Most One Sided Upsets

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  1. Homericlegend03

    Homericlegend03 Active Member Full Member

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    I was rewatching Tyson v. Douglas again, its still shocking just how much and how easily Douglas completely dismantled Tyson outside of a knockdown and 9 second intermission, this was an ass whooping from round one. Same with Ali v. Liston 1, Sonny just had nothing for Muhammad, different levels, different speed. One sided upsets are such a unique phenomenon, give some more examples.
     
    Homericlegend03, Jul 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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    Calzaghe vs Lacy is the first that springs to mind.
     
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    Honeyghan vs Curry for me.
     
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    Gene Tunney vs Jack Dempsey 1 for me along with Tyson/Douglas and Ali/Liston.
     
    haNZAgod, Jul 23, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Zahir Raheem/Erik Morales........................
     
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    Jimmy Carter-Ike Williams
    Jimmy Carter-Lauro Salas I
    Jimmy Carter-Paddy DeMarco I
    Jimmy Carter-Bud Smith I+II
    Jimmy Carter-Johnny Cunningham II (full time rubbish collector with 31 losses in 50 fights beats reigning world champ in non-title fight)
     
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    Mayorga vs Forrest

    Pacquiao vs De La Hoya

    Bivol vs Canelo

    Crawford vs Canelo
     
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    There is an asterisk accompanying several of Carter's fights,the suspicion is he fought with the cuffs on in some of these bouts.
     
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    Duran was a 5-2 underdog against Moore. He pretty much beat the brakes off of him from the opening bell.
     
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    Foreman v Frazier
    Holy - Tyson
     
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    Corrie Sanders upsetting Wladimir Klitschko. That was a fast and furious beatdown .
     
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    Sal Sanchez Vs Little Red Lopez I
     
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    Epic failure from the NYSAC that night. First on not noticing Resto’s gloves, then the ref letting Duran beat the **** out of Moore and not stopping it.
     
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    Fury vs Wlad
    dubois vs Joshua
     
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    Hi Buddy.
    Very good call, Lopez, despite his getting knocked down numerous times in title defenses, was still a fairly big fav over the the unfancied Mexican, but Sanchez put on a master class of box/fighting to punch the brave Lopez to virtual standstill, in some ways Danny reminded me off a FW version of Saad, without doubt the most exciting fighters of their time, with Bad Bennie making third place.
    stay safe TN, chat soon.
    Mike.
     
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