Most oddball results of all time

Jel, I think that was Jersey joe Walcott, but regardless, I agree. Who could have seen that?

 

Derrick Gainer nailing Freddie Norwood with a retaliatory low blow while the ref held Norwwod by the shoulders, followed by the ref administering a 20 count to Norwood and calling the fight off when he rose.

Mayweather turning down Arum's money while at lightweight and claiming that he could beat Oscar De La Hoya and become the biggest name in boxing...and actually pulling it off and then some.

 

Pacquiao beating ODLH years before that fight happened I doubt anyone would've predicted Pacquiao being a Featherweight would be able to beat ODLH at Welterweight.

 

Was it? I looked it up but probably didn’t check properly as it was late last night. I’m sure you’re right!

 

I looked it up & see Barkley listed everywhere as 6' 1", even more than you thought.
And Duran weighed in at 156 1/4 lbs.
He is listed elsewhere as only 5'6" or barely over, with only a 5'6" wingspan.
It was an amazing victory.

Especially when you consider the stylistic advantage of slugger vs. swarmer!

 

Imagine telling a 1970s kid that one day Danny Partridge would beat Donny Osmond in a boxing match.

(If this thread now goes the way of celebrity ‘fights,’ I have only myself to blame.)

 

Ellis wasn't Ali's successor, he just grabbed one of the belts. But even grabbing a belt would be a surprise.

 

Hi Buddy.
Regarding Briscoe and him being knocked down in fights, he did hit the canvas in a wild shootout with Rafael Gutierrez in 71, he suffered 2 KDs in the first round, and came back to KD Gutierrez twice, and win by stoppage, just for the record.
stay safe Jel, chat soon .
Mike.

 

Great knowledge as always Mike. I honestly wasn’t 100% sure whether Briscoe had ever tasted the canvas before so good to have that clarified.

Still, he always had a rock solid chin so it was a huge surprise for him to be put down hard like he was against Valdez. He got up on instinct but he was gone and the ref was right to step in.

 

In the early 90s, in KO Magazine, James Toney said that he would be heavyweight champion in the early 2000s. He talked about beating Riddick Bowe, not Holyfield.

 

I suspect that, if at some point during early 1903, you said that the long standing LW world champion and already ATG Joe Gans, who would hold his title for a further 5-years, would lose to a 17 year old boy later that year, you'd have been laughed at.

 

Came here to post this. On the undercard of Tyson vs Lewis, Pacquiao had one of his early HBO performances. If you told me he was going to beat De La Hoya 7 or 8 years later I'd say you're ****ing crazy

 

Mario Barrios being elevated to champions and having back to back draws in title defenses and never winning a title fight despite being a titlist for almost two years

Lennox Lewis retiring after winning a cut stoppage over Vitali Klitschko who retired after winning on a cut stoppage over Manuel Charr

 

Lil Danny beat up Greg Brady even worse. Bobby Brady would've likely done better. Even lispy Cindy for that matter. As you said, your fault.

 

That Jim Corbett's G-string would still be a periodic topic for conversation some 129 years after the fact.