Biggest upset ever

Egginton vs Hassan Mwakinyo.

Egginton was ranked 18th whilst his opponent Mwakinyo outside the top 100 at the time.

 

Tyson v Douglas
Honeyghan v Curry
Khan v Prescott was unexpected, but I'm not so sure it was such a shock, given how Khan had been put over a few times already.
Frankie Randall knocking down and beating Julio Cesar Chavez
Lonnie Smith Vs Billy Costello (obscure, but I remember it being a shocker).

Jimmy Paul Harry Arroyo (showing my age a bit)

Edwin Rosario Vs Livingstone Bramble


Alfredo Layne Vs Wilfredo Gomez

 

Glenn Catley beating Markus Beyer - probably the biggest as tough to get a result in Germany and thought Beyer was techically much to sound for Catley.

Rocky Fielding v Tyron Zeuge - As above and never really thought Fielding was much good. Turns out neither was Zeuge.

Ryan Rhodes v Jamie Moore - Rated Moore & thought he could have won a world title. Rhodes, also was good, and actually had too much left when his confidence rose & he realised Moore hadnt much left.

Oscar De La Hoya v Manny Pacquiao - Surely Oscar was too big I thought. Instead Manny dominated him although Oscar was a shell at this stage.

Tyson Fury V Vladimar Klitchko - A huge shock at the time, especially in Germany. Probably doesnt have the shock factor now as we look back and realise how good Fury is.

 

Tony Bellew doing an interview on Sky and not mentioning getting home to his wife and kids in 2013.

 

In my boxing lifetime ... Lewis v Rahman 1. I was in shock for days after that, after staying up late to watch it. The Only feeling I had similar to that was when Tarver KO d Jones Jnr, who I thought was invincible at the time.
Beneath those examples, I was definitely surprised when Ruiz beat AJ. And when Pac-man beat Hatton - not necessarily the win, but how he did it.

 

We almost got groves beating froch but the ref stopped it premature

 

I was still like that when I woke up at midday after an all nighter drinking heavily watching the boxing.

Thought I had dreamed Joshua was stopped by a little obese Mexican on 5 day's notice and I had to watch it again just to ensure it did happen.

 

Randall over Chavez was great and showed JCC to be the sore loser than he is.

 

Not sure about ever as I've only been following boxing properly for about 20 years but we've a fair few over recent years.

CBS beating Okolie. Zhang beating Joyce the first time, same with Smith beating Eubank, Heaney beating Bentley. Cameron beating KT. Gill beating Conlan & then most recently Parker beating Wilder and Kabayel beating Makhmudov.

Take your pick.

 

Yeah it was. Shouldn't have been a split either, but it ruined the JCC mythical undefeated record .

I love the upset, and I really enjoyed that one, Randall was superb that night

 

In recent years Joshua getting stopped by Ruiz jnr and Joyce getting smashed to pieces by Zhang in the first fight both shocked me. Lewis v Rahman I had a funny feeling about beforehand but it still shook the World. Bent v Morrison must be pretty high up there. Laing v Duran. McCall stopping Lewis and the wild celebrations that followed tell you everything about how much an upset that was, but really it has to be Balboa v Drago, the size difference, the amount of punishment he took, doing it in Russia after coming out of retirement, everything stacked against him.

 

Agree that Lewis v McCall was a big upset at the time.

 

Love obscure upsets no one even remembers, not even the hardcores.

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I will never ever forget Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor.

I was ringside at the Lennox Lewis vs Oliver McCall I event...

 

Wlad had a couple of howlers against Ross Purity and Corrie Sanders