Biggest surprise thrashing by an underdog?

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  1. Iceveins

    Iceveins Puglistic Linguistics Full Member

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    Not talking so much about huge upsets, but huge shockers where the underdog had an unexpectedly dominant performance. Who has had some serious odds stacked against them then came in the fight and shocked everybody by whooping on the favorite like he stole somethin?

    Calzaghe-Lacy comes to mind.
     
  2. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Hatton beating Tszyu was more of an upset than Calzaghe vs Lacy, by far.

    Rahman vs Lewis
    Douglas vs Tyson

    And a few others...... are much bigger upsets.
     
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    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Tito/Winky
    Trinidad's performance in that fight left alot to be desired
     
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    the obvious 2 is douglas/tyson,rahmann/lewis
     
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    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Tito was done by then. He had no business at 160 anyway.
     
  6. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Winky was a huge underdog against Tito and he just wrecked him.
     
  7. Iceveins

    Iceveins Puglistic Linguistics Full Member

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    See, I said in the first post not "upsets" but shocking performances in which the underdog utterly controlled the fight when he wasnt expected to.
     
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    Iceveins Puglistic Linguistics Full Member

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    Yea, good call. I think most of us had Tito by KO inside 8.
     
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    pac/barrera 1 was an unbelievable performance from what we knew of pac at the time
     
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    Iceveins Puglistic Linguistics Full Member

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    I don't recall but was Pac a huge underdog in that one?
     
  11. EL-MATADOR

    EL-MATADOR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    To this day I can't bring myself to watch that fight again.:verysad
     
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    bigmarkd86 Active Member Full Member

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    yeah he was quite a big dog in the contest and barrera was in near prime conditio
     
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    Mosley getting thrashed by Forrest. He really took some punishment in that one. Not a massive underdog, but still.
     
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    Pacquiao in just about every fight he's ever been in.
     
  15. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    I had been "away" from boxing for a year before that fight, and when my brother said they would fight I said I would be rooting for Tito and bragged about how he would probably smash that Winky who would just stand there in front of him. And my brother said I was wrong and put some money on Tito.

    Surprised the hell out of me. :scaredas: