Fights that were big but turned out to be (almost) mismatches

Cooney-Holmes wasnt a mismatch. I thought Cooney did very well and that Holmes struggled with him far more than he should have.

 

Hmm...I don't think it was one sided. The first round was so action packed it was hard to tell who the winner was. Also remember Marvin was very close to being stopped due to the cut

 

Lewis - golota
Tyson - golota
Bruno - Tyson (the first one)

Im sure many will disagree about the tyson bruno one,but in the uk a lot of people felt big frank had a good chance

 

I would say James Buster Douglas and Evander Holyfield, was a big fight that turned out to be a bit of a mismatch.

 

Willard-Dempsey deserves a mention.

 

Maybe not one sided during the 3 rounds it lasted...:yikes
but by it ending up in a 3rd round finish. History will
prob see it as a Blowout win by Hagler.
(Nothing will ever top those rounds for me...as long as I live)

two of my all-time fav's going at it.

 

Hagler-Hearns was a competitive fight IMO.

Hagler was about to get stopped on that cut, and Hearns did break his hand in the first.

Imagine what Hearns' legacy would look like with an early stoppage of Hagler at MW...

 

Lewis V Ruddock
Lewis V Grant
Hatton V Mayweather
Holyfield V Douglas [I think??]

 

These.

 

Though Hatton was ultimately outclassed he made it competitive I thought.
I watched it in a bar in Phuket Thailand[Sruffy Murphys] along with a crowd of hungover ,fellow Brits[it was early Sunday morning out there].Not a good start to the day!

 

I included it because I kept hearing that however it went Hatton would not go down, could not be stopped etc....
Hatton was conclusively KO'd by a not generally concusive puncher

 

Seems fair.I thought Mayweather would win ,and ,having seen him shake ODH a couple of times I wasnt suprised it was by stoppage ,but thought it would be a tko via cuts.

 

There would've been an immediate rematch, and I reckon Hagler would win that one.
Then again, Hearns might actually think about boxing in a rematch rather than going toe to toe.

Errrm Tua v Ruiz was a ridiculous fight, especially seen as how they were both big up and comers and Ruiz had the most experience and went on to accomplish a lot more than Tua.

 

Hearns and Duran.