2nd greatest HW upset of all-time?

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  1. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Everybody agrees Tyson-Douglas is the greatest upset in HW boxing, probably in all of boxing, so then what is the 2nd greatest HW upset?
     
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  2. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Schmeling-Louis I was a big surprise I think. Spinks-Ali I?
     
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  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Holfyield Tyson One. Changed boxing in Vegas forever.
     
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  4. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The only thing that fight changed were the amount of backers that put their money always on Tyson regardless of the opposition. Always giving the big odds and then having to pay out translates to a lot of backers jumping ship.
     
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  5. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Probably Tyson-Holyfield 1

    Louis-Schmeling 1, Baer-Braddock and Liston-Clay were big upsets too.

    I'm guessing Lewis-Rahman 1 was long odds too.
     
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  6. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Baer - Braddock or Holmes - spinks
     
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  7. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    :thumbsupthis is it for me. no shock, at the time or in retrospect, was bigger than this one (save douglas-tyson)
     
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  8. laxpdx

    laxpdx Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ali-Foreman
     
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  9. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    Bingo.
     
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  10. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Vitali Klitschko over Kevin Johnson. Nobody saw it coming.
     
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  11. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It will be yet another huge upset if Vitali manages to beat the great Albert Sosnowski.
     
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  12. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    I highly doubt that will happen. I mean, VK isn't even a poor man's Zuri Lawrence.
     
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  13. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just a few others:

    Foreman vs Moorer
    McCall vs Lewis
    Bentt vs Morrison
     
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  14. Doc Dynamo

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    Ali-Norton I
    Foreman-Young
     
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  15. Verbalkint

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    Johnson - Willard, Dempsey - Tunney 1
     
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