Most memorable fights that stopped the hype train??

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  1. Dan684

    Dan684 Dave's Stepdad Full Member

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    Gomez/Arthur

    Arthur had serious hype prior to Gomez man-handling him and hurting him
     
    Dan684, Mar 17, 2012
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    Good shout Dan :good
     
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    How did i forget, my favourite fight ever.

    Arthur himself believed the hype I think, totally unprepared for A revved up Gomez.
     
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    Mosley by KO/Stoppage was 15/1 on betfair that night.
     
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    There was huge hype surrounding Venezuelan puncher Engels Pedroza. He was 19-0 (19 KOs) going into his bout with Mike Johnson but was stopped in 9 rounds. Pedroza eventually finished his career with 42 wins (40 KOs) and 9 losses. Very respectable but never lived up to his early promise.

    Francisco Bojado losing to Juan Carlos Rubio. Bojado was so hyped he even made the national press very early in his career.
     
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    The brothers Olajide were exposed by Messrs Tate and Mendoza respectively.
     
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    barrera and nasseem!
     
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    David Price vs Tony Thompson :dancer2:
     
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    Ruiz v Joshua, Zhang v Joyce and Wood v Conlan
     
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    I was going to go with Joshua/Ruiz however some seem to think he's built his air of invincibility back up again recently (I don't)
     
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    Joshua for me is a non elite just above British Level Heavyweight arriving at a time when the era was the worst ever seen.

    Any elite boxer makes him look like Dillian Whyte on a good night.
     
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    I genuinely think he was on his way to another loss (via Whyte) before Whyte got suspended
     
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    Warrington v Lara
     
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    That bump is bigger than the one Price took hitting the canvas
     
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    Only memorable to me maybe but John Collins vs Tony Sibson was fun.

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    I was young but I thought Colin McMillan was going to be very special until he fought Palacio, then Steve Robinson.
     
    SunKillMoon, Apr 24, 2024
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