By Gavin Howie: Sometimes coming back from a defeat can benefit more than a win and shows the test of character more than a win ever could.
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In recent times, we have had some big, surprising losses – Fury, Joshua, Bivol, but all can and do have it in them to come back.
In my time growing up, I followed the greats in the late 90s and early 00s and have seen the likes of Mike Tyson live, and there was one clear leader in this division – Lennox Lewis.
This was a man who had been KO’d twice by boxers in history and could not lace his boots, but each time, he wanted revenge and got it. He will go down in history, second none to the great Rocky Marciano to defeat every heavyweight they ever fought.
Daniel Dubois who recently came back from a loss against Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk, still had it in himself to pick himself up and take on and defeat the biggest draw in British sport in Anthony Joshua.
The great Bernhard Hopkins lost his very first fight at Light Heavyweight and came back, al be it down a weight to become one of the best Middleweight champions of all time.
One of my favourite success stories in British boxing is Johnny Nelson, who was a boxer that was lacking in confidence but just needed that win to gain momentum, and having lost his first 3 professional bouts he ended his career as a champion with 20 wins and without defeat.
A loss is never the end it is made out to be and it can be the making or breaking of you.
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