name them. for me it was forrest vs mosley. moorer vs holyfield. bowe vs holyfield. those were the ones i put money on.
Holyfield-Tyson. Douglass-Tyson (alright, after round 1 I called it and then tried to reach every bookie I knew)
Those guys are always losers. He won a bundle I'm sure, but in real terms it probably meant that he lost less that year...
No doubt whatsoever that the bookies got it all back in the end. Gambling adiction in its extreme form is as powerfull as drug or alchohol adiction. Guys like that loose their money as quickly as they earn it.
I picked Pavlik over Taylor. I picked Corrales over Freitas I picked Corrales over Cassamayor in the 2nd fight I picked Hopkins over Tarver I picked Barrera over Morales in the 2nd fight I picked Pacman over Barerra the first time(one of my better choices) I picked Azumah Nelson over Jeff Fenech in the rematch I picked Mayorga over Forrest I picked Kosta over Judah
I always thought that you must've been a wonderful fight prognosticator during your pre-school days, Brockton.
It wasn't a massive upset but I got 4-1 on Holyfield in the second Tyson fight. Holy had beaten Tyson on every level in the first fight, I couldn't see him losing the second one.
I just knew Holyfield was going to beat Tyson...I felt Holyfield wasn't getting any respect from the media...and felt if Holyfield could beat Mercer, he had a solid shot. I felt something might happen with Tyson/Douglas after hearing angelo Dundee say that Douglas has a good style for Tyson...and that Douglas' mother had passed away..."uh oh"...Tyson might be in trouble. Hopkins over Tarver...I felt Hopkins was a better coordinated and batter defensively... no surprise. Hopkins/Trinidad?...uh... no comment. ( I thought after the flag throwing incident that Trinidad would kill him)
Off the top of my head, Canizles-Sandoval and Norris Leonard I felt the body work of Gaby would wreak havoc with Richie but surprisingly it was the shots to the head that did the trick. He practically turned his head into mush and the combinations were almost Roy Jones-like. Norris-Leonard, the biggest upset since Douglas Tyson was played down by the media out of embarrassment but I knew from the time Leonard mistakenly signed for this fight that he was in for it. The key factor in this one would be the hand speed and mobility of Norris. leonard can't hit what's not there.
This idea you have that Pavlik was underated before the Taylor fights and everybody was hard on him is not an accurate one. I've told you before; the General forum was split about 50.50, myself and a huge swather of other guys, including most of the top General forum posters, picked Pavlik to win the fight.