Examples of one-sided fights that change miraculously

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  1. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm looking for examples of fights where round after round one guy is dominating (likely the favored "name" fighter) and it's almost boring or seems non-competitive, then out of nowhere the guy getting hopelessly dominated miraculously turns the tide somehow. Either with one big punch that hurt the guy who was dominating, or the fighter changes his strategy or something. I'm talking about about a fight that went from being completely one-sided round after round and almost boring to the point where you're sure the guy losing has zero chance, then all of a sudden something happens and it becomes very exciting and close.

    I got to thinking about this while watching the Sor Rungvisai Chocolatito undercard fight between Inoue and Nieves. After about 4 or 5 rounds, the commentators were acting like it was a foregone conclusion that Inoue was gonna win, and in the 6th round they were pretty much calling for the fight to be stopped, even though Nieves was still fighting intelligently, he was taking some punches.

    We've all seen this situation before in a fight where one guy doesn't seem to have much chance, but the fight goes on and on when maybe the commentators think it should be stopped, or you might feel like there's no point of it continuing. I'm really looking for the most extreme examples of this type of thing in recent history, preferably any that you remember in the last 10-15 years.
     
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    Hosea Burton vs Frank Buglioni, Burton won most of the rounds and was pressing the action then got caught and KO'd in the 12th round.
     
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    I think it happened in the Randall bailey win over mike jones if my memory is on point
     
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    Birmingham Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Theres a recent thread on this. John David Jackson V Jorge Castro was a blinder !
     
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    Sprott V Harrison. Audley had one arm for a large part of the fight then he got the KO in the 12th
     
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    Wilder vs Szpilka and Washington... Getting totally outboxed in both..
     
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    Eubank v Watson 2!

    Watson absolutely hammered Eubank for 11 rds & then,well we know the outcome!
     
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    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Good call.
     
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    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Another good call.

    Castro is one of my favourite fighters to watch.

    Not great, just solid and rugged.
     
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    A monster Castro was. You know when threads come up every now and then about"which fighter would you want behind you in a bar fight" ! There's ya man right there
     
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    Julian Jackson vs Herol Graham ....
     
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    Tyrell Biggs vs David Bey maybe
     
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    Canelo vs Golovkin, Canelo was beating Golovkin for the first 2 rounds, and then the rest of the match Canelo was getting slapped around like a cheap Thai Hooker.
     
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    Jirov and Moorer comes to mind, but that's mostly from memory. I remember thinking Moorer came out of nowhere to win it.
     
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    The fight in the movie ‘The Fighter’ when Micky Ward is in his shell getting a boxing lesson from Alfonso Sanchez.

    A recent one I can think of was the fight between Robbie Davies Jn vs Syrowatka.
     
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