Upset of the Year

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  1. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Damn, there have been a lot.:yikes

    Even last night, with Nard handing Pascal his ass for about nine rounds, was a shock.

    Some of the main contenders (off the top of my head):

    Ricky Burns UD Roman Martinez

    Fernando Montiel TKO4 Hozumi Hasegawa

    Giovani Segura KO8 Ivan Calderon

    Jason Litzau SD Celestino Caballero

    Ryol Li Lee UD Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym

    Gilberto Keb Bass MD Omar Nino Romero

    Kaizer Mabuza RTD6 Kendall Holt

    Garth Wood KO5 Anthony Mundine


    I'm not going to make a poll out of this yet, as I'm sure there are a shitload of bouts I have left out (you could chuck the Sergio Martinez victories in as well). But out of that list I'll go with Litzau beating Caballero - that was unbelievable!

    Feel free to chip in with some domestic ones if you wish (like Larryea beating Appleby recently).
     
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  2. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    Lee beating Poon is second to Gilberto Keb Bass beating Omar Nino Romero.
     
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  3. Godfather

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    Lee or Burns.
     
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  4. chrisfinch

    chrisfinch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good question. I'd be tempted to say Burns, but I was hoping he'd win so had that 'blind optimism' so it wasn't a massive shock to me when he won. A surprise though.

    I'd go for Segura beating Calderon. Somebody on here once said 'death, taxes and a Calderon UD' which really summed him up for me. Segura should have been one of these easy opponents for titlists you see every week on Top Rank Live or those Integrated Sports PPV's, but it was a great fight and I was truly shocked at what happened.
     
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  5. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good one:good

    I'll add it to the list.
     
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  6. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    Ricky Burns.
     
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  7. LP_1985

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    sykes getting Knocked out in prizefighter
     
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  8. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    Oh, Kaizer Mabuza vs Kendall Holt as well.
     
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  9. kosaros

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    Wood vs Mundine has to be considered as well I think. Lee over Poon has my vote ATM.
     
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  10. D-MAC

    D-MAC Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Okay lad, I'll get a solid list of 8 or 9 and then I'll set up a poll and you can all vote. Sound fair?
     
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  11. Lazarus

    Lazarus Realist Full Member

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    Danny Jacobs Vs Dmitry Pirog
     
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  12. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    Sounds good. For the love of god Ricky Burns better not get it.
     
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  13. Flash Jab

    Flash Jab Boxing Junkie banned

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    When Celestino Caballero lost, I was like "...this is the guy everyone's talking about being great, isn't he?", he got whooped.
     
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  14. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    I suppose you could say Pong vs Kameda was an upset. He was past his best after all and Kameda had just beaten Naito.
     
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  15. D-MAC

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    I'll add Holt-Mabuza and Wood-Mundine.
     
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