Best and worst predictions you have made over the last 10 years

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Be honest.

    Best: Usyk beating Joshua in Joshua 1 fight when a lot of people were saying he was too small.

    Worst: Gvozdyk beating Beterbiev. Jesus. Lol
     
  2. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    BEST
    I got the whole heavyweight tournament right. I said Fury would beat Wilder, Usyk would beat Joshua, and Usyk would beat Fury.

    WORST
    Thought after the Glowacki fight that Okolie was going to turn the corner, unify a couple of cruiserweight belts, and invade the heavies. I quickly realized how wrong I was when he quickly reverted to his manlove style, but for a brief moment, I thought that our octopussy would blossum into a real fighter.
     
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  3. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I put 10$ on Garcia winning a decision against Davis.
     
  4. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That honest enough?
     
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  5. GGGfans

    GGGfans Active Member Full Member

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    Best : Fury beating Wilder by knockout in 2020.
    Worst : Lemieux beating Saunders.
     
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  6. Noel857

    Noel857 I Am Duran Full Member

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    Best - Sorry cant think of one in the last ten years but much earlier i followed Johnny Nelson career after i saw him fight live v Andrew Gerrard. Told everyone who would listen that he would be a future world champion
    Worst - Always picking against Beterbiev. However i haven`t learnt my lesson,so come on Bivol
     
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  7. MaccaveliMacc

    MaccaveliMacc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Best Prediction: Parker beating Zhang while being down twice
    Worse: Dillian Whyte will be a harder opponent for Fury than Usyk. It was 3 years ago to be fair, but I'm still embarrassed TIL THIS DAY!
     
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  8. Unique Way

    Unique Way Active Member Full Member

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    Vianello stopping Makhmudov was my best prediction recently. All-time, though, it's Nagy Aguilera KTFOing Oleg Maskaev in the first round. My exact prediction for that fight was Aguilera KO1 Maskaev.

    Oleg was a big favourite in that fight but I knew he had one of the worst chins in the history of boxing (probably THE worst one among top 10 fighters), and was slow as a turtle while Aguilera, being inexperienced and not a big puncher, was quick. I knew you don't need to be a puncher to KO Maskaev, you just needed to get to his chin, and I thought Aguilera would do that quickly with his fast hands. And that's exactly what happened in the fight. Aguilera landed quickly and Maskaev's beyond glass mandibles fell over the ring like a fine porcelain once again.

    My worst prediction ever was Shannon Briggs knocking out Sultan Ibragimov. Hell, I was WRONG. Ibragimov schooled him easily winning about 11 rounds to 1. It was as one-sided as they come and Briggs barely landed a single punch in that fight.
     
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  9. Kiwi_in_America

    Kiwi_in_America The Tuaminator Full Member

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    Warned that Ruiz was a danger to AJ before the first fight

    Backed Parker to beat Wilder

    I guess those are my best
     
  10. VOXDEI

    VOXDEI Active Member Full Member

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    I predicted the round in which Joyce would stop Parker.

    I picked Franklin to beat AJ.
     
  11. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Best Predictions (this is just scratching the surface)...


