Boxers who proved you wrong

This, and this is all relative - but Jeff Horn exceeded my expectations against Manny Pacquiao. I think the ref has a lot to do with this, but Horn definitely put in a much better performance (rough or otherwise) than I expected too. I thought he was just going to be out of his depth no matter what he did.

 

I thought Canelo was going to destroy Golovkin, boy was I wrong. Canelo got beat up.

I thought Ward was going to destroy Kovalev, boy was I wrong, Ward needed judges and other officials to get the win, also pubic shots did Kovalev in the second fight

I thought Joshua was going to destroy the old man in Wlad coming off a long layoff, boy was I wrong. Joshua despite being younger went life and death with a 41 year old who almost knocked Joshua back to the stone age.

I could go on.

 

Canelo. I thought he was just a ginger novelty who would accomplish nothing.

 

Yes horn definitely.
At the time I never thought tszyu could beat shamba and Judah based the Way he lost to Philips.

 

Tony Bellew

I thought he was Wilder tier of being aweful at light heavy. How wrong I was.

 

Loma against Rigo. Even though Loma was favourite I thought Rigo would make easy work of him. Lost $50 to my friend on that fight. He only watches boxing casually too so even more embarrassing.

 

I was really high on Makabu and thought he was given an easy title win. Boy was i wrong

 

Tyson Fury. Of course he can still be a one hit wonder and be worse without his nandrolone, but still...

Is he somehow usually fighting close to the level of his opponent or what?
Lost to McD. Avenged that one though.
Got nailed by Pajkic and eventually won by British stoppage.
Got nailed (exactly the same way) by USS, got outboxed and eventually won by mauling.
Then he goes on to outbox an extremely passive Wlad to take the Heavyweight crown!?

I never expected him to get past any kind of puncher in the ranks.
How did that happen?

 

Great shouts with Bellew and Horn. For me it has to be Badou jack and Jarrett Hurd.

 

Trout v cotto had me eating my words

 

Fury, Bellew, Jack all spring to mind.

 

Joshua - thought he was weak chinned from his amateur fights but showed v Klitschko it’s able to take a huge shot n get back up

 

Tyson Fury proved me completely wrong, so much as I
truly consider him the alpha of the HW division (don't
know how true that is now)

Errol Spence: I don't know if he so much proved me wrong
as I was just waiting for him to step up.

Jarrett Hurd keeps proving me wrong and it's getting annoying

 

Froch, Danny Garcia who currently has the richest resume in boxing today.