when have you been the most wrong about a fighter?

I rode the Mijares hypetrain. I was young and naive and at least relatively new to the sport though, so...you know...screw you guys. Everyone was buying into that because he genuinely looked the goods and against solid opposition.

Anyway, I picked him to 'totally outclass, batter, and probably stop Darchinyan late,' or something like that. I was real confident in that one, too. Stupid confident, of course. No other pick I've made in the sport has been near that bad. Basically just fell apart after that loss, too. A shame, as I liked watching him box.

 

I thought Mayweather jr would have burned out and ****ed up after he started his post-castillo cherrypicking and moving up.

Just the MIchael Nunn'ish shallow sort of attitude he had that seemed destined for an upset loss or two and starting to rarely show up in top shape.

I've remained mostly let down by his fight picking choices, but to be fair to him he has remained very dedicated.Or at least a lot more than i thought he had in him.

 

Damn cobra you must be younger than I am, so you didn't see Hops outclass Tito live on PPV?

 

I was "wrongest" when I picked Curtis Cokes...an established, sharp cookie of a fighter who was riding high as the boss of the welters, when he took on the challenge of ex-lightweight/junior welter Jose Mantequilla Napoles in 1969.

 

I´m always wrong about Zab Judah.....

 

I thought we were roughly the same age...:think


Anyway, the answer is 'no, I did not.' Probably even a 'Hell no,' unfortunately.


I mean I could have, but I was 9, so I doubt I'd have cared much. Probably pretty awesome to see it unfold live. Unbeaten superstar/P4P elite guy derailed by that performance. Things worked out though. The Tarver showing is a pretty nifty introduction to Hopkins, I think.

 

I thought Hopkins was too old to beat Tito, Taylor, Tarver, Pavlik, and Pascal.

 

****in' hell you baby. 9? I was kissing bitches around that time (12)

 

thanks for posting this. you win the award for being the most wrong out of everyone here but you also are one of the most respected posters on these boards. good stuff.

 

Now lets get one thing straight here: just because I was 9 doesn't mean I wasn't kissing bitches. :deal

 

I remember being impressed to hell by a guy named Nino Larocca -- thought he was going to be in the Leonard-Benitez class, or at worst just a shade below.

Wasn't impressed at all by Marvin Hagler in the first Vito Antuofermo fight, not that he actually was impressive. But I didn't expect him to do more after that.

 

When ESB's pet favorite, Sumbu Kalambay fought Michael Dokes...

 

John, how many of these can you recall?
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