Fluke of the Decade?

Well there is 6 years left....

But Audley Harrisons hail mary punch in the Sprott rematch has to take it for me.

 

Frochs win over Groves

 

1 - wrong decade

2 - no. Lewis would destroy any version of Golota.

 

If Golotha got in the ring with Lewis 10 times he loses 10 times. How was that loss a fluke?

 

Ward-Dawson

 

That first left hook was a bit wild and lucky but there was no luck involved in what happened afterwards. Garcia tore him apart.

 

Garcia was timing Khan. He was throwing shots as Khan was coming in.

There was nothing Flukey about it.

 

Rico Ramos v Akfumi Shimoda was a fluke, as was Nkotashi Joyi v Mario Rodriguez.

I wouldn't be shocked to see Chad Dawson school Adonis Stevenson in a rematch either

 

I wouldn't necessarily say it was fluke of the decade, but Linares vs Demarco was quite an upset.

Linares out boxed and out classed Demarco for nine or ten rounds only to get stopped on a nasty cut in the eleventh round.

I had high hopes for Linares, but it didn't pan out. He's still fighting but I've missed his last few fights.

I wonder how Broner vs Linares would have gone?

 

That needs to be clarified by the TS, I think.

A decade can be any span of ten years. It could be either 2003-2013 or, as seems to have become common currency the 202nd decade CE (2011-2020).

C'mon TS, you need to think about this s#it when you start a thread!

EDIT: FWIW I assumed the former, was just surprised by how many (most) thought the latter.

 

Yep, that's a good one. Linares was boxing circles around DeMarco and his paper face came apart- and for some reason- despite Linares not having achieved anything of note at Lightweight (or at all) some people though it was enough for him to be rated as top Lightweight. Broner fans say he beat a legit fighter in DeMarco at Lightweight but he really didn't.

Broner would've been a lot bigger than Linares but if his paper face held together I think he would dominate him.

Linares was scheduled to face Richar Abril a few weeks back but it fell through. I actually fancied Linares in that too because of Abril's lack of power.

 

Gotta say a recent spectacular one (and I consider most KO1s to not be representative of fighters' comparable abilities - Ain't picking on this winner) was Stevenson KO1 - Dawson.

And - stop before you give me too much **** - I don't have an agenda here, but that single KO, whether it was cos of Chads bad game plan or underestimation of Stevenson has instantly catapulted Adonis to LHW superstardom. He may well have got there anyway, but Boone KO6, Cloud RTD7 and Bellew TKO6 would not have done half as much for his career as that single KO1.

KO1s are just what they are - they can represent a massive mismatch, often do at the lower levels in fact. But usually at the higher levels they have more to do with a guy who's simply come in with the wrong game plan or either mentally or physically not warmed up for the fight and is caught before they adjust.

( I also respect Stevensons performance in the ring and feel he has a good argument for FOTY, FWIW)

Think about it, Adonis had just beat Boone - the Guy who KOd him. Dawson, the LHW champion, was viewing the fight as essentially an easy win (imagine Froch - Groves), trying to gain a credible but relatively easy victory against a big KO puncher with his superior technique... suddenly Dawsons career is in tatters and Stevenson's stratospheric.

A 'fluke'? - not exactly, but I think it falls within the realms of the TSs intent.

 

I agree. I also think that if either Cloud and Bellew had come to fight against Stevenson- rather than worrying about his power- they would have done much better.

It's why I say with a great deal of confidence someone like Froch- who would be looking for a tear up and has a better chin than Dawson- would beat Stevenson with ease.

 

ishida knocking out kirkland.
stevenson putting dawson to sleep.
marquez dealing with pac.

dont know if it can be labelled a fluke, but nonetheless it surprised me a lot, when rigondeaux was able to outbox donaire and in the process survive a knockdown.