Fighters that surprised you

Paul Williams, the guy just looks like a KO highlight waiting to happen.

 

Ricky Hatton. During the spoonfed fank warren years I was convinced he was being protected for a reason, which he was, I just guessed the wrong one.

 

Chris Arreola, Arturo Gatti, Wayne The Pocket Rocket McCullogh, Barrera, and PAc

 

huh?? how are you sure of that??

youve just stated how much hes surprised you and then you go on to say that?

 

jermain taylor-he isn't the best the division has to offer but i thought he'd quietly dissapear after the first pavlik fight but his three fights after, despite being 1-2, have shown he's got some quality

chris byrd-i really didn't think he'd be able to hang with the heavies as long as he did

james toney-after that 5 year stretch wear he fought hobos for sandwiches at light heavy/cruiser he did pretty well against Jirvo and then heavy

winky wright-in my worst pick of all time i thought mosley would be too strong for him...now he's a probably hall of famer

 

Joe Calzaghe.

 

While I thought he hung tough against Wlad, I also thought Peter showed about how far he could go with that fight, too.

He surprised me in Toney II. Then he surprised me again by falling off a cliff.

 

Pacquiao has surprised me numerous times. I didn't expect him to beat Barrera in 2003, picked Morales to duplicate the feat in the rematch, thought he was too small to beat DLH. In some of his fights in which I expected him to win, I didn't expect such dominating performances, like against Diaz, Hatton, and Morales 3.

 

Pacman.. I did not think he would get as good.....**** that..great as he has gotten.

 

hmm says... lately

good surprises...

Juanma
JMM
Pacquiao
P.Williams
Gary Penasola
Donaire
Soto
Vic
Diaz
Monk Foreman
Bradley
Froch

bad surprises...

Pavlik-Mora
Hopkins
the entire HW division
Khan-Kot
Haye-Wlad
C.John-R.Juarez
Valuev-Chag
PBF-JMM
Mosley
Cotto-Clottey
Calderon-Maydol
GBP
Dawson-Tarver
dildo in a box

 

The Pac man. I didn't think he would do this good jumping from one division to another and another and another, etc. By the way, does anybody know if he's the only fighter that became P4P w/ out having any amateur fights?

 

JMM - Very Underrated. Pure heart.
Pacquiao - I thought his ceiling was JMM, but his wins vs Hoya and Hatton was very impressive. (i guess JMM is that good too)
Mosley - I thought Margarito was going to kill him

 

Keeping with the original post, guys who we caught earlier in their career that didn't seem like they'd achieve much, but went on to turn into pretty good fighters.

Celestino Caballero - thought he was too raw
Kelley Pavlik - thought he was a ko waiting to happen
David Lopez - thought he was a crap journeyman
Paul Malignaggi - thought he was too much a *****
Humberto Soto - didn't think he was much above gatekeeper
Manny Pac - thought Barrera fight was a fluke

 

Pavlik, Haye (at CW), Darchinyan (the comeback), Kessler.