What are your Biggest Longshot Picks that you got Right? or Failed Miserably With?

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  1. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    What fighter did you pick to win that no one expected to win, giving you bragging rights.
    Your biggest gamble that paid off? Or a obscure pick that let you down?
    I had
    Algieri over Provo
    Gonzalez over Mares by KO
    Rigo over Donaire
    Bradley over Marquez
    Brook over Porter
    Canelo over Lara
    Salido over Lomachenko
    Salido over Juanma1
    Salido over Juanma2
    Juanma over PDLeon2
    Froch over Groves2
    Margarito over Cotto1
    Froch over Bute
    Trout over Cotto
    Guerrero over Berto
    Maidana over Broner
    K9 Bundrage over Molina
    Taylor over Soliman
    Molina over Bey
    Ortiz over Berto
    Takam over Perez
    Jennings over Perez
    Crawford over Gamboa
    Maciel over Melendez
    Rios over Chaves
    Porter over Alexander
    Campillo over Williams Jr.
    Barker over Geale
    Perez over Hovhannisyan
    Abregu over Dulorme
    :happy:bananamaniac

    Came Close
    Herrera over Garcia:twisted: Herrera won
    Angulo over Lara
    Cano over Malignaggi
    Molina would trouble Matthysse
    Provodnikov over Bradley
    Fonfara over Stevenson
    Trout over Canelo
    Larghetti draw against Huck
    Rosado over Quillin:twisted:
    Smith would draw with Abraham I was right
    :wall:desk



    Lost
    Martinez over Cotto
    Alvarado over Marquez
    Arreola over Stiverne
    Matthysse over Garcia
    Trout over Lara
    Geale over Golovkin knew it was a longshot
    Margarito over Cotto2
    Donaire over Walters
    Stevens over N'Dam
    :patsch:bolt
     
    CST80, Jul 6, 2014
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  2. modernfonzie

    modernfonzie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I had Bradley over Marquez.
    I had Pac over DLH
    I had Cotto over Martinez
    I had Danny over Matthysse
    Froch Over Bute
    Danny over Khan

    Severely lost
    Paulie over Porter
    Shumenov over B-Hop
    P-Dubb over Maravilla (II)
    Mares over Gonzalez
    Ortiz over Josesito.
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I had Froch over Bute, Maravilla over Williams both times, I lost on Paulie Porter and Ortiz Josesito as well.
     
    CST80, Jul 6, 2014
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  4. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Salido KO juanma 2x

    Margarito KO Cotto 1

    Segura KO Calderon 1 (I said it would be similar to AM MC 1)

    Chino KO Broner
     
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  5. modernfonzie

    modernfonzie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Out of curiosity. What made you pick Paulie over Porter?
     
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  6. ChipChair

    ChipChair Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gonzalez KO over Mares, made some good money betting that night. Not sure about biggest long shot that's backfired that's not me sounding big headed I get just as much wrong as the next guy but nothing is springing to mind at present.
     
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  7. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I was back and forth for awhile, I thought Paulie would outwork him like he did Broner IMO, and that he could stand up to Porter's power. Paulie's always had a pretty good chin.
     
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  8. bballchump11

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    I picked Richar Abril to beat Rios
     
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  9. modernfonzie

    modernfonzie Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Same here. I was really counting on Paulie's chin and boxing ability. I was surprised when he couldn't take Porter's punches.
     
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  10. Monogamous STD

    Monogamous STD Ya know, Quasimoto predicted all this. Full Member

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    Overall, I'm not a particularly good predictor. I'm not sure about ever but my biggest recent failure was taking Collazo over Khan. It was one of those few times when I picked a true underdog and by the time the fight started I felt really certain about it and it didn't come close to happening. I picked Rubio over Lemieux though. I was proud of that at the time. Lemieux was looking horrifying and had just squashed Camcho Jr to sleep.
     
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  11. KelandBeave

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    Geale over GGG
     
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  12. Outlander

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    I picked Leonard to beat Duran in their 1st fight. -lost

    Then, I picked Duran to beat Ray Leonard in their 2nd fight. -lost


    Infact, I'm so bad at predicting fights, that I've taken to actually betting against my gut, and it's actually worked pretty well. As you can imagine, it's a bitter-sweet feeling.
     
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  13. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Wins-

    Mosley over Margarito.

    Froch to 'bute' Bute.

    Calzaghe over Lacy.

    Losses:

    Groves over Froch x2.

    Cotto over Pacquiao.
     
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  14. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I had the opposite
    Margarito over Mosley
    Froch over Groves x2
    Pac over Cotto
     
    CST80, Jul 7, 2014
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  15. Farmboxer

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    Hopkins over Tito, nobody believed me................
     
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