Most one-sided loss a #1 contender received from the champion?

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  1. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    I just rewatched Lewis-Tua and before the fight, the commentators stated that he was the #1 contender. I'm not sure if they were talking about ring magazine rankings or some alphabet ranking, but he was pretty highly regarded anyway. He barely managed to win a single round and basically was dominated.

    Any other examples? Tyson vs Spinks could be the most one-sided of them all. Louis vs Schmeling II. Liston vs Patterson II.
     
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  2. DINAMITA

    DINAMITA Guest

    Ha ha, PAVLIK v LOCKETT obviously! Lockett was mandatory challenger!!

    For an undisputed champ v who everyone regarded as the next best at the weight: Hopkins v Trinidad
     
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  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Alphabet crap wise: Trinidad/Zulu; Breland/Lee and Chavez/Ahn come to mind.

    World Championship wise: Louis/ConnII.
     
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  4. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Mayweather-Corrales
    Calazage-Lacy
     
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  5. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Tua and Lewis were scared shitless of eachother, turned into a very boring lackidasical fight that far from lived up to expectations. tua did less and lennox clearly won, but both did hardly anything. i thought tua was going to knock lennox out, tua let me down.




    Good thread though, I think a good example is Joe Louis-Max schmeling II
     
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  6. dmille

    dmille We knew, about Tszyu, before you. Full Member

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    Spinks was the true world champion, Tyson was the contender
     
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  7. dmille

    dmille We knew, about Tszyu, before you. Full Member

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    Lewis proved vunerable to the right hand, not the left hook
     
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  8. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    How about Larry Holmes/Marvis Frazier:admin
    I do not remember where the Frazier kid was ranked at the time, but damn, Holmes was all but begging the ref to stop the fight!
     
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  9. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    what about lewis v tyson. tyson was considered the number 1 threat to lewis for a couple of years

    Mayweather V Corrales (unification but PBF was Linear champ

    Ponce De leon ko 1 V Boom Batista (he was hot property one time)

    Lewis V Golota
     
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  10. albeziel

    albeziel Multi Viral C13 Full Member

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    Ivan Calderon vs Nelson Dieppa- 120-108 CLEARLY FOR CALDERON ON THREE JUDGES SCORECARDS,
     
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  11. groove

    groove Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ali v Terrell maybe Patterson.
     
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  12. Muchmoore

    Muchmoore Guest

    Yeah, by dropping his belt rather than face Tony Tucker, taking on shot Cooney and the ultra dangerous Steffen Tangsted really showed he was the man! :lol:
     
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  13. dmille

    dmille We knew, about Tszyu, before you. Full Member

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    Help me out here and tell me who gave away the WBC belt in late 96...
     
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  14. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    How is that relevant? Spinks, as much as i like him, by that point was a paper champion who avoided any tough opponent; even dropped his belt for it. Not to mention that he won it in rather controversial fashion. Tyson was fighting every season of the year and knocked all top contenders around. Who was carrying 3 title belts into the ring and who had none?
     
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  15. Marciano Frazier

    Marciano Frazier Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How about Liston-Patterson II?
     
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