Biggest surprise thrashing by an underdog?

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  1. fowler26

    fowler26 Member Full Member

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    tavrer v jones 2 maybe
     
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  2. fowler26

    fowler26 Member Full Member

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    didnt people say tito was gonna smash up hopkins at the time, but we know how that ended
     
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  3. amunz81

    amunz81 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    how about the carlos quintana vs. joel julio fight. i think quinata was a big under dog in that fight and controlled the whole way through!
     
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  4. butler08

    butler08 Active Member Full Member

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    rahman wasnt a thrashing it was just i punch
    not like calzaghe - lacy
    dugles tyson
    clay - liston
     
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  5. Poirot

    Poirot Active Member Full Member

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    No way was the Hatton/Tszyu a surprise - not to me - no way. The way Hatton was pre Tszyu was a very hungry young scrappy. The way he walked down on his entrance (just go back to it on YouTube or something and look at his entrance and look at his face and demeanour) - he was immune to pain. The intense concentration ringing in his brain - no way was that a surprise to me.
     
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  6. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    Some obvious ones

    Hopkins-Tarver
    Hopkins-Trinidad
    Hopkins-Pavlik
    Ali-Liston
     
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  7. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    I'm still looking for the difference between "upset" and "shocking performances in which the underdog utterly controlled the fight when he wasnt expected to."
     
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  8. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Hatton vs Tszyu was a surprise to me.

    Whilst I would have bet my bottom £ on Hatton to beat anybody else, but Tszyu.... you just hear the name and know what it means......

    I expected Ricky to be leading on the cards through workrate but to go out on his shield late.

    To be fair it wasn't one-sided at all, probably 7-4 or 6-5 at the time Ronnie Shields pulled Kostya out.
     
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  9. Iceveins

    Iceveins Puglistic Linguistics Full Member

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    Ok the criteria is really two things...not a 1 punch KO but rather a sustained boxing schooling. And when the fight is over you could say to yourself "Wow I knew he was good but didn't expect him to beat him, let alone dominate him like that!"

    Not for instance at the end of Douglas vs Tyson nobody would have said "ya know I think we underestimated his abilities." There have been a lot of good ones mentioned here, ie Tito-Winky is a perfect example of an underdog pitching an unexpected shutout. We knew Winky was a good fighter but he was matched up with someone many people felt to be a class above him ...and ultimately thought he would lose rather convincingly if not knocked out.
     
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  10. WiltonRoots

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    It was one of those fights, Hatton's first major test amongst the big boys and out of all the champs to face, he's in with the best.

    I was out that night but got in in time to catch the tail end on the radio, in all honesty I thought Tszyu would have finished him in 6 or 7, but when I heard it's round 10 and I'm missing an all out war with Hatton in charge, I thought "whoaaaa", this guy is the real deal after all.
     
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  11. Sweet Jones

    Sweet Jones Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nate Campbell - Juan Diaz
    Curry - Honeyghan
    Klitschko - Sanders

    Old School:
    Clay - Liston
    Schmeling/Louis I
     
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  12. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    Do i have to say the exact same sentence?
     
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  13. SHADOW BOX

    SHADOW BOX SHADOW BOX Full Member

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    Barrera vs Jones I and Barrera vs Pacquiao I.
     
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  14. Stovepipe

    Stovepipe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Calzaghe went off at +150 I know cuz I bet and won.
     
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  15. Iceveins

    Iceveins Puglistic Linguistics Full Member

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    You can replace the "wow" for an expletive but other than that I request that you stay true to the original line.
     
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