Kostya Tszyu vs Jake Rodriguez. Looked a mismatch on paper and delivered a mismatch in spades despite Jake showing admirable ticker.
No, man but before Holmes many thought he would have had a career like his father. If you read some newspapers of those times you will notice how he was highly overrated so that many begun to call him champ. If i had to stay strictly on the thread I would answer Lewis v Rahman or Douglas v Holyfield or Hide v Bentt even If Hide was not a great champion at all.
Others said it, but certainly Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard. Braddock while not a great HW champion, was a fine boxer, who was skilled enough to be a top LH, and pull off wins against the top contenders before beating a clowning Baer, so I can't rank him among the worst. Johnson V. Burns even more so, Burns while a small man who appeared quite hittable, defended his title 13 times some against the top boxers of his day, all within a short period of time. Of course, the much larger stronger man who was a master of grappling would destroy him,
Funny thing about Moore, I seem to recall before that, the general feeling was Duran was gonna get his ass kicked. Duran was old, past it etc. Poor lad never stood a chance.