Greatest Aura of Invincibility

sonny liston does it for me ...people were actually considering he'd ko clay in 1 round .. they were shocked when he didnt !

 

Although my personal opinion would be Foreman before the Ali fight, if you look at betting odds, it was clearly Tyson who had the greatest aura going into the Douglas fight. He was 45-1 on favourite. Whereas Liston was only 9-1 on vs Ali. Even after the loss to Douglas, Tyson vs Holyfield odds reached 25-1 on for Mike.

I think this just goes to show that an "aura of invincibility" means jack sh*t. The betting public don't know squat and are easily fooled into think that the "big, badass" type fighters are invincible.

Hell, that might even be a profitable betting strategy. Wait for a "big puncher" type to go up against a boxer, with ridiculous odds (10-1 or more), then bet against the puncher. Shame it only happens like twice a decade.

 

Tyson was still a betting favor over Holyfiled in the rematch. What was it?? 7-5 for Tyson. And dont even get me started on the Lewis title fight when it was pick em.

 

Sugar Ray Robinson Probably Had It In The 40's Up Til The Early 1950's.