Fighters who proved their critics dead wrong.

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  1. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jim Braddock.
     
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  2. blacktopbully

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    ricardo mayorga vs vernon forrest
     
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    Cotto vs Yuri Foreman......Critics had Cotto's career dead & buried leading up to the fight.
     
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    Tommy Hearns beating Leonard in th erematch but getting the drawn decision. Everyone including Leonard said Tommy was washed up & finished. How wrong they were.
     
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    buster douglas KO Mike Tyson was huge.
     
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    Andre ward doing this well in the super 6. Bring it back to oakland!
     
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  7. Vsec

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    Leonard over Hagler
     
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    totally agree on this one!
     
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    Calzage vs Lacy
    Wlad vs Peter 1
    Vitali............
     
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    vic darchynian and i personally thought ricky hatton was to green for kostya
     
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  11. Bazt3k

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    How about khan vs maidana, all the haters predicted a glass
    jaw khan to be ko'd by the hardest hitter in
    the division but he went on win a fight of
    the year and took massive bombs doing
    it. Like round 10 he got wobbled with 2 minutes left in the round and
    weathered maidans vicious onslaught not
    only to
    see out the round but to bounce back and win r11 and
    12
     
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  12. Englund

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    Hopkins in virtually every fight he's recently been in.
    Manny Pacquiao in beating Oscar and Hatton.
    Floyd in beating Mosley the way he did.
    Vitali in coming back like a warrior against Lennox.
    Hagler in beating Hearns.
    Whitaker in outboxing Chavez.
    Calzaghe in destroying Lacy.

    Just a few.
     
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    Holyfield without a DOUBT. When he fought Tyson the first time you actually saw commentary saying he was at riisk of serious physical harm, and that it was a cynical exploitation of the fans to even allow the fight, as Holly had NO chance.

    And what happened? A fluke win for Holly? Nope. He systematically took Tyson apart, and was CLEARLY the better fighter.
     
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  14. flem1

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    Wow, no mention of Tim Bradley??

    A lot of critics come out everytime he has a fight lined up. Bradley has always proven them wrong.
     
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    Can't believe no one has mentioned Froch put on a master class boxing lesson against AA when everyone said he was a caveman who couldn't box.
     
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