Bigger upset at the time: Rahman-Lewis or Tarver-Jones?

The focus then was very much on the big marque fighters like Tyson, Holyfiled, and yes Jones.

They were household names, and just having their name on the card made a big fight.

Only the boxing purists gave you credit for beating a Tua, or a Rahman, or a Golotta.

 

Lads 20 15 in favor of Jones Tarver as of now. Still somewhat close

 

There's seems to be a huge gulf between what the disagreeing factions think constitutes a bigger upset. It's certainly not worth the insults.

On one hand we have bigger odds and less expectation for the fave to lose.

On the other hand we have more noise on forums and higher profile loser = bigger upset. Perhaps the nature of the upset as well.

There's a huge gap between the two.

 

Yeah I can honestly see both sides. Tarver was a much more worthy adversary for Jones then Rahman appeared to be for Lewis. But for me it just goes back to how highly I thought of Jones. I rooted against Jones and had waited for that night for a very long time. So I was on cloud nine seeing him flattened. I screamed in a Jones loving friends Face after seeing his hero flattened. Probably a bit of a dick move but so be it, he’d of done the same to me on the other end.

I actually just asked the question to a friend of mine that I’ve watched boxing with since the mid-80s, he does no Internet forums or social media he pretty much stays off grid. I simply asked him which one he thought was the larger upset, Without telling him which way I felt and he basically said everything I’ve already said in this thread and voted in favor of Jones - Tarver. Again I don’t think anyone is wrong here, and the odds would say I’m wrong, but again I guess it’s just Comes down to how highly you thought of Jones at the time versus Lewis. Seeing Lewis beaten after seeing him in tough fights before wasn’t as startling as finally seeing Jones destroyed.

Fun debate guys.

 

Tarver was pfp top ten on a lot list already. Rahman was pfp nothing.

 

If that's the case nobody was picking Rahman. There were certainly some people picking Tarver.

 

Tarver over Jones was much bigger upset for all the dumbasses who werent alive back then or following. I know it for a fact. Lewis was never seen as that great when he was fighting and known for a weak jaw. Roy was seen as superman and when he got iced the boxing world talked about it for months on end

 

The reason is very simple . Jones was unbeaten ( not counting the DQ loss).. and no one ever imagined him being beat, let alone 1 punch kayoed.
Lewis already was knocked out by McCall... People were stunned about Jones. With Lewis people thought, ahhh well it happened before. he was out of shape ,, he'll kayo Rahman in the rematch

 

Tarver over Jones. HBO broadcast crew was literally giving Jones head every fight. Lampley had/has no shame, Kellerman actually talking that Jones could beat Wlad.