest (on points, by a 40-36 margin), but then lost his next seventeen bouts. Williams never won a single bout after beating McCauley.

Don’t get me wrong, the sport of boxing needs journeymen like McCauley and we should respect guys like him for helping educate prospects, but let’s not award him too much kudos for only winning 6% of his 229 bouts. :TU:
No need to elaborate, you didn't read the op, and if you did you couldn't comprehend it, anyway. :TU:

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:47
by Enlightened-One
Onetimeonly wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:29No need to elaborate, you didn't read the op, and if you did you couldn't comprehend it, anyway. :TU:
Winter king wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 03:35So who do you guys think are the worst guys to lose to?
Enlightened-One wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 04:36 I reckon getting stopped by Kevin McCauley (or even losing to him) would compel any fighter to immediately retire from sport. :lol:

• 15 wins (zero by way of KO)
• 202 losses
• 12 draws

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:47
by Stuarty
Enlightened-One wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 04:36 I reckon getting stopped by Kevin McCauley (or even losing to him) would compel any fighter to immediately retire from sport. :lol:

• 15 wins (zero by way of KO)
• 202 losses
• 12 draws

:o :lol:
My mate fought him in Glasgow and said he was an absolute wanker :lol:

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:48
by gilgamesh
Puncher7 wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 03:42 Andrew Hartley
Nailed it :lol:

There was another guy one time that had like 4 wins and 52 losses or something like that, and his 4th win came in his final fight after having lost like 35 or 40 in a row, so that must've really sucked for the guy on the ass end of that loss

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:49
by Onetimeonly
No need to thank me, just put it in your journal with the 1000 other times I've been kind enough to correct your abysmal errors.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:49
by Stuarty
Would be someone you had a personal grudge with. Benn losing to Eubank in the first fight, DeGale losing to Groves etc... That's why i think Khan won't fight Brook because he couldn't face it if he lost.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:52
by Onetimeonly
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:49 Would be someone you had a personal grudge with. Benn losing to Eubank in the first fight, DeGale losing to Groves etc... That's why i think Khan won't fight Brook because he couldn't face it if he lost.
That would suck. Getting mauled by Duran probably wasn't much fun.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:54
by gilgamesh
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:49 Would be someone you had a personal grudge with. Benn losing to Eubank in the first fight, DeGale losing to Groves etc... That's why i think Khan won't fight Brook because he couldn't face it if he lost.
Yeah that's true. This is shown best in the Morales/Barrera rivalry to me. You can see from those two throughout their rivalry that they REALLY f*cking dislike each other intensely (Morales seemed to have an extra amount of vitriol toward Barrera), and the way they fight those fights you can tell they endured things that would've been tough to endure in other fights, but they so desperately would rather lose to ANYBODY but this f*cking guy that they hung in there, bit down and gave it their all every step of the way.

The rivalry still wasn't over after the 3rd bout. Barrera came over to shake his hand and bury the hatchet, and Morales chunked his water bottle at him :lol:

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:55
by gilgamesh
Onetimeonly wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:52
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:49 Would be someone you had a personal grudge with. Benn losing to Eubank in the first fight, DeGale losing to Groves etc... That's why i think Khan won't fight Brook because he couldn't face it if he lost.
That would suck. Getting mauled by Duran probably wasn't much fun.
Yeah and Duran didn't like much of anybody so whether you had a personal grudge against him going in, you probably didn't like him much by the end of it all. Especially if you were built up as a World Class challenger to him.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 13:57
by Onetimeonly
One thing I agree with the op about is I'd rather get hit 100 times in the face than a 3 punch combo to the body. Those relentless pressure body punchers like Frazier or Marciano would be misery.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 14:01
by Stuarty
gilgamesh wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:54
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:49 Would be someone you had a personal grudge with. Benn losing to Eubank in the first fight, DeGale losing to Groves etc... That's why i think Khan won't fight Brook because he couldn't face it if he lost.
Yeah that's true. This is shown best in the Morales/Barrera rivalry to me. You can see from those two throughout their rivalry that they REALLY f*cking dislike each other intensely (Morales seemed to have an extra amount of vitriol toward Barrera), and the way they fight those fights you can tell they endured things that would've been tough to endure in other fights, but they so desperately would rather lose to ANYBODY but this f*cking guy that they hung in there, bit down and gave it their all every step of the way.

