Name me some examples of champions taking their challenger too lightly and ended up losing?

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  1. tommyg6

    tommyg6 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    you know ..instances where a champion faced an opponent who he thought was a total pushover, didn't train hard and come fight night...ended up in a hellacious fight and lost.
     
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  2. lucky luke

    lucky luke Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Tyson vs Douglas
    Lewis vs Rahman
    Pac vs Horn
     
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  3. tommyg6

    tommyg6 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    although not a champion, I say Haye/Bellew.


    Prior to this fight, Haye was literally going to nightclubs, having martinis on the beach, playing volleyball on yachts in Miami and not taking Bellew seriously at all. His training camp was literally an extended vacation in Miami with the occasional workout.
     
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  4. madballster

    madballster Loyal Member Full Member

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    Lewis vs. Rahman I
     
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  5. Matt Petley

    Matt Petley Active Member Full Member

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    Broner Vs Maidanna, i feel like Broner didn't rate Maidanna at all before the fight and was too confident of winning and maidanna ended up changing him as a fighter after solving the problem.
     
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  6. BCS8

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    Nobody even saw my man Sanders as a threat before the Wlad fight* but I knew ... KNEW that he was going to lay down the thunder. Classic underestimation. Corrie could have been up there with Tyson and Holyfield, I'm tellin ya.


    * except Farmy, apparently
     
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  7. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Manny against Floyd *if you're one of the very tiny handful of fans who think he actually lost the fight that is*
     
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  8. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Lewis McCall. Lewis Rahman. Tyson Douglas. De La Hoya Pacquaio. Judah Baldomir. Cotto Trout. Marg Mosley.
     
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  9. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I called that one too.
     
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  10. bcr

    bcr Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Maidana that night would have whooped every version of Broner.
     
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  11. Gil Gonzalez

    Gil Gonzalez Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Sergio Martinez vs Cotto.
     
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  12. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Speaking of Broner. Duran doesn't like him lol

    Make sure the subtitles are switched on

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  13. JL Fighter

    JL Fighter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Barrera vs Pac 1
     
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  14. aaalbert

    aaalbert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Barrera/Hamed

    Although I would argue that Barrera still would've won.
     
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  15. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Frampton v Cruz 2 after boxing beautiful in the first fight in the second he went in thinking he could knock him out and actually got outboxed himself,such a needless loss in my opinion
     
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