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There are many great fights you wont ever forget in life. Its sad when great boxers are never the same.

Julio Cesar Chaves vs Meldrick Taylor 1 (Meldrick Taylor was probably one or the fastest hands I have ever seeing in boxing, after this fight he was gone, his career was never the same)

Orlando Salido vs Juan Manuel Lopez (Lopez never recovered from those 2 battles, I thought Orlando Salido was going to be an easy fight for Juanma)

Any other fights you can think of

Matthew Saad Muhammad was never the same after running into Dwight Qawi twice.

As delighted as I was for John Stracey and Lloyd Honeyghan there was a certain sadness at seeing the downfall of the great Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles and "The Lone Star Cobra" Don Curry, once the dust had settled. In Curry's case it wasn't his last fight as I recall but the aura of invincibility was gone.

Of course such examples are nothing compared to a fight ending a boxer's life along with his career. There are too many tragedies to list, but the sight of young Johnny Owen "The Merthyr Matchstick" being carried away on a stretcher with the baying and jeering, not forgetting being spat upon, by the locals was as bad as it gets. They didn't know he was dyiing of course but it was still a despicable way to behave.

Corrales and Castillo both after their wars

Lacy after calzaghe

Jeff_lacy_ko wrote: ↑02 Mar 2020, 21:35 Corrales and Castillo both after their wars

Lacy after calzaghe

You got your ass whooped bruh

Ironically, holyfield ruined bowe.

Fernando Vargas after Trinidad.

Mugabi after Hagler

Roy Jones after his move up to fight Ruiz.

in recent times: dogboe vs navarrete

I was worried Mikey Garcia wasn't gonna be the same after that hiding against Spence but he looks like he has some big fights left in him providing they're at the correct weight.

Naz after Barrera. Had one more low key fight and was never seen in a ring again.

Two winning performances which effectively ended careers:-

Joe Frazier V Muhammad Ali 1 - Smokin' Joe was never the same fighter again. Frazier did win fights after, but it was clear that he was very diminished.

Nigel Benn V Gerald McClellan - Nigel was effectively finished after this fight, despite making a couple of successful defences, his elite days were behind him.

Onetimeonly wrote: ↑02 Mar 2020, 23:31 Ironically, holyfield ruined bowe.

Pretty sure Golota did that after Bowe’s many years of weight fluctuation.

I think you could argue Bowe ruined Golota as well

Contendeh wrote: ↑03 Mar 2020, 20:55

Onetimeonly wrote: ↑02 Mar 2020, 23:31 Ironically, holyfield ruined bowe.

Pretty sure Golota did that after Bowe’s many years of weight fluctuation.

I think you could argue Bowe ruined Golota as well

No, it was evander.

Bowe ruined Bowe
If he was more disciplined and didn't run from Lewis
he might be viewed much more favorably now.

Perez vs Abdusalamov pretty much ruined both.

Wilder after Fury

Remember Spencer Oliver losing in I think European title fight. Loved Spence north London boy.great thing is he seems sweet now

Sorry not such I've got it right. But steveo Collins Benn and eubanks

Onetimeonly wrote: ↑02 Mar 2020, 23:31 Ironically, holyfield ruined bowe.

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I don't know if he physically ruined him, but being f*cked over twice in the Andre Ward fights ruined Kovalev.