The rivalry still wasn't over after the 3rd bout. Barrera came over to shake his hand and bury the hatchet, and Morales chunked his water bottle at him :lol:
Didn't they apparently fall out playing football (soccer) as youngsters and it went from there or is that just crap? I know Morales disliked Barrera because of the class divide. Morales was from a poor background and Barrera came from a more affluent family and studied law etc... Whatever it was it made for some classic fights :TU:

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 14:03
by gilgamesh
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 14:01
gilgamesh wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:54

Yeah that's true. This is shown best in the Morales/Barrera rivalry to me. You can see from those two throughout their rivalry that they REALLY f*cking dislike each other intensely (Morales seemed to have an extra amount of vitriol toward Barrera), and the way they fight those fights you can tell they endured things that would've been tough to endure in other fights, but they so desperately would rather lose to ANYBODY but this f*cking guy that they hung in there, bit down and gave it their all every step of the way.

The rivalry still wasn't over after the 3rd bout. Barrera came over to shake his hand and bury the hatchet, and Morales chunked his water bottle at him :lol:
Didn't they apparently fall out playing football (soccer) as youngsters and it went from there or is that just crap? I know Morales disliked Barrera because of the class divide. Morales was from a poor background and Barrera came from a more affluent family and studied law etc... Whatever it was it made for some classic fights :TU:
The class divide was always the main thing I knew of that sparked the rivalry. I never heard of any Soccer stories from their youth, but it would be interesting if it were a life-long rivalry that started when they were kids like that.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 14:07
by Stuarty
gilgamesh wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 14:03
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 14:01

Didn't they apparently fall out playing football (soccer) as youngsters and it went from there or is that just crap? I know Morales disliked Barrera because of the class divide. Morales was from a poor background and Barrera came from a more affluent family and studied law etc... Whatever it was it made for some classic fights :TU:
The class divide was always the main thing I knew of that sparked the rivalry. I never heard of any Soccer stories from their youth, but it would be interesting if it were a life-long rivalry that started when they were kids like that.
I'm sure i heard it in the build up to one of their fights but can't be sure...

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 14:11
by Noxy
Maybe Ayala, painful and the possibility of afters.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 14:12
by Noxy
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 14:07
gilgamesh wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 14:03

The class divide was always the main thing I knew of that sparked the rivalry. I never heard of any Soccer stories from their youth, but it would be interesting if it were a life-long rivalry that started when they were kids like that.
I'm sure i heard it in the build up to one of their fights but can't be sure...
Aye, and I‘m sure Barrera called him illiterate once, which would fit with that so it would.

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 14:17
by Stuarty
Mayorga would've been a pain in the arse to lose to after him winding you up and being a total knob rash in the build up..

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 14:31
by gilgamesh
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 14:17 Mayorga would've been a pain in the arse to lose to after him winding you up and being a total knob rash in the build up..
Yeah I thought of that myself. A guy saying sh*t like "I'm more man than you, why don't you give me a crack at your wife"...yeah you wouldn't wanna lose to that guy :lol:

Re: Who are the worst guys to lose to in boxing ever?

Posted: 04 Feb 2020, 14:40
by Lenny Cravats
Stuarty wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 14:01
gilgamesh wrote: 04 Feb 2020, 13:54

Yeah that's true. This is shown best in the Morales/Barrera rivalry to me. You can see from those two throughout their rivalry that they REALLY f*cking dislike each other intensely (Morales seemed to have an extra amount of vitriol toward Barrera), and the way they fight those fights you can tell they endured things that would've been tough to endure in other fights, but they so desperately would rather lose to ANYBODY but this f*cking guy that they hung in there, bit down and gave it their all every step of the way.

The rivalry still wasn't over after the 3rd bout. Barrera came over to shake his hand and bury the hatchet, and Morales chunked his water bottle at him :lol:
Didn't they apparently fall out playing football (soccer) as youngsters and it went from there or is that just crap? I know Morales disliked Barrera because of the class divide. Morales was from a poor background and Barrera came from a more affluent family and studied law etc... Whatever it was it made for some classic fights :TU:
I'd heard that before, too.

Though I also remember (I think) someone going into it.... The physical distance between the areas that these guys lived in was enough to think it very unlikely that they'd ever have played against each other on a football team. It's like 2000 miles or something. So unless they were on the national team, it sounds like a myth.