Outcomes that you accurately predicted........

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  1. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Boxing is great because many times it's the theatre of the unexpected.
    Sometimes though personally, there are fights where the outcome is painfully obvious.
    Here are a couple that I remember acurrately predicting.

    Lennox Lewis ko2 Michael Grant- after watching Grant get floored twice and struggling with Golota, I knew that it was going to be over quickly for Grant against Lewis. The only thing that surprised me in this fight was Grant making it out of the first round particularly after the third brutal knockdown.

    Mike Tyson no contest 2 Andrew Golota - I remember this was a PPV fight. I laughed when it was announced because I knew Golota would quit and be terrified against Tyson.
    Me and a couple friends watched the fight at a racetrack, and predictably Golota quit and was showered with beer, popcorn and some red slushy drink. My only surprise was the outcome being changed from a tko to a no contest, if I remember correctly because Tyson tested positive for Marijuana.

    What are some of your accurate predictions?
     
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  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Vitali coming out of retirement and beating Sam Peter.Barrera schooling Hamed.
     
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  3. Perry

    Perry Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Leonard beating Hearns in bout 1.
     
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  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Tyson losing to holyfield in the rematch. Just not the actual way he beat him!
     
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  5. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield losing to Moorer. And then Moorer losing to Big George. I let my first bet ride and made out well after George spent nine rounds making me look like an idiot.
     
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  6. BCS8

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    I knew that Mike Stone would beat Eric Crumble in their epic rematch :deal:
     
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  7. greynotsoold

    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Hearns vs Barkley, first fight. Even called the round.
     
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  8. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No kidding - I had a strong feeling that Lloyd Honeyghan was going to beat Donald Curry. During the lead up I thought like virtually everyone else that The Ragamuffin Man was biting off more than he could chew but on the day before the fight I watched Honeyghan give an interview and there was some really strong vibe coming off him and told all my friends that I was confident of a major upset.

    I've also got it horribly wrong on occasion too like giving Frank Bruno a decent chance against Mike Tyson in their second fight.
     
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  9. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Abraham v Dierell .king Arthur was a big favourite and I won a tidy sum although it was a fowl that ended the fight. However I did think Bruno was going to come out swinging like a HW Hagler Hearns in the second Tyson fight. Boy was I wrong.
     
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  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    The two best predictions I made were Marquez-Diaz I where I picked the round and the key punch (uppercut) bested maybe by Froch-Groves I where I predicted what would happen almost exactly.

    But getting these things bang on are hard.
     
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  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Worst prediction ever was Hatton to beat Pacquiao :crazylick:
     
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  12. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Pretty much everybody predicted that.

    I predicted Fury would beat Wlad.
     
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  13. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Livingstone Bramble v. Ray Mancini I
    Marlon Starling v. Mark Breland I

    Even as a teenager, I had the ability to understand which fighters were overhyped.
     
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  14. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Your kidding,? Hearns was a favourite to win that and recall the predicted result would be a hearns ko barkley in all the boxing mags at the time.
     
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  15. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    You predicted everybody to beat Wlad, so that is a bit like a broken clock being right twice a day!
     
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