By Phil Santos ? Overhandright.com: Maybe it?s due to the physicality of the sport, or the manner in which fighters are beaten between the ropes, whatever it is one loss in boxing can be more damaging to an athlete than in any other sport.
If Roger Federer drops a match he was heavily favored to win, or Tiger Woods fails to win a tournament that everyone knows he should have, sports fans collectively assume that these highly skilled pros will resume their winning ways the very next chance they get. Whether it?s an individual or team sport a loss is simply viewed as a bump in the road, something to learn from, after all nobody is perfect right? In fact often times a loss is viewed as beneficial to a team or individuals? growth and the rectification of flaws can help strengthen prior short comings..
Well fight fans do not adhere to that line of thinking. Today undefeated fighters are often coddled and carefully matched in order to preserve that all important ?0?. Over the years I have witnessed many great fighters lose for the first time. Marciano and Mayweather, assuming he retires, are clearly the exception and not the rule. Yet you hear it all the time, you may have said it yourself, ?I don?t know if he?ll ever be the same? or ?He must not have been that great anyway?. As history has dictated it is n
