Predictions you got VERY wrong.

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  1. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, both times.
     
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    I had Brett Lally beating Donald Curry. Curry was fresh off a loss to Rene Jacquot in a fight in which he looked shot, really having no legs. I thought Lally would rough him up and stop him. Curry blew him out in round 2, in a very one-sided fight.

    Also had Ruddock stopping Lewis, and Simon Brown stopping the fragile-chinned Pettway.
     
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    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought that were going to turn Adam Kownacki into a big draw. Mind you, I never thought he was a great fighter, or anything, but I thought they would match him well and sell him to the rabid Polish fan base that always turned out for Golata. I saw him as marketable after the Charles Martin win.

    Then they threw him in there with Helenius and that was the end of that.

    Toney-Jones would be the biggest fight that comes to mind where I was spectacularly wrong.
     
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    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Too many to name, but the one that I always remember most when this type of question comes up is that I once wrote an article with the title "De La Hoya will inevitably beat Pacquiao".
     
  5. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Sanchez-Gomez but I was barely nine and knew next to nothing about boxing
    Hearns-Duran
    Hagler-Hearns
    Hagler-Mugabi
    Hagler-Leonard
    Curry-Honeyghan
    Tyson-Douglas
    Trinidad-Hopkins
     
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    Liston v Ali 1

    Benn v McClellan
     
  7. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Hatton-Pacquiao :(
     
  8. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    How did you see the bout going and why? I’m just curious, I wasn’t around for but I can sort of see why.
     
  9. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought that fight was a horrible mismatch, in the favour of the much bigger ODLH, at the time, too.
     
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    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    I lost a lot of money betting on McCllennan to beat Beñn,so I reckon it's that one
     
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  11. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought Gerald was going to take Nigel out early as well, Noel.

    Come to think of it, I've got plenty of predictions wrong over the years.
     
  12. OddR

    OddR Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Plenty sadly.

    To the point I go into fights not being surprised at outcomes at top level.
     
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    Holyfield vs Lewis I. Didn't expect Lewis to dominate that fight the way he did; the judges screwed him bad!
     
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    I picked Rolly too :lol: MOSTLY out of spite but still.
     
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  15. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    And I liked Ruiz's odds enough to attend the fight with Joshua, even if I didn't pick him.
     
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