Just thinking of what fighter could be named the King of the Underdogs. For the purpose of this discussion we could have a number of kings. Just throw some names at me. What I'm talking about here are fighters who have high profile wins over opponents they were not the betting favourites to beat going into the bout. I'm thinking of a series of "world level" upsets here, rather than a one-off shock. Bernard Hopkins springs immediately to mind: Defeated Trinidad (underdog) Defeated Tarver (underdog) Defeated Pavlik (underdog) Manny Pacquiao also: Defeated Barrera (underdog) Defeated Morales II (underdog - I think so. Don't know how the Raheem loss affecetd the odds on this one) Defeated De La Hoya (underdog) I'm a big fan of Rafael Marquez, so I'll throw in his ones as well: Defeated Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson (underdog) Defeated Tim Austin (underdog) Defeated Israel Vasquez I & IV (underdog - not totally sure about the first fight, just guessing) Well you get the drift of things by now. You have to balance how big the upset was with how high a level the fighter was to get an accurate assessment I would say. And also the manner of the victory is important. So, who you got? EDIT: Fleaman and GPater beware. I'm just after modern fighters, not guys from the 18th century who fought 300 times a year. No offence.
Ronald "Winky" Wright Beat Bronco McCart Beat Shane Mosely (twice) Beat Felix Trinidad Underdog in all 4 fights.
Surely Winky wasn't an underdog for the second Mosley fight. He whipped Shane's ass in the first one.
yea i won **** loads on that but lost 10,000 v cash on jacobs the ****. other than the v bookie tho, i was under the impression vasquez was alot more shopworn than marquez judging them on there previous fights:think
Yep, sorry. just checked, he was the 5/2 dog in the first fight but the 5/9 favourite in the second fight. just the 3 fights it is then!
I know what your saying, but for the purpose of this thread I was just going by what way the bookies had it.
To be fair he was one of the guys I was thinking about. Didn't think about the McCart fight though, but it makes sense that he was the underdog in that one.
And against Richard Williams IIRC. Can anyone remember the Martinez-Adrian Stone odds? I'd imagine they might have been pretty close
Roberto Duran: Leonard I Davey Moore Iran Barkley I think he might have been underdog in DeJesus II as well