By Gavin Howie: Sometimes, coming back from a defeat can benefit more than a victory and shows the test of character more than a victory could ever.
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In recent times, we have had big and surprising losses – Fury, Joshua, Bivol, but everyone can and has it in them to come back.
In my time growing up, I followed the greats in the late 90s and early 00s and saw the likes of Mike Tyson live, and there was a clear leader in this division – Lennox Lewis.
This was a man who had been knocked out twice by boxers in history and could not lace his boots, but each time, he wanted revenge and he got it. He will go down in history, second only to the great Rocky Marciano for defeating all the heavyweights who have ever fought.
Daniel Dubois, who recently returned from a loss against Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk, still had it in himself to pick up and take and defeat the biggest draw in British sport in Anthony Joshua.
The great Bernhard Hopkins lost his first fight at Light Heavyweight and came back, down a weight to become one of the best Middleweight champions of all time.
One of my favorite success stories in British boxing is Johnny Nelson, who was a boxer who lacked confidence, but just needed that win to gain momentum, and losing his first 3 professional bouts ended his career as champion with 20 wins. without defeat.
A loss is never the end it is meant to be and it can be the making or breaking of you.
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