By Gavin Howie: Generally getting back from a defeat can profit greater than a win and exhibits the check of character greater than a win ever may.
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In latest instances, we’ve had some large, shocking losses – Fury, Joshua, Bivol, however all can and do have it in them to come back again.
In my time rising up, I adopted the greats within the late 90s and early 00s and have seen the likes of Mike Tyson stay, and there was one clear chief on this division – Lennox Lewis.
This was a person who had been KO’d twice by boxers in historical past and couldn’t lace his boots, however every time, he needed revenge and bought it. He’ll go down in historical past, second none to the nice Rocky Marciano to defeat each heavyweight they ever fought.
Daniel Dubois who lately got here again from a loss in opposition to Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk, nonetheless had it in himself to select himself up and tackle and defeat the largest attract British sport in Anthony Joshua.
The nice Bernhard Hopkins misplaced his very first combat at Mild Heavyweight and got here again, al be it down a weight to turn out to be among the best Middleweight champions of all time.
Certainly one of my favorite success tales in British boxing is Johnny Nelson, who was a boxer that was missing in confidence however simply wanted that win to realize momentum, and having misplaced his first 3 skilled bouts he ended his profession as a champion with 20 wins and with out defeat.
A loss is rarely the tip it’s made out to be and it may be the making or breaking of you.
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