    Ruiz vs. Joshua 1
    Usyk vs. Joshua
    Usyk vs. Fury
    Bivol vs. Alvarez
    Garcia vs. Haney
    Mendoza vs. Fundora
    Fundora vs. Tszyu
    Berinchyk vs. Navarrete
    Espinoza vs. Ramirez
    Billam-Smith vs. Okolie
    Takam vs. Yoka
    Bakole vs. Yoka
    Merhy vs. Yoka
    Bakole vs. Anderson
    Nunez vs. Rakhimov
    VIlla vs. Ellis
    Valenzuela vs. Cruz
    Valenzuela vs. Colbert
    De Los Santos vs. Valenzuela
    Kabayel vs. Makhmudov
    Kabayel vs. Sanchez
    Vianello vs. Makhmudov
    Ball vs. Ford
    Smith vs. Eubank Jr.
    Suslenkov vs. Hunter
    Nishida vs. Rodriguez
    Heaney vs. Bentley
    Tapales vs. Akmadaliev
    Resendez vs. Hurd
    Lopez vs. Warrington
    Lopez vs. Conlan
    Leo vs. Lopez
    Gill vs. Conlan
    Martinez vs. Gill
    Gesta vs. JoJo
    Cacace vs. Cordina
    Barrios vs. Ugas
    Woodall vs. Richards
    Parker vs. Zhang
    Wood vs. Conlan
    Baluta vs. Barnes
    H. Garcia vs. Colbert
    F. Martinez vs. Ancajas
    Dubois vs. Hrgovic
    N. Ball vs. Lowe
    Lopez vs. Lowe
    Lopez vs. Flores
    Ryder vs. Jacobs
    Akui vs. Dalakian
    Magsayo vs. Russell
    Crowley vs. Abduqaxorov
    Butaev vs. James
    Gvozdyk vs. Stevenson
    Zepeda vs. Tanajara
    Ponce vs. Ritson
    Santillan vs. Rocha
    Straffon vs. Tennyson
    Ramos vs. Figueroa
    Gollaz vs. Davies
    Cullen vs. Yildirim
    Fuzile vs. Ward
    Ogawa vs. Fuzile
    Martinez vs. Ioka
    Bahdi vs. Sylve
    Figueroa vs. Nery
    Cunningham vs. Foster
    Hernandez vs. J-Rock
    Arias vs. Chaney
    Silyagin vs. Abdugofurov
    Angulo vs. Quillin
    Santamaria vs. Alexander
    Fundora vs. Lubin
    Povetkin vs. Whyte
    Povetkin vs. H. Fury
    Joyce vs. Dubois
    Froch vs. Bute
    Rigondeaux vs. Donaire
    Horn vs. Pacquiao
    J-Rock vs. Hurd
    Molina vs. Provodnikov
    Pacquiao vs. Thurman
    Brook vs. Porter
    Garcia vs. Khan
    Sor Rungvisai vs. Chocolatito 1
    Sor Rungvisai vs. Chocolatito 2
    Warrington vs. Selby
    Warrington vs. Frampton
    Browne vs. Chagaev
    Maidana vs. Broner
    Taylor vs. Davies
    McDonnell vs. Kameda
    McDonnell vs. Kameda II
    Spark vs. Love
    Smith Jr. vs. Fonfara
    Smith Jr. vs. Hopkins
    Smith Jr. vs. Hart
    Smith Jr. vs. Alvarez
    Saunders vs. Eubank
    Pedraza vs. Beltran
    Helenius vs. Teper
    N'Dam vs. Murray
    Groves vs. Eubank
    Donaire vs. Burnett
    Montiel vs. Kirkland
    Matias vs. Dadashev
    Matias vs. Hawkins
    Nakatani vs. Verdejo
    Pradabsri vs. Menayothin
    Carroll vs. Quigg
    Jojo Diaz vs. Farmer
    Bolotniks vs. Burton
    Bolotniks vs. Michel
    Granados vs. Imam
    Lee vs. Korobov
    Richards vs. Pitters
    Martinez vs. Pavlik
    Garcia vs. Cheeseman
    WIlliamson vs. Cheeseman
    Harrison vs. Charlo
    Kovalev vs. Alvarez 2
    Pascal vs. Browne
    Pascal vs. Jack
    Casimero vs. Tete
    R. Alvarado vs. Cancio 2
    Xu vs. Rojas
    J. Vargas vs. Ali
    Munguia vs. Ali
    Abregu vs. Dulorme
    Volny vs. Butler


    Goddammit!!!:lol: Robbed of wins (there's too many of these to count).
    Lemos vs. Hitchins*
    Miller vs. Ruiz*
    Walker vs. Crocker*
    Ngannou vs. Fury*
    Navarrete vs. Conceicao*
    Ryder vs. Smith*
    Cruz vs. Davis*
    Conceicao vs. Valdez*
    Rosado vs. Jacobs*
    Herrera vs. Garcia*
    Postol vs. Ramirez*
    Perrella vs. Harrison*
    Sokolowski vs. Adeleye*
    Martinez vs. Williams 1*
    Korobov vs. Charlo*
    Trout vs. Mall Charlo*
    Trout vs. Mell Charlo*
    Trout vs. Alvarez*
    Zepeda vs. Ramirez*
    JC Martinez vs, C Edwards*
    Uzcategui vs. Dirrell*


    Worst....
    Crawford vs. Horn
    Wilder vs. Zhang
    Whyte vs. Fury

    Easiest Win
    Crawford vs. Spence

    Most Bitter Loss
    Martinez vs. Cotto
     
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  12. DaRealJT

    DaRealJT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Worst ones:
    Spence to UD Crawford
    Xu Can to UD Leigh Wood
    Wilder to KO Parker

    Best one is not a single fight but I predicted Zhilei Zhang to become a world champion back in 2020 - okay, technically he was only WBO interim champion but I'm counting that lol
     
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  13. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Best was PAC v Hoya.

    Worst was Solis v Vitali.
     
  14. CANNONBALL

    CANNONBALL Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I picked Zhang to KO/TKO Joyce in the 1st fight - got the right round too. 10 quid at 40-1, nice little win.

    Worst picks.....am sure there have been several. I'll have to think
     
  15. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Best: Andre Ward to win the Super Six (nobody thought he would)

    Worst: I though Charlo would outhustle Canelo bc Canelo was sloppy for Ryder and Bivol.
     